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    1 year ago

    It is intended ironically. Whether or not this is a good thing, I think the lemmy audience tends to struggle with anything that is not strictly literal.

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        1 year ago

        Yes, the “regular way” implies a sense of irony i.e. we recognize this is stupid, but it’s ok because none of us are being serious here.

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          1 year ago

          Ironic or not, it’s poor taste IMO. I would be fine with seeing less of it. There are better ways to emphasize phrases. It always comes across as obnoxious and immature in any context.

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            1 year ago

            I often feel similarly, but I could say the same about “IMO” - they’re just conventions, and as such, are entirely subjective and without intrinsic value.

            If I were forced to choose between people obnoxiously enjoying a sense of community through styles of communication I don’t personally identify with, or people behaving “properly” by communicating in a conventionally acceptable way that is more familiar to me, I’m pretty sure I’d go with the former every time.

            In a lot of cases, I’d actually argue that recent generations’ use of irony is part of a more sophisticated or complex form of humour (and even communication) that has been spurred by some of the less wonderful aspects of growing up today. I have no doubt that a lot of it is superficial, and anti-intellectualism is definitely a credible threat, but there is often more going on than what one might assume: consider, the people using the emojis will be the first to tell you they don’t really like emojis.

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              There’s something aggressive about this one, similar to writing in all caps. It evokes imagery of someone getting in my face to say something they don’t think I want to hear.

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            Meh. Not everyone is good at writing. Personally, I prefer the clap emoji to people using quotation marks for emphasis.

            And then there are the people who double-space after a full stop like it’s 1914 — give 'em the chair, I say.