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"/s" is the equivalent of ending a quip with a "haha geddit? haha"
If it's not clear you're joking or being sarcastic, perhaps the line isn't very good in the first place
this post was submitted on 10 Jun 2026
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I choose to believe that there's a strong correlation between being a downvoter and being an unimaginative, humorless bore.
I love having to wave a little flag every time I'm joking, it doesn't put me in a shitty mood at all.
Oops, I forgot to write it.
The day I have to ruin my own joke over fake Internet points
Whats this "/s" for?
While the other response is pretty funny if you know what it means, its entirely unhelpful if you don't.
/s = sarcasm
The / here is the closing tag indicator, meaning "ends here" and s is "sarcasm", so "sarcasm ends here". If there's text beyond that point, it's no longer sarcastic.
It's to clarify when people are being serious. Sometimes tone is hard to determine over text, so people started using it to show that there is no inner joke, double meaning, or meta humor at play.
I'm seriously, you guys.
/s
The new Lemmy switch-a-roo.
Is that the count from the EA "sense of accomplishment" post concerning Battlefront unlockable content?
Huh, i swear it's 7 figure, but apparently i remember it wrong.
Most downvoted comment
That made me curious about what might be the most downvoted comment on the fediverse
I'm not aware of any other post anywhere ever with over 600k downvotes.
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It's been locked for quite a while so that's the final count.
No one down voting? Do you guys not have phones?
Reddit has gotten real dumb, even more so than before. Even in circlejerk subreddits people are taking stuff at face value.
Bots have no sense of humor.
Using /s is just like explaining a joke right after you made it. It's obnoxious and get's an instant downvote from me. Either own up to your sarcasm and accept that some people might not get it, or don't use it.