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OT. I think we need to standardize the sarcasm tag on the Internet. Not one of those RFC that no one implements, but something concrete, perhaps baked into th
by nasredin 9y ago
OT.
I think we need to standardize the sarcasm tag on the Internet.
Not one of those RFC that no one implements, but something concrete, perhaps baked into the HTML standard. (If the W3C include DRM, they can include sarcasm).
Or maybe something like ISO, but people ignore them too.
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- ovao 9y agoThere’s actually a special character for this, unfortunately not in Unicode, called SarcMark. http://www.sarcmark.com http://www.sarcmark.com
- nasredin 9y agoThanks. There was recently a NYT article on trying to get a ballet shoe emoji (high heel shoes & sexism related) into Unicode. Sarcasm should be in Unicode! --- >Sarcasm, Inc. was formed in 2006 to pursue this idea, and with a great deal of effort and undying support from family and friends, the punctuation mark for sarcasm came to life. This is why America is the greatest country in the world! Sarcasm Inc even has (sarcastic?) shareholders and apps!
- hobarrera 9y agoWhy not the Irony Sign? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation
- jasonkostempski 9y agoI'd prefer everyone on the internet just figures out that sarcasm doesn't work well with text. Make a podcast or video if you must use it. Also "[something], err, I mean [something else]", doesn't work when we all know you have a backspace key.
- yjftsjthsd-h 9y agoI'm not going to record a video just to reply to HN comments;) And we all know what is meant by "X, er, that is, Y"; it's even used intentionally in verbal language.
- catach 9y ago> sarcasm doesn't work well with text. I think it's more that effective sarcasm in text requires the audience to know the viewpoint of the author. So, sarcasm among friends over email can work. Sarcasm in the concluding paragraph of an article can work. Sarcasm between strangers in comment sections, less so.