‘It is rule 62 of the Olympic Charter that we have to have a condoms story,’ says IOC spokesman Mark Adams

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      I’m astounded so many of you cannot pick up the sarcasm in, “it’s okay to get AIDS” and “women what?”

      At times, I swear the levels of acumen here flirt with Facebook’s.

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        15 hours ago

        I think Lemmy has a higher than average percentage of neurotypical people who don’t pick up sarcasm at all.

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        I’m astounded you’d assume the average sarcasm detection acuity would be much different here than on Facebook.

        There’s no correlation between having a federated account and high sarcasm detection success. Poe’s law wasn’t developed out of sheer boredom.

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          It has nothing to do with one’s ability to detect text tone better than another cohort. It is simply using the brain for a split second to evaluate which is more likely; a pro-AIDS misogynistic Lemmy user, or someone taking the piss on the fact Lemmy users are much the opposite.

          It is clearly “Amiright, guys?” character humour and really only requires some minimal effort to realise that.

          Though, at this point it really doesn’t matter as those that think for themselves by looking at what others thought (the vote counters) will contribute by following suit.

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            which is more likely; a pro-AIDS misogynistic Lemmy user, or someone taking the piss on the fact Lemmy users are much the opposite.

            I’ve been seeing users of a mgtow instance, so the first option really isn’t that unlikely.