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by gabriel34 4541 days ago
Without clues such as facial expression, tone of voice and knowing who is it that you are talking to irony is indistinguishable from a normal statement. You could try to exaggerate to the point that it would be ridiculous for a sane person to assume you are serious, but it's not reliable.

Avoid Irony/Sarcasm on the internet.

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Yeah, I think I need to use an explicit "/s" tag.

No one can read how hilarious I am in real life when it's in the generic font.

Avoid what now?

Leave internet irony and sarcasm alone!

We are not robots until proven otherwise by facial expressions and other physical properties.

Wait, is your post sarcasm? I know the one before the one before was, but I thought that was obvious.

Meanwhile, men attack scooters.