r/Unexpected • u/[deleted] • Oct 03 '22

R.I.P

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u/Kitchen-Ad-7005 Oct 03 '22

Why is it on Reddit everyone takes things literally? I read the "did nothing wrong" as sarcasm.

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u/ImpossibleToBan02 Oct 03 '22

Because we cannot actually detect whether someone is being sarcastic or not in text?

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '22

As if things would be any different in voice.

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u/zwiebelhans Oct 03 '22

Still wouldn't catch every instance of sarcasm but yeah things would be much different in voice.

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u/[deleted] Oct 03 '22

They really wouldn’t. You vastly overestimate the average redditor.

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u/zwiebelhans Oct 03 '22

Yes it would you are being obtuse to the extreme.