DU apparently needs to be told when something is or isn't sarcasm

[Roland99]

FFS

[Turbineguy]

1. I think many of us are a bit tightly wound.

I certainly am. Sometimes the thingy is needed.

[Cheezoholic]

29. A bit?

I can see springs snappin' around here a lot of times lol. But considering the overall environment the last 7 years its to be expected

[Skittles]

33. more than a BIT

yes INDEED

[elleng]

2. chacun son got /ˌSHkən sn ˈɡo͞o/

each to their own taste.
"personally, I'd prefer a soft cow's milk cheese, but as they say “chacun à son goût”"

[Igel]

22. A chacun son gout.

To each his (own) taste.

Morphed commonly in some backwaters to "chacun a son gout" (each to his own taste).

My brief stint of learning French was European, not Canadian.

[elleng]

23. My recollection, from studying French in High School,

Long Island NY. THIS quoted above: Definitions from Oxford Languages

[unblock]

45. "Chacun a" is how I learned conversationally when I lived in France for a year

"A chacun" is more literary, that might be preferred in books or more formally, but I never heard that construction when I was in France.

To be fair, that was decades ago, and such things change over time.

[herding cats]

3. I missed it.

Perhaps this is like the death of satire?

These days it's difficult to tell reality from a humorous fake.

[betsuni]

4. It is necessary.

[NJCher]

5. IMO

a certain percentage of DU is depressed and has other mental issues.

But then, so does the U.S. population as a whole.

I just wish they wouldn't come on this board and project their negative point of view, prognosticating that trump will never be held to account; Santos either.

I think it's a form of acting out but it has the overall effect of making other posters feel like the state of affairs is hopeless. I don't like to see that because nothing's perfect and that's our job as humans: to make things better.

The majority of people give a fair assessment in their opinions, however.

OTOH, most republicans are out and out sociopaths, and I am not exaggerating. The rubes who vote for them are suckers.

So I'll take a percentage of people depressed over The Criminal Party any day.

[former9thward]

12. So if someone feels Trump will not face anything serious they are mentally ill?

Ok, Dr., thanks for the diagnosis...

[LakeArenal]

15. I guess we're depressed, too. 🤨

[NJCher]

25. that's an example

after you read an example, you're supposed to extrapolate.

Also, it's not the POV, it's the consistent negativity, the complete and total hopelessness. It's the same people, over and over and over.

It almost always takes the form of prognostication.

If you fit into that category, just think about your effect on the overall cause.

Consider the fact that a message board is not the appropriate outlet for such feelings. I'm not talking just about DU, I'm talking about any political message board.

There is a mental health forum here. Perhaps that is an appropriate outlet.

[ZZenith]

30. Thank you!

Excellently stated.

Yes, as the stressors in the world increase in number and severity some will turn to sarcasm as a means of coping, while others will have no patience for anything but clear and sincere communication. And then there’s the group who rely on their own pessimism to see themselves through, constantly guarding themselves from any possible disappointment. They are to be pitied.

There’s also, unfortunately, the type who intentionally spread negativity as a means of subtle mind control, sapping our energy and making it more difficult to effect positive change in the world. They are to be shunned.

[dpibel]

6. It was an odd spot for a joke

IMHO

[unblock]

7. A lot of people cognitively cannot comprehend sarcasm

Well, for some it's something in their dna, for others it's cultural. Brits tend to use sarcasm a lot, so they are better at picking up on it. But not all Brits...

America isn't nearly as big on sarcasm, so even people who could learn simply aren't exposed to it enough.

[multigraincracker]

38. I'm always learning and had never been around people

on a certain spectrum of psych pathology. I now have a future brother-in-law that is on the autism spectrum. He does not understand humor. My bad.

[Ocelot II]

8. What does this refer to?

[NutmegYankee]

10. The active shooter in barracks thread with the start "awesome text". nt

[dpibel]

13. https://www.democraticunderground.com/100217549263

Subject line: Awesome text from my daughter: "There's an active shooter at my old barracks" Ft Carson, CO

[muriel_volestrangler]

39. It's quite possible the replies knew it was sarcasm, but thought sarcasm was inappropriate

for what had been painted as a life-or-death situation.

[BigmanPigman]

9. Sarcasm is easier for me to notice in person

That is one reason why I add the thing to my sarcastic posts and comments. I think that facial expressions and tone of voice help me to identify if someone is being sarcastic. I could never tell when my dad was sarcastic and neither could half of my mother's family, which was often amusing.

[Karma13612]

34. Thank you!

Sarcasm is hard to do on the internet, especially when you also are not acquainted with the person expressing the thought.

And with the outlandish crap hitting the fan for real lately, some stuff is hard to distinguish.

I was all worked up about something to do with a Medicare/Social Security program and it turned out to be just a hypothesis.

Yes, I am wound too tight. But that hypothesis COULD have been real. And that’s what was scary.

[FoxNewsSucks]

11. It's not just the fact that republicon actions have nearly eliminated sarcasm & satire,

there are those here who actively look for posts to alert on because they don't like the poster's point of view. So the sarcasm thingy is needed for clarification.

Shouldn't be, but is.

[Ocelot II]

14. Seemed pretty obviously sarcasm to me.

[LakeArenal]

16. Yes I like to know. I also like context.

And yes I sometimes miss the satire.

Edit: FFS… How much longer does it take to add the sarcasm emoji? Lazy?

[Raine]

17. That is why ...

we have and to use.

[claudette]

19. Where do we find that?

[chowder66]

20. Click on the smilies button then click the three dots at the very end. It opens up more options

[claudette]

42. Thanks

[Raine]

21. Click smilies then right next to the memorial candle

the square with the three dots to bring up more smiles.

[claudette]

43. Thanks

[claudette]

18. Why do you say that?

What do you mean. I think I missed the post

[SoCalDavidS]

24. Was It The Post About The Potential Active Shooter? nt

[ColinC]

26. In real life human interactions, tone indicates sarcasm

On message boards and written speech, sarcasm must be defined in other ways.

[NJCher]

28. it can

but in the field of speech communication, "tone" communicates the emotional "take" on the situation.

[Karma13612]

37. Yup ❤️

[Cha]

27. Of course! Not everyone gets

everyone's Sarcasm.

It doesn't hurt.

[patricia92243]

31. Why not just do it so there is no problem.

[Karma13612]

36. Yup

❤️

[Skittles]

32. yes, lots of whining here lately too

it's as if people have no clue they can simply IGNORE a post

[Karma13612]

35. When someone

Misinterprets something as real, and it involves some new Republican legislation-from-hades, then a sarcasm tag is needed.

I was tripped up by a post on a Social Security/Medicare “pilot” program. Turns out it was a harmless joke.

It shook me up because I know that is something The Republicans are eager to do, cut the social safety net.

A sarcasm tag would have been helpful. I researched the topic and determined there was no proposed pilot program. At 69, this kinda stuff is scary as 💩.

[elocs]

40. Sarcasm does not work on the internet because no matter how broad & obvious it is

somebody will completely agree with it and shout, "Amen!" And providing a label that indicates it is sarcasm pretty much defeats the point of making it.

[Scrivener7]

41. Everyone does. Sarcasm often simply does not work in written form. Anywhere, not just on DU.

What most of us here DON'T need to do is make a thread complaining about that fact.

[ms liberty]

44. Been that way since at least 2003. It's why we have a sarcasm smilie.