Hey! I sometimes have a hard time parsing tone over text. It seems to me others do as well, since I’ve seen a bunch of people commenting on the levels of irony on hexbear.
While we’re all supportive of tone clarifiers, we don’t want to use /s because that would turn this instance into Reddit. I sometimes think that sentiment is silly, but I can see where it’s coming from and in general I agree with it.
I would however like to ask that we implement a rule so that the question “is this a bit/are you being sarcastic?” Has to be answered with honesty, if the person asked answers. Like you don’t have to answer, but if you do you have to be honest.
Or when you don’t understand how a kilogram of steel weighs the same as a kilogram of feathers, and when it becomes obvious that everyone else understands and is confused at how you’re confused, the only way you can preserve a shred of dignity is to say you’re doing a bit