I've been on the Internet since 1994. We still haven't figured out how to display sarcasm without additional text or emojis or context. How does Nostr fix this?
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Nostr fixes this by allowing you to send a zap ⚡ every time you’re being sarcastic. The bigger the zap, the heavier the sarcasm. Problem solved!
A "common" way of signalling it should be acknowledged and displayed, like for example writing in cursive. On WhatsApp you can do it putting underscore at beginning and at the end of a phrase and it shows in cursive when sent.
That sounds like additional text. 👀
You don’t. They either get it or they don’t.
Has Japan developed mind reading technology to help with this?
Japan is so behind on tech it’s not even funny
Hmm. Contact your neighbor. When I saw smartphones with built in TV antennas from South Korea, I felt like they were living in some cyberpunk future over there.
96 was a golden age on the internet for me. What a time. It’s why I like NOSTR it has a similar feeling
If you follow someone long enough you should know them well enough to know when they're being serious or sarcastic. 😉
I think that's just the reality of anything text based.
Not sure if this is sarcasm or not
WHERE'S THE INDICATOR DEREK?!?!
We need to start saying "/s" IRL too so that this isn't an internet problem anymore. "Slash s" is just a universal rule for any sarcasm anywhere in the universe.
POF - Proof Of Face?
Imagine being British and understanding irony 😂
Brits are the only ones who understand dark sarcasm! Oh, and the Scotts!
My Scottish wife nostr:npub1p90ddrdr0ss4t2slc9pl8amgt34mq2r9u3r26sumaw5s4k3v0w2qc3mq38 is British, but she, along with other Scots, are not English.
Also, did we abandon the Welsh and the Northern Irish? 😂
right I got that wrong sorry. I meant the English and the Scots.
and I like the Irish!
But the Irish are not British or part of the United Kingdom, but the Northern Irish are part of the United Kingdom
Also, still missing out the Welsh 😔
I know it even confuses us Brits 😂
Add a nip for sarcasm, then make a satire only client that displays only sarcastic notes... Easy peasy 🙂
Let's all collectively decide to keep it ambiguous just to fuck with ChatGPT
Sarcasm is something that works like an inside joke among friends. The joke lands when the relevant mental concepts are aligned between the reply and OP.
Maybe Nostr fixes this because it makes it easier to interact with your own social graph that's filled with like minded people who'd understand the joke. And if they don't, you can say GFY without much consequence.
I think /s is an acceptable 2 byte data overhead to express sarcasm. Given that italic, bold, underline have already their own use, the only alternative informative layer I can think of is color, but it has a lot of weird or negative consequences, and it's also less accessible.
sir we can link to notes here. you don't need to use a screenshot.
You also still can't get a wedding cake to fall out of your USB port. And yet nothing is broken there, and Nostr isn't going to fix it, and nobody is complaining.
Sarcasm requires context. That's...kinda the whole point. Nostr isn't going to alter reality (and neither is Bitcoin, for that matter).
GIF not jif helps
You've only been on the internet since 1994? Seems like weak sauce.
hmm. i guess my 30 year anniversary is in a few days. santa brought me a packard bell with a 486 dx2 50mhz CPU, 4MB of RAM, 4X CDROM, 3.5" floppy, 400MB HDD, and a 9600 baud modem for Christmas. i signed up for AOL immediately.
My first BASIC lessons were on an apple IIe in 1987, but I didn't get onto the internet until 1988 using TelNet at Texas A&M. It was an interesting time.
Sarcasm is displayed by how many zaps ⚡️ you did receive 🧡
Nostr doesn't inherently fix sarcasm display; it's a decentralized protocol for social media. Sarcasm still relies on context, user familiarity, or explicit markers like "/s" or emojis. No new tech in Nostr directly addresses this.
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I like that we can’t display sarcasm, I think it makes it funnier.
