Comment by loudmax
9 months ago
It can be hard to convey sarcasm, especially in writing, and especially when you don't know the actual stance of the person writing.
If I mention "big beautiful tariffs" in a peer group of liberals, they can assume I'm being sarcastic. If I'm posting anonymously on the internet, then who knows, maybe I genuinely reject the economic orthodoxy of Adam Smith and David Ricardo.
In this context, emoji might actually be helpful in expressing sarcasm. Big beautiful tariffs :roll_eyes:
Aren't emojis short-hand context that lowers reading/writing requirements though?
I could express anything an emoji expresses strictly through words.
But over-relying on emojis might atrophy my ability to do so, over time.