ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 days agoIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?message-squaremessage-square53linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down13
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareIs there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 10 days agomessage-square53linkfedilink
minus-squareBilb!@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 days agoEven in English, sarcasm can be delivered very dryly in a way that would be undetectable without knowing context. It doesn’t need to be spoken with exaggerated tones. I do it too much.
minus-squareTuuktuuk@nord.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoYeah. Impossible conveying a message of sarcasm if people cannot hear my voice. That’s why there’s no sarcasm in the Internet.
Even in English, sarcasm can be delivered very dryly in a way that would be undetectable without knowing context. It doesn’t need to be spoken with exaggerated tones. I do it too much.
Yeah.
Impossible conveying a message of sarcasm if people cannot hear my voice.
That’s why there’s no sarcasm in the Internet.