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Hey just a reminder that if someone misspells something in, say a webcomic you’re reading, the cool and considerate thing to do is point it out kindly without sarcasm and teasing. Especially if you’re not close with the creator and taking that tone comes across as bullying behavior rather than fun riffing between friends. Because, you know, you’re not friends.
Also, some of us creators have grown up with dyslexia and learning disabilities, and we don’t always catch stuff like this so your snappy little remark is really not cute after years of bullies making us a target for that same thing. 👍
more broadly, sarcasm and teasing is something that needs to be established as okay between friends, some people who are close really like that dynamic and use it as a way of displaying affection.
but some people don’t ever like it and that’s totally okay.
a lot of people (in my experience this would be most people) might be comfortable with it but only from a select group of people. even if someone doesn’t take your sarcasm literally, and knows you are well-intentioned, it can come across as oddly boundary-crossing, like ramping up the level of intimacy almost like someone you not know trying to kiss you or asking you some really uncomfortable personal question. like whoa put on the brakes, you don’t know me anywhere near well enough to do that.
and like any kind of intimacy you need to feel it out gradually instead of like, diving in headfirst with someone you barely know
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