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/s is for people who don't know that the person is being satirical or sarcastic because the lack the context of intent. For a lot of users the community, user's instance, or other context provides that context in a fairly reliable manner, but it isn't perfect.
I don't bother with it, but it makes sense conceptually as a way to confirm intent.
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You keep using that tag. I'm not sure it means what you think it means. 😅