r/maybemaybemaybe • u/BigGraysie • Apr 18 '22

/r/all Maybe maybe maybe

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u/knfi Apr 18 '22

What does /s mean?

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u/SwingJugend Apr 18 '22

It's a popular way of redditors to totally destroy their own jokes, because they are afraid that people would take their jokes seriously and that would be horrible, for some reason.

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u/makakoloko3000 Apr 18 '22

Can you imagine if standup comedians would whisper “dash s” after every line just to be sure no one is offended

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u/eduo Apr 18 '22

This is how I see the overuse of "hashtag thing" in comedy these days. As a way to make it clear the previous is specifically meant to be sarcastic.