The final attempt to make a meaningful, non-ironic criticism
on Facebook was today shot down in a hail of sarcastic one-liners and hackneyed
internet memes. The commenter has since deactivated his account, and is suspected
to be in hiding in a remote guest-house in North Wales.
Professor Dean, History of Intercommunicative Media, Moxbridge
University, said, “When social media was originally conceived there was a popular
theory that it would in some way facilitate and increase the communication of “ideas” between
users. Instead we saw a gradual
edging out of such activity. Those who continued attempts at meaningful
discussion were identified as pariahs by the community, ostracised,
and driven out of the herd to find fellow outcasts on fringe channels like reddit."
Prolific Facebook poster, Mark James said “I did this great post about how harsh the German language sounds. As evidence I included a clip
of a bald, angry looking German bloke head-butting the air over his beer, whilst shouting something in German.
Afterwards a pretty blonde girl said the same thing, only softly, and in French. The
difference was there for all to see.”
Then this guy I knew from school said, “Well, I know it’s a bit of
fun, but it's not exactly scientific.”
“So obviously I just posted “Oh, wow”, and a picture of
Leonard from the Big Bang Theory holding up a sign saying “SARCASM”. Of course, as my caption made very clear, I wasn't actually being sarcastic when I posted it. But the alternative seemed to be to engage with what he said. And that wasn't going to happen, was it?"
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