Paul, this is such a great idea. I'm serious. Get a Stranger campaign behind it, ala Santorum and make it a nation-wide phenom. I will use this in the future and explain to people what it means till it catches on.
My first experience with it is Koreans(?) using it as shorthand for "la~", whatever the hell that means, in a sarcastic manner back on Battle.Net in the 90s.
If people can't understand your intent when reading your words, you should work on writing better. Sarcasm is only funny if it doesn't announce itself in this way.
now that web-fonts are getting into vogue, I think we should, instead of a mark or anything, just have ComicSans MS be the official sarcasm font. It would at least cut down on underuse
Four two bucks I will berate you over IMs until you stop being too thick and/or too naive to not keep your sarcasm detectors perpetually operating while on the internets.
There is no inherent limitation to sarcasm in writing. Any failed attempt to write something sarcastic, or to understand written sarcasm is the fault of the individual, not the medium.
I don't think I've ever seen an "inventor" try to pass off a product as its own trademark. I suppose it's fitting that the thing looks as if it's trying to disappear up its own asshole.
Still, I think some sort of universally accepted "sarcasm mark" would be a wonderful addition to the language. Coders could then easily create a simple browser plug-in that would automatically filtering out 95% of all lame attempts at humor.
I like it! You don't see the caret used for anything, ever, so let's use it more often. I can already see lots of comments that involve both a caret and a stick.
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
Of course, instead of using stupid emoticons, you could just write well enough that your tone is understood. But that would be asking too much.
e.g. "Yeah, that's a great idea~"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilde
My first experience with it is Koreans(?) using it as shorthand for "la~", whatever the hell that means, in a sarcastic manner back on Battle.Net in the 90s.
Although I will accept forty-two bucks as well.
"Now we can have writing that doesn't show -- it can tell! "
"This is a huge advance," he said, thoughtfully.
Still, I think some sort of universally accepted "sarcasm mark" would be a wonderful addition to the language. Coders could then easily create a simple browser plug-in that would automatically filtering out 95% of all lame attempts at humor.
Thank you, I'll be here all week.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_mark