Post #3631632

2026-07-06 15:32 UTC

protip for autistic people: sarcasm isn't associated with any consistent phrasing or tone, and you can't reliably disambiguate it with tone indicators either. sarcasm, in its true form, is "anything that would cause an unreasonably large update to my priors if it were true." it's just lying and expecting to be disbelieved. #protip #autism #audhd #neurospicy #sarcasm #language

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@mxchara@seattle.pink 2026-07-06 15:57

@nycki@critters.gay I disagree with this oversimplification of sarcasm. I still use sarcasm (a little) and always in this context: I wish to state what seems to me the only logical consequence of my interlocutor's ridiculous assertions, I wish to make what is a valid logical inference based on a reasonable interpretation of their words, and yet I wish to signify that I do not myself believe in the inference. "It's just lying" where did that come from exactly?

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@rf@mas.to 2026-07-06 16:46

@nycki@critters.gay something like this but more informal ("so weird it couldn't really be what they think" or such) was also useful for introducing kid to the idea of sarcasm also, it helps explain who you can/can't safely be sarcastic with about what topics. people who have no idea what you really think may not be sure whether something that sounds like a stretch is saracastic or what you sincerely mean! and the less you know them, the less you know about what they know about you or how they handle sarcasm for what it's worth it can be exhaustig in complex environments (company where you interact with lots of people in different amounts, with differing norms of formal vs. informal), even for folks not diagnosed as having a medically-recognized form of spiciness

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@nycki@critters.gay 2026-07-06 15:34

I wonder if I could use this analogy in reverse to explain bayesian probability to folks who already understand sarcasm

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