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Mar 2, 2021 5:58 AM
michaelmancini
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icommentwithsteveharvey
Upvoting for awareness
slidewhistlesymphony
No shit? /s
xizar
If some word/s can be made plural, use "/s" to do it.
ChemicalG
I always forget about this
amundost
It wasn't always like this. For years, people just understood sarcasm without it being specifically stated by /s
Fallowsthorn
With a space before it, it's sarcasm. Without a space, it's potential plural/s.
Starfury42
Now you know, and knowing is half the battle!
DoomSquirter
you're the only person that knows this /s
easilybutthurt9000
I care bout this /s
VicThrume
I think "(s)" is often used for potential plural, no?
2ti6x
it means the bit before was sarcasm. using /whatever comes from html tags where would start and would end the tag.
CornCobMcGee
Either you're a coder or you spent time on myspace.
Zallus03
I know it is short hand for people but it takes some of us, OK me, so long to know what it means... and sometimes I do not..
scribethemad
Potential plural I've most often seen as (s) or (es), i.e. Bear(s) or box(es).
scribethemad
in rare instances (n) as in Moose(n)
RykeJK
Im out here thinking ~ was sarcasm...
jrabbitmusic
TIL
dwolvin
We all started from zero knowledge, no matter what they say.
idtent
This might be contextual.
dryrunner
I think (s) is pretty standard for plural(s).
idtent
Yes but I could also say "your dog/s loves going for walks" and it could still mean the same thing.
Trankia12
MINIMVM
I don't like using it. Either you're downvoted to oblivion or people get that you're being sarcastic.
Kagenical
There's a definite timezone related modality to this, as well.
DinosaursCameFromSpace
Space slash s for sarcasm, no-space slash s for possible plural
SgtScotchMcStephens
If you s/\/s/s\// it’s Regex.
aproperfox
Go go gadget vim!
capnadorable
pinatafarmer
Nah, you got it right the first time /s
FeChefImgur
really ? /s
YourMotherApproves
You don't say /s
flyingcarcass
Proper use of confession bear. 5/7.
HenchGoalkeeper66
It's quite a /sophisticated use 32/7
trentacusOG
xXxSTEVOxXx
A perfect score
SomeScienceGuy
Just like fight club
ButLogicallyTho
Shhhhh!
footfucker
That’s interesting /s
capnadorable
GrosseChung
Interestings isnt a word dummy
bundleofwoodensticks
Yet
jupitermonkey
oop/s
911wasDigiornosnotDelivery
I didn’t know this.
Kagenical
The internet is not a safe space. I won't use sarcasm tags.
onepinksheep
I don't use sarcasm tags, either. Never liked them. If a comment of mine gets misinterpreted & downvoted, that's fine. I'll take the risk.
Kagenical
I quite like when it happens. I wish downvotes were public, aha.
Moolicious
They are, on mobile
Kagenical
Oh, I meant more like usernames, but you have a point!
JeffreyBarter
When talking to people on the internet you cannot convey sarcasm through tone of voice. Conversely they do not know if you are not an idiot.
Kagenical
Boohoo. Anyways, not a huge deal to me, I've never been sarcastic in my life.
hammersquirrel
Imagine if people had figured out how to capture sarcasm in text before the invention of the Internet
DrFunkinstein
Ya they didn’t really talk to multiple people with zero context at once In print format did they?
hammersquirrel
What the hell? People reading Gulliver’s Travels, or A Modest Proposal, or Canterbury Tales probably have less context than ye olden days
Idontspellcheck
It took me a while to realize FTW was for the win not fuck the world.
punnettquadrilateral
I’d always thought it was an excited “Fuck The Whaaaattt!!”. Sigh.
vincentleeprice
I was today years old when I learned this.
NoRoutesFound
That's what I thought too, as a teen. I had been listening to a lot of Tupac at the time, idr
eyemastervideo5
Debatable
Kakeukh
So it's not about Faster Than White technology, to travel through space? What a letdown.
YourMotherApproves
To me, it's both. Just whichever context.
UprootedGrunt
Both? Both.
TheAmazingBassist
As a kid my dad had a friend with a FTW tattoo he told us it stood for freedome to wander lol
ThongsAreFootwear
FTWBTWFY
quantumofjoshua
For the wolf.
katmckiv510
I never knew what it meant so just ignored it.
JohnWickdidnothingwrong
Tbf it was fuck the world first.
IIIDogKnight
Forever Two Wheels in the moto community.
IamJackscolonIgetcancerIkilljack
Free the weed
ChemicalG
It is, the for the win usage came about with mmos, previously it was more common for fuck the world
parkerh17
Took me a long time to figure out ffs meant for fucks sake.
lstri26
I wore a tshirt with massive FTW on it to our primary school student council election assembly and afterwards a teacher asked if 1/2
lstri26
2/2 I thought it was appropriate to wear that. I had no idea it meant anything other than for the win and a lot of parents had shown up too
MerryXMan
It took me way too long to figure out what SMH meant. SMH.
YourMotherApproves
Signal my hamster!
SoEyeStoleATimelordAndRanAway
so much hate!
MerryXMan
Isn’t it... shaking my head? Did I still not know it?!
SoEyeStoleATimelordAndRanAway
yeah I think it is, you‘re right … took me years to realize that (not a native speaker here)
MerryXMan
So much hate makes sense too though. I’ll treat it as either depending on the context.
thesameasyours
Its totally for potential plural /s
HumfreeBugart
Imgur doesn't understand sarcasm, that's why you need /S
Icaaro
Yes it does /s
EricSpeadboat
You deserve my upvote /s
FallingWithStyleSquirrel
l0rdshad0w
I though (s) was for potential plural(s) and / was/is for alt tense
IDoPictureStuff
it's tOTalLy FOr PoTEnTIaL PLuRAl/s
Zanzetuken
That's a double sarcasm, it cancels out /s
SheepySleepySmuggler
Sarcasm is only additive until it becomes reality
DoggieSan
Oh really? /s /s /s
SheepySleepySmuggler
Exactly /s /s /s /s
Cavalrysword
No, no, no. It's for the past pluperfect conjunctive.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
ROMANS GO HOME
pareidoliaperson
Conjunctive/conjunctives*
ErroLyonne
Hahaha pkupsrfect
ErroLyonne
Plumperect
ErroLyonne
Plu
ErroLyonne
Plerff
thesameasyours
Its for when you get conjunctivitis
Reykja
What about gingivitis?
jacblake
On my dangling participle?
ministryofpeace
You should get a doctor to look at that
jupitermonkey
yes, on your dangling particle.
BishlamekGurpgork
Put that thing away this instant, or so help me, I'm turning this car around.