[aaronbrethorst]

Friendly reminder that it's often not possible to differentiate snark or sarcasm from cruel indifference towards fellow human beings on Hacker News.

[FuckButtons]

I don’t know that this reply was warranted, it’s clearly sarcasm.

[conorcleary]

any lay-up for that Poe's Law reference is probably welcome ;) Much more fun context than just /s

[mlrtime]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

[vee-kay]

Obligatory XKCD comic reference: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1984:_Misinterpre...

[bfkwlfkjf]

Obviously sarcasm

[mcphage]

Sometimes yes, but I think in this case the angry sarcasm is clear.