• neo
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    6 months ago

    A grease fire in an electric toaster? Nothing a bowl of water couldn’t cure. /s

    (/s because it would explode and could electrocute you at the same time)

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      6 months ago

      WTF is the point of making a joke, putting an idiot-“s” then a disclaimer?

      If someone takes you seriously that’s a Darwin award waiting to happen and the human race will improve slightly

        • B312@lemmy.world
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          3 months ago

          As an ex-young person and a non native english speaker, definitely agree. Back when I was younger and on Reddit I have missed satire on many different jokes cause the intentions of commenters would be hard to deduce.

          Thankfully I wasn’t stupid enough to do something like put out an electric fire with water, but there has most definitely been a case of someone killing themselves because they couldn’t tell whether a comment was a joke or not.