MarkP wrote on 2022-07-18, 00:03:
Yes it is a crack up seeing comments from some members. It is as if they haven't heard or been exposed to humor. [..]
To be fair, irony and sarcasm were things that were notoriously tricky to transport over the interwebs. Trickier than tunneling IPX, even! :D
That's why these [IRONY ON], [IRONY OFF] type of tags were used since the beginning of the net.
Humor is similar, I guess. You never absolutely knew when someone was serious or not.
And we always have that voice in our mind when we read another user's post, don't we? :)
That voice that we associate with others may sound grumpy or aggressive, but it's unintentionally.
So depending on that, the text we read maybe sounds harsh or pissed. But in reality, the other guy/gal is totally relaxed person maybe.
Unfortunately, we don't realize this until we eatch a YouTube video by that user and realize that he/she is very direct, but totally calm.
So a "No, you're wrong" that we may read here of that fictional same person isn't meant in a teacher-like fashion,
but rather like "Dude, what you mean is not the case here".
Oh, and then are different types of humor whuch are incompatible between people of different nationalities sometimes. English humor, N/A humour (US), French humor, Russian humor, Chinese humol..
And there's German humor, of course, which is a serious matter.
PS: My apologies for my poor Engrish. :)
Edit:
Errius wrote on 2022-07-18, 11:03:
This reminds me of how for a long time 'serious' computer users refused to use mice. Mice and GUIs and all the rest were dismissed as kiddie toys. "Real men don't use mice".
Mouse. Tzz. 🙄 The proper term is "Rollkugelsteuerung" (rolling ball controller, aka RKS 100-86). Kids these days! 😔
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Errius wrote on 2022-07-18, 11:03:
This reminds me of how for a long time 'serious' computer users refused to use mice. Mice and GUIs and all the rest were dismissed as kiddie toys. "Real men don't use mice".
I remember that Microsoft used to cater to these people by ensuring that all mouse actions in Windows, Excel, etc. could be exactly replicated on the keyboard. (Is this still true?)
Speaking of.. The East German version of Windows 3.0 didn't support "mice". Mice didn't exist in the GDR (DDR). At least not in offices. :D
Edit: But even if they did, they likely weren't called mice, but rather rats (Ratten).
Because, the GDR needed strong, serious animal names for peripherals. :D
Edit: Pictures added.
Edit: Picture link for the RKS added.
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