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real progressivism = against hate of all kinds (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by memestoanend to c/politicalmemes

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I believe the comment you're replying to may have been using rhetorical devices that we humans call "humor" and "irony"

[–] livewithinyourmemes 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah, makes sense. Apologies, I'm dumb.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Getting irony or sarcasm over text is hard. I'm autistic and more often than not I simply can't "read" deadpan humor at all, I just take it at face value – much to the hilarity of my friends

[–] livewithinyourmemes 3 points 5 months ago

[–] Resol 2 points 5 months ago

This has happened to me countless times.