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You might see some confused faces. To most English speakers "fortune" mostly means good, unless it is preceded by something that specifies that it is bad fortune, like "ill fortune" or misfortune.

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Their English is actually good enough to properly use sarcasm. “I had the fortune of getting food poisoning last week” would be understood as a joking way of taking about misfortune.

It is. But just because you speak English doesn't mean you use sarcasm constantly. Sarcasm is a lazy way of communicating in almost any language. It reveals lazy thinking and poor vocabulary. I never assume someone is using sarcasm when they could actually be speaking intelligently, albeit with a common grammatical error.

It's called sarcasm.

The circumstances suggest that it's probably just a simple error and not sarcasm. Not everyone in the world really loves sarcasm so much. People who use it frequently are usually trying to mask a poor imagination and small vocabulary. So I prefer to believe it's just a simple mistake. No big deal.

Sure, living under an autocratic invasion and having your internet access tightened is very "fortunate".

Ah sorry, maybe I should clarify: the above is sarcasm.

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