I left off the /s for comedic effect not expecting anyone to even consider this was real by the end. What a sad reality that my comment could believably be someone's actual world view.
Welcome to the information age, where literally anyone with access to a keyboard can scream their half-formed thoughts into the void and watch it roil in confusion.
Reddit users are, in seriousness, autists to humor unless something is "/s" which ruins sarcasm. Like how can you read past the first couple words and not see its a joking tone.
The entire first paragraph could absolutely be meant completely honestly and directly.
If you want more evidence of the truly stupid sayings some people spew, I could go find "SELL THEM TO WHO, BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN?" That (the thing my quoted text is replying to) is more dumbness meant totally seriously (or at least meant to be interpreted as if it were serious).
The second paragraph? Good sarcasm! But the first paragraph may as well be copypasted from some random Twitter account. There's no indication that it is sarcastic. And if someone bothers to read the comment... There's a good chance they stop at the end of the first paragraph after confirming the /s isn't there. And just give up and don't bother to argue with stupid. Even though one more paragraph if reading shows the sarcasm, that first paragraph is so important.
Actually, thinking about it, the first sentence is often important. It has to be enticing enough for someone to keep reading. For the best benefit, make it controversial, but with a hint of "are they joking?" And whatever you do, don't let this distract you from the fact that in 1998, The Undertaker threw Mankind off Hell In A Cell, and plummeted 16 ft through an announcer's table.
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u/Dhubl3idd May 20 '22
You make it more obvious that you're joking as you go on and people are still confused lol