Tone doesn't translate into text at all well. Hence the proliferation of smiley faces. If you know the crowd, and they know you; then there's a lot more goodwill to give your words context. Robots don't do context, and treat us all as if we were strangers. Mr T and I might be strangers, but he wouldn't have taken that quote as an incitement to throw himself off a bridge or in front of a train, because he understands context.
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Context is important. Intention as well. Satire and comedy in general is taking a beating these days. That's sad because I feel it's an important artform.