Two things at play: people don’t seem to critically/carefully read things very much, and Poe’s Law has been so thoroughly beat into the ground the past few years that satire has taken a huge blow.
Hmm, most of the comments I read add interesting tidbits about the life of an arborist and the costs of removing a tree that people might not expect. I wouldn’t say that the commenters don’t understand the joke, I for one appreciate the extra information.
It’s the internet so if you’re making a post with satire you’d better clearly mark it as such or else you don’t careabout other people and how they might feel if they get fooled.
What’s incredible is the number of commenters who don’t recognize obvious satire when they see it.
We’re in a post truth world rn. This very much could have come fresh from LinkedIn Lunatics.
Two things at play: people don’t seem to critically/carefully read things very much, and Poe’s Law has been so thoroughly beat into the ground the past few years that satire has taken a huge blow.
For what it’s worth, many autistic folks have a hard time discerning satire so that kinda adds to it.
It does make a rather absurd pivot in that paragraph.
Wouldn’t that be detectable?
Legit asking. I feel like the joke here isn’t terribly well makes.
Hmm, most of the comments I read add interesting tidbits about the life of an arborist and the costs of removing a tree that people might not expect. I wouldn’t say that the commenters don’t understand the joke, I for one appreciate the extra information.
I’m pretty sure it’s satire.
But…
It’s the internet so if you’re making a post with satire you’d better clearly mark it as such or else you don’t careabout other people and how they might feel if they get fooled.
That, and I met people that if those words came out of their mouth it would not surprise me.