The fun thing about "sarcastic" mansplaining is that if I don't know you, it is indistinguishable from actual mansplaining.
It doesn't work as a joke. You are actually just doing the exact same thing that idiots do, just with a secret intent that I am not in on.
Being shitty and saying you are doing it for fun is a special kind of shitty.
Have a great day.
@GinnyMcQueen Any "ironic" or "sarcastic" awfulness is not only indistinguishable from the real thing, but frequently leads to dropping the irony or sarcasm excuse and just being honestly awful.
@GinnyMcQueen You might say the "irony" is merely a device to maintain the internal fiction that you're a Good Person and you wouldn't say that stuff for reals, but you know this blog makes some good points...
@GinnyMcQueen Yeah, this is common with all form of sarcasm on the internet. So many seems to completely miss the point of sarcasm.
@GinnyMcQueen yeah, there's a point at which joking about stuff—even if the idea is to mock it—trivializes the larger issues and just makes things worse.
And the self-righteous "oh I was just having fun, why's everybody mad" kind of reveals who you really are.
@GinnyMcQueen I worry sarcasm won't work in analog. It can't work in digital.
If you feel the need to tell someone you were "just kidding", you fucked up.