One of my most hated things in the dying days of Reddit is people having to put the /s because of all the mass down voting from users that didn’t get a post was a joke.
When I came here it seemed that wasn’t the case but I’ve noticed over the last month a lot of users using it or having -28 points for an off the cuff comment.
I might be just be a bit too bothered by the need to use it.
Sarcasm is regional and cultural. I moved halfway across just my own country and sarcasm is different here. My sense of sarcasm is different from my dad’s. Add in different countries, native speakers of different languages, ages, other demographic contributors. People not getting sarcasm doesn’t make them “idiots” (most of the time).
Writing so well that the sarcasm is 100% clear and apparent to all readers would be god-tier.