cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/30600932
By Maha Hussaini in Gaza City, occupied Palestine
Published date: 24 May 2025 11:09 BST"Dr Alaa al-Najjar, a paediatric specialist at al-Tahrir hospital within the Nasser Medical Complex, was treating victims of ongoing Israeli attacks across the strip on Friday when she was shocked to find her own children and husband brought into the hospital.
The children - the eldest aged 12 and the youngest just six months - were severely burned in the bombing."
I’m personally over the /s, if it’s not funny, it’s not funny. But I’ll never sideline my own joke just to give people a heads up, the two most important parts of comedy are timing, and the element of surprise. I’d rather get nuked in the comments.
That’s fair. I still suffer every time I see an online misunderstanding though.
I think its more a /s of disgust. If God does exist, he is evil.
Except with text, crucial nuance required to convey sarcasm is missing. The /s is the textual representation of that missing non-verbal context.