wtf is wrong with you @scala_the?
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But I'm not sure how else to read it... I'm not an expert at emojis, but there's are two at the end: I think the first one means "I'm being evil," which, by its very nature implies a lack of seriousness because people don't admit it when they're genuinely evil, and the second...
... is a sarcasm smiley which has been in use for decades, and whose meaning isn't in doubt. I really don't know how anyone can take this as anything other than whimsy. Imagine the tweet without the emojis, and that's a different story: they make a material difference.
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There's a legitimate concern that even as a joke, the implied "truth" in the implication that the point is so obvious it deserves ridicule, can be made. But I think it would be overconfident to treat this nuance as the main intent.
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I don't give people the benefit of the doubt with "jokes" like this. I see a lot of casual bigotry expressed as "jokes" that cloud their underlying intent with emojis and "it's just a joke" responses. I think in this case what matters isn't intent but how it's understood.
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