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FarSky
PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 12:14 am 
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Try the SarcMark!

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Stupid Idea? Think About It!

With the spoken word, we use our tone, inflection and volume to question, exclaim and convey our feelings. The written word has question marks and exclamation points to document those thoughts, BUT sarcasm has NOTHING! In today’s world with increasing commentary, debate and rhetoric, what better time could there be than NOW, to ensure that no sarcastic message, comment or opinion is left behind. Equal Rights for Sarcasm - Use the SarcMark!


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This will no doubt completely revolutionize the Internet.

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Damn, how do I use the SarcMark? I want a SarcMark! lol.

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apparently you have to buy their software.

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PostPosted: Sat Jan 30, 2010 9:17 am 
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Tempting to buy that.

(not that I'm ever sarcastic, mind you. ;) )
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Meh. Plenty of people have tried to introduce new punctuation to convey inflection and tone (including sarcasm/irony). They tend to fail even when they're not trying to sell you the privilege of using it.

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bah, one key for $2? crazy.

Someone just needs to create an alternate character set with meanings like anger, angst, pity, frustration, apathy, disdain, etc...

Would have to expand easily to phones too of course. Imagine text messages ....
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Gee... and here I thought I could just say that "I am angry."

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Gee... and here I thought I could just say that "I am angry."


I think the point is not replacing words. it's to replace the missing emotional feedback you get from hearing someones voice, or seeing their face.

You don't often see people write "I'm being sarcastic here..." before the post something on these boards.

How about this....

/sarcasm
I think this thread is pointless :p
/sarcasm off
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Why would I pay that chode two bucks when I have Microsoft Paint?

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OHHH, a NEW character for your keyboard.... that's SOOOO AMAZZZINNNG, that should help SOOO many people.
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Darkroland wrote:
OHHH, a NEW character for your keyboard.... that's SOOOO AMAZZZINNNG, that should help SOOO many people.


Wow, you really thing the Sarcmark would be that useful? It's only a punctuation mark, It can't be that....

Wait...

Oh, I get it. You were being sarcastic. I had no way of knowing. Perhaps the Sarcmark may be more useful than we think...

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Talya wrote:
This will no doubt completely revolutionize the Internet.

Do I detect sarcasm, here? It's so hard to tell. If only we had some sort of punctuation to inform the reader...

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it does kinda look like an @, or maybe we could use the §, it's not like it's doing much sitting there... (unless ti's got another meaning i'm not aware of)
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§ Usually refers to the term "Subsection". Especially in legal jargon.

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pfft they can find another... replace it with a dot or something =P and numbers~! legal people lloooovveeee numbers§
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I think it might actually be a good thing of all of our legal documents were suddenly interpreted as sarcasm.

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