A few examples include s*x questions on askreddit, “this” comments, nolife powermods, jokes being more frequent than actual answers

  • TechyDad ( TechyDad@beehaw.org ) 
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    3 years ago

    I’d often use it on Reddit in political discussions where I didn’t want to be mistaken for someone who actually held the views I was mocking. There were just enough of those folks popping in and out and it would be easy to mistake my sarcasm for a genuine belief. Ruining the joke with /s was better than being mistaken for someone with awful views.