I am accustomed to employing sarcasm, irony, satire, fiction and all sorts of devices in my speech and rhetoric. However it seems that sort of goofing-around isn't really supported by mainstream social media platforms. I have had several close friends and colleagues humorlessly prompt me to be more serious and less chaotic, especially on Facebook.

I can understand that saying things we don't sincerely mean, and outright lying or being insincere for supposed comedic or dramatic effect, can be utterly misconstrued in a public forum. Sadly, my mind is really conditioned to not even care what are the effects of what I say when I'm typing it into a computer.

I try not to maintain any public social media accounts, and so hopefully my sardonic sense of humor can be contained to friends and allies who sort of understand where I'm coming from.