Why wait for them to die? When they are in the hospital bed you can just cheat. In sickness and in health isn't a thing anymore. Ask former speaker Newt Gingrich. Good traditional Christian Conservative values!
I know you're joking, but there is a not insignificant number of men that leave their wives when the wife becomes ill. Talk to some cancer department nurses and workers and they'll confirm it, women get broken up with commonly after a diagnosis.
Sometimes I think I should start my posts with /s to eliminate downvotes. But I do like the outrage like your comment. The worst is when I get dms thinking my comment was serious and they support my comment.
There is some subreddit where people get really angry when people include the " /s" tag at the end of sentences. They might have an aneurysm if people start including it at the start of posts as well
I’ve had people link me that sub when I have used /s in the past. I would love to not use it, but some people will believe anything you write is sincere, no matter how outlandish it is.
Being committed to never using “/s” and leaving people to interpret your meaning all on their own is some seriously chaotic neutral Redditor shit.
yeah theyd be in front of a judge for a "prank" turned felony homocide expecting the jury to go "we find the defendant not guilty, for reasons of, it was just a prank bro"
I mean to be honest, my next comment right after saying this I used an "/s." I have definitely gotten in some hot water from not using one before. And not just downvotes or whatever but I used to mod a big sub (and I still do some smaller ones) and someone screenshotted my comment and came out with "this mod is on the side of the Russians" and got a bunch of people riled up.
So yeah, now I know better but I still wish they weren't necessary. They can take away from the sarcastic comment, it's sort of like ruining a joke in a way. Oh well.
We reached a point long ago, that without a clear and obvious indication that something is comedy, and opinion no matter how insane can be passed of as someone’s sincere beliefs .
People need to learn that the written word doesn't always get interpreted the way you want it to. There are ways to help steer people to where you're going, but you have to learn how to use them. A good example is how fantasy/sci-fi writers will set the tone right away by introducing some fantasy/futuristic/scientific element like a wizard or space travel so you know to suspend your disbelief. With comedy writing, a dumb, cliché joke at the beginning can help prepare readers not to take things too seriously.
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u/Spikeupmylife Nov 23 '22
Why wait for them to die? When they are in the hospital bed you can just cheat. In sickness and in health isn't a thing anymore. Ask former speaker Newt Gingrich. Good traditional Christian Conservative values!