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ShazzieB

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15. Sarcasm isn't always as obvious as we think it is when we are creating it.

Reply to ck4829 (Reply #10)

Fri May 20, 2022, 09:42 AM

May 2022

I picked up on the sarcasm here from just reading the title of the first article in the list, but I've been known to miss it in other instances. I doubt if any of us has a 100% perfect sarcasm detector, so I usually use the sarcasm emoji, just in case. (For the record, I don't think it necessarily takes away from the content at all, as long as you put it at the very end of the post.)

Whether to take the risk of being misinterpreted is a personal choice, and my choice is to try to avoid the awkwardness of misunderstandings, because that takes away from the fun for me.

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Let's get serious. If you think women will be jailed for miscarriages, you're just overreacting [View all] ck4829 May 2022 OP

It's happened already, so. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #1

It sure has.. HighFired49 May 2022 #22

That's the point elias7 May 2022 #25

K&R, uponit7771 May 2022 #2

Good thing people want to fund cops more with all these new criminalizations coming down the pipe. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #3

Bravo! OldBaldy1701E May 2022 #27

Assumed guilty and no way to prove themselves innocent. That's the way it will work Walleye May 2022 #4

And it will mostly be black and brown women who get prosecuted and jailed. Lonestarblue May 2022 #5

Ding ding ding ck4829 May 2022 #21

You are right edhopper May 2022 #6

There's this rationalization RoeVWade May 2022 #7

They're working on ways to block travel for abortion, too...nt Wounded Bear May 2022 #17

I think/hope you were being sarcastic but didn't include the emoji? lark May 2022 #8

I avoid putting disclaimers over things I post, and yes, I've even had ck4829 May 2022 #10

Sarcasm isn't always as obvious as we think it is when we are creating it. ShazzieB May 2022 #15

I have a 100% perfect sarcasm detector KS Toronado May 2022 #19

I think a sarcasm label would have been a good idea. Grumpy Old Guy May 2022 #20

These nut jobs believe E. Normus May 2022 #9

All so that the religiously insane can appease their gods. Farmer-Rick May 2022 #11

In the movie "Rain Without Thunder" slightlv May 2022 #24

Oh, arrests and prosecutions WILL happen. Texin May 2022 #12

Don't forget the Florida man sentenced 90 years for pot. Emile May 2022 #13

in April 2022 barbtries May 2022 #14

Exactly. niyad May 2022 #16

And yet some Democrats are okay with candidates who are not pro choice? hamsterjill May 2022 #18

especially when any crackpot with a grudge can get $10,000 for the claim DBoon May 2022 #23

it will only get worse... markie May 2022 #26