• Zacryon@lemmy.wtf
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    7 months ago

    /i marks Irony

    /s Sarcasm

    /j Joke

    In the context of my comment it was an ironic reference to the #NotAllMen hashtag wich, as I understood it, was often used by men downplaying the concerns of women and relativising common problems and fears they encounter by saying that not all men are that way. While technically true, it undermined the severity of the issues. As it was the case wih the original commenter here, who meanwhile deleted his comment or got it deleted. Their original comment reminded me of the hashtag.

    After a few downvotes I added the irony flag, as I got the impression that my ironic use of the hashtag was not obvious to some readers here.