[2012-Jan-14] Punctuation marks

Gorbax · Post by **Gorbax** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 12:29 pm

The comic itself was pretty funny, but I'd love to see some more of your (be it rejected or otherwise) sketches, Zach!

TommySaysSoWhat · Post by **TommySaysSoWhat** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:00 pm

I've been trying to get folks to use tildes to bracket sarcasm. They resemble a wry smile.

~Gee Tom, that's a great idea!~

Pitch Hitter · Post by **Pitch Hitter** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:18 pm

~I don't pray for death~

Gangler · Post by **Gangler** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:40 pm

I was disappointed that it wasn't actually about infrequently used punctuation at all. The title was misleading.

New Sarcasm · Post by **New Sarcasm** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 2:55 pm

Pitch Hitter wrote:~I don't pray for death~

~Don't fuck you~

gui · Post by **gui** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:04 pm

it was hilarious, especially the last one

Pitch Hitter · Post by **Pitch Hitter** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 4:35 pm

New Sarcasm wrote:
Pitch Hitter wrote:~I don't pray for death~
~Don't fuck you~

~Not hahahahaha~

azurelogic · Post by **azurelogic** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:12 pm

This is for real.

http://www.sarcmark.com

Oldrac the Chitinous · Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:25 pm

That may be the worst business model I've ever seen.

Pitch Hitter · Post by **Pitch Hitter** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 7:36 pm

Now we know who to ~not avoid~

TommySaysSoWhat · Post by **TommySaysSoWhat** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 9:36 pm

Just so that when this "tildes-to-denote-sarcasm" thing becomes widespread, you'll remember where you heard it first:
http://sexyredheadednuns.org/?post=Sarcasm

MrEntity · Post by **MrEntity** » Sat Jan 14, 2012 11:05 pm

It may interest you to know that sarcasm in English already had a punctuation mark. I can't remember what it was called, but you were supposed to either bracket phrases or accent specific words with ^, ie: Yeah, I ^really^ enjoyed that show.
It was popular for a while, but didn't catch on forever. Much like the interrobang...

Lethal Interjection · Sun Jan 15, 2012 12:28 am

MrEntity wrote:It may interest you to know that sarcasm in English already had a punctuation mark. I can't remember what it was called, but you were supposed to either bracket phrases or accent specific words with ^, ie: Yeah, I ^really^ enjoyed that show.
It was popular for a while, but didn't catch on forever. Much like the interrobang...

This is probably the best one I've seen. The '^' actually gives a pretty good textual representation of the idea of sarcasm. Or at least overt sarcasm.

Pitch Hitter · Post by **Pitch Hitter** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 1:50 am

How did we cope before these marvellous people gave us the gift of awkward punctuation to express our feelings?

Before I was very

Kaharz · Post by **Kaharz** » Sun Jan 15, 2012 4:48 pm

Pitch Hitter wrote:~I don't pray for your death~

fix'd

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