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  Tone is hard to capture on the internet, better to be clear. In English, a significant part of sarcasm is tone of voice - there is no tone of voice on the internet.
  It's harder for non-native speakers of a language to understand subtlty like sarcasm
  It's harder for neuro-atypical people like autistic people to understand sarcasm.
  I'm a teacher with public facing leadership roles in my community. I also like to joke around on the internet. If someone were to connect my identity irl with my internet accounts I like to have plausible deniability for any outlandish jokes I've made instead of getting canceled.
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  and when they realize you were being sarcastic they feel really stupid.
  
  And then you get nasty messages and before that a load of downvotes. It's just not worth it.
  
  It’s like telling a joke and then ruining it by explaining it
  
  How? You still get the joke. 
  I'd rather I got my (sarcastic) point across rather than have someone frothing at the mouth thinking I was serious and having to explain it to them.
  Also it's difficult for some people to understand sarcasm, so it's just being inclusive as well. >
  
  
  than have someone frothing at the mouth thinking I was serious and having to explain it to them.
  
  This is something I hope happens when im being sarcastic, so idk. >
  
  Are you being sarcastic or are you just annoying people on purpose? >
  
  Aren't you kind of always annoying on purpose if you're sarcastic? I mean sarcasm is irony with the intention to mock someone. When is mocking not annoying to the person mocked? >
  
  I don't think sarcasm is always intending to mock someone. Something maybe but not always someone. And i guess I go by the general rule that if the people around me aren't laughing, it's not funny. If I'm joking about, riffing with my friends but they just find it annoying, why would I want to continue?