• Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Quotes are usually reserved for actually quoting someone else, and not making a statement about parenting the other side.

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      1 year ago

      It’s a pretty commonly used format on many parts of the internet, I think most people would interpret it that way, especially when everybody reading will see that what is being quoted is obviously untrue.

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        1 year ago

        Well I guess I’m being nuanced here, but I don’t think in this specific case that works out that way, considering what it’s replying to.

        In other words I would agree with your interpretation if the reply was parodying something I said directly. Otherwise it just seems something of a non sequitur.

        Anyway, I get what you’re trying to communicate towards me, I even agree that sometimes it is using the way you describe. I would just think that’s done the minority of the time, and the majority of the time quotes are used to actually quote someone.

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          I felt like “/s” gives the “joke” away so I opted not to have it and have people actually think critically, especially since the statement is false.

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                1 year ago

                lighten up

                Not a matter of lightening up, its a matter of trying to understand, as it seems like such a non sequitur.

                Is it really so hard to believe that somebody would want to know why somebody replied to them in such a strange and unrelated sort of way?

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        No Doctor Science, in all the decades I’ve been on this planet, I’ve never read one book of fiction of any type whatsoever.

        /s