I can out as a "trans girl" two years ago, and now it is time for me to come out of the closet. My name is pearls. I try to look pretty.

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[–][deleted] 6 insightful - 5 fun6 insightful - 4 fun7 insightful - 5 fun -  (5 children)

"Pearl" is obviously a fake account - either an astroturfing bot, or a real person trolling to make trans people look bad.

I was shitposting in response to "Pearl"s bait. Do I need to step up my sarcasm? Was I too subtle? Did I use too many TRA phrases that I seemed like an NPC? I thought I walked just a fine enough line to demonstrate the ridiculousness, while also encouraging the bot/troll.

Pssstt ... feel free to peep on my profile before raining your judgement all over me. I'm on your side, silly.

[–]FlippyKing 5 insightful - 3 fun5 insightful - 2 fun6 insightful - 3 fun -  (4 children)

i apologize for not getting the sarcasm. I would not want you to mark sarcasm as that sort of weakens its punch. Though on occasions I've marked it to be safe. There will always be those who miss it, me here obviously, but that's just how it goes. I think it's not that you were too subtle, it's that the love-bombing in that cult is always over the top.

[–]JasonCarswell 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

I would not want you to mark sarcasm as that sort of weakens its punch.

I disagree.

If it's witty it will not matter if it's "spoiled" by marking it.

I can appreciate it more with the clarity rather react and waste time refuting it.

[–]FlippyKing 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

if there some sort of time release "/s" marking then I might agree, but I think it gets close to the explaining the joke idea. A joke that needs explaining failed. Typing jokes is not easy especially since we learn the language of that through speaking and tone of voice and gestures.

[–]JasonCarswell 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

time release "/s" marking

That's a neat idea. But it doesn't solve Poe's Law so it gets closer to being a virtual prank than joke.

[–]FlippyKing 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

the potential for a prank seems like a feature not a bug