>>16829659But that’s normal I think, even though I feel the same and recently especially I started wandering if I have a harder time figuring out intention behind comments than I used to. But ultimately I think it’s just the negative side of the written word, there’s no body language, there’s no intonation to guess for sarcasm. I think being exposed to word only internet culture for so long can have general negative social effects, even transitioning to real life, depending on the environment you’ve been swimming in. I usually assume people are joking and aren’t serious when they type something that sounds too emotional, or too petty to be upset by to me, but I have been wrong on that, which can be quite shocking sometimes, as it messes up something what I took as boundaries for normalcy. Perhaps it’s best for mental health reasons to always assume a positive position, than a negative. You can’t know intent, whether it’s a joke or not without further inquiry, and if you’re not gonna go deeper then it’s better to take it lightheartedly since you’re basically taking pot shots at guessing anyway.
