Articles published around the country repeat Intuit’s assertion — sometimes almost word for word — that the upcoming IRS pilot program would hurt Black Americans. A researcher whose work is cited by Intuit says the company is misstating her findings.
This all started when Trump got elected. The stupid people got emboldened and are openly speaking and now you can't tell when someone is being sarcastic because we now know there are honestly people out there who would say the same thing, but seriously.
That or sarcasm often requires vocal manipulation to be expressed and text can't convey that very well.