I’ve noticed a growing trend of Redditors adding the /s tag to comments that are clearly not sarcastic. It seems like they’re doing it either to preemptively avoid downvotes or even as a weird way to try and get upvotes.
This completely defeats the purpose of the sarcasm tag, which was originally helpful for clarifying tone. It has lost its value.
Comments
Please remember what subreddit you are in, this is unpopular opinion. We want civil and unpopular takes and discussion. Any uncivil and ToS violating comments will be removed and subject to a ban. Have a nice day!
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.
Iirc, /s means satire, not sarcasm. Could be wrong tho
So true /s
Probably yeah. /s
I agree that it shouldn’t be used to troll or deflect criticism, but it’s still an incredibly useful tool. It’s difficult to perceive tone in text.
Forgot the /s OP?
It defeats the purpose of sarcasm or satire.
I don’t like it either,if you need sarcasm to be pointed out to you it’s your problem.
No /s.
They just say some absolutely fucked up shit and think they’re in the clear by using /s
How can you tell these comments are clearly not sarcastic? It could just be a bad attempt at sarcasm
I started using it it after a comment of mine got reported. Sarcasm doesn’t translate well to text.
Never noticed them doing that. I only see them using it when they’re actually being sarcastic. The problem is that it sounds really rude and contemptuous. You could say “just kidding” and it sounds fun and quirky. If you say /s it sounds like “um yeah, that’s sarcasm by the way”, sounds like you have a ton of deep seated rage. Which is sometimes fine but express it directly, not in this passive aggressive form.
What have you done? Reddit is going to have a field day with this post.
the s tag can die when whoosh dies. too many people still miss the point/joke/pun/intended sarcasm. also, even though sarcasm transcends race and culture, it does not translate well in terms of linguistic relativity of other languages from other cultures.
Sure, that definitely won’t cause a bunch of misunderstandings cause conveying sarcasm through text is honestly pretty easy.
I agree it’s over used but we still need a way to distinguish since some people can’t tell the difference in text form.
Straight outta r/fucktheS
This is a great post Op! >!/s!<
Sarcasm requires tone of voice to be properly understood, and you can’t properly convey tone via text.
If someone is marking a response as sarcasm, how do you know it’s not intended as sarcasm?
so do i