Ok I live and breathe sarcasm, so lets have a brief grammar lesson. Sarcasm can be conveyed 3 ways: tone, context, and contrast. To make a sarcastic comment, you need at least one. /s is as close as you can get for tone in text, but everyone hates it unless its absolutely necessary. Context comes when its clear that the statement is not meant to be taken literally. For example: “that is a cute cat” “yeah, it looks delicious too!” No one assumes that cat is in mortal peril, rather the speaker is making fun of their friends need to point out the obvious. Lastly, contrast occurs similarly to context, but is exclusively contradictory in order to imply a minority opinion. Example: “this food is great” “I think it tastes like shit” *processes to eat*. The speaker is clearly not serious as they continue to eat, but wanted to be contrarian for the sake of it. This is also the most obnoxious form of sarcasm.

So lets take a look at your comment. There is no context. Nothing prior to the statement gives any indication that you were serious or not, leading it to be taken literally or as a really shitty joke. There is no tone. It was neither an obvious follow up and did not use /s. It would still get downvotes though as it contributed nothing to the discussion, even a chuckle. The closest you could get was contrast as it was in r/anime, but nothing in the statement was being contradicted, so it seems out of place. Even if you meant it this way, it would need to be reworked to have the desired effect.

In summation, the comment did not convey sarcasm, at best it was trolling or an immature attempt at a joke. As it had little to no value, it is annoying to read. Lastly you had no audience for the comment as this is r/anime and it certainly gets circlejerky unless they are specifically critiquing taste or culture. It was a bad comment and you seem to be the only one who doesnt know it. Your dignity is taking a hit not because you are in the wrong g part of town, but because you’re defending an indefensible statement.


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