Comment on Why does it seem like Americans have become so hateful and destructive in the past years?
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 1 week ago
A lot of this is explained by poor reading comprehension mixed with paranoia.
Americans will read pretty much any comment in an aggressive, hostile tone by default
Hence the popularity of in-jokes on the internet, Americans can generally only recognise jokes if they already know them, or if they’re telegraphed from a mile off (that’s around 738 washing machines)
Anything else is assumed to be a personal attack. It doesn’t help that a good chunk of them are also absolutely desperate to be offended on someone else’s behalf all the time lol
Kolanaki@yiffit.net 1 week ago
That’s not limited to just Americans, though. That’s a global phenomenon.
Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 1 week ago
That’s just not true.
Where I am, the rule is “sarcasm until proven otherwise”
And in Europe, even non-native English speakers have a far more innate grasp of written humour than pretty much any American