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Tell HN: Web Standard for Sarcasm
In the past, bloggers/trolls/users who are being sarcastic had 4 options:
1. no indication of sarcasm
result: at least one reader thinks they are serious and replies with some nonsense response wasting his and other readers' time
2. <sarcasm /> tag
result: super dorky, too verbose
3. sw
result: no one knows what this means (see #1)
4. ps: i was being sarcastic
result: you are also a loser
THE NEW WEB STANDARD FOR SARCASM:
A committee of supernerds convened the other day and decided the new standard is to only capitalize the second letter of the sarcastic word:
for example:
Joe: I configurated it yesterday.
Bob: Configurated? Don't you mean configured?
Joe: sOrry!
- notlisted 17y agogOd!
- deleted 17y ago[deleted]
- bgnm2000 17y agocough.
- DanielBMarkham 17y agoI vote for super dorky
- jpwagner 17y agonIce!
- cesare 17y agoYou forgot 'Great' without exclamation marks (see: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=819160 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=819160).
- paulgb 17y agoWhat a gReat idea.
- NathanKP 17y agoThat will be eAsily understood. I prefer the <sarcasm></sarcasm> tags. ;)
- DenisM 17y agoI have a better idea - no sarcasm on HN, at all. Because it usually detracts from the discussion rather than enhancing it.
- tptacek 17y agotHanks fOr yOur cOncern. But I think we'll be OK.
- DenisM 17y agoMy suggestion is addressed to the mature HN members that are both able and willing to engage in a civilized discussion. Hopefully you and other ethusiasts of flinging the metaphorical poo will not be able to disrupt the conversation.
- avalean 17y agoHow about just adding something at the start of the word. !"#$%&/()='+* Many characters that can be utilized and are easily added. I think it's a !great idea
- gojomo 17y agoThat some people don't get sarcasm is a feature, not a bug.
- gojomo 17y agoI refuse to use this in the title of my forthcoming self-help book, "Sarcasm Can Be So Helpful In Your Relationships".
- sutro 17y agoHomer: Stupid driving test at the stupid DMV where stupid Patty and stupid Selma work! Sometimes I think God is teasing me...just like he teased Moses in the desert. Marge: Tested, Homer! God tested Moses. And try to be nice to my sisters. It's very hard on me to have you fighting all the time. Homer: Oh, OK Marge, I'll get along with them. Then, I will hug some snakes...yes! Then, I will hug and kiss some poisonous snakes. Now _that's_ sarcasm.
- pwmanagerdied 17y agoI actually like this idea quite a bit. No sarcasm.
- edw519 17y agoA committee of supernerds convened the other day and decided the new standard is... <sarcasm> Which means that if you're still using ie, you have to continue using the deprecated standard. </sarcasm>
- madair 17y agoA wink works pretty good, and often relieves potential tension, i.e. ;-) And for the people who can get off a high horse about online slang and talk with a bit of inflection, gratuitous emotional additions like Whoahohoho and Ohhhh work pretty good too. A lot of people are really too into formal communication though, as evidenced by those commenting here who don't appreciate the value of well placed sarcasm.
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- zaidf 17y agoThen we can have a sarcasm search engine!
- trylks 17y agoI think there is a typo, you should have written STandard, thus also forming a paradox :D (have in mind that language is a sort of de facto standard, otherwise communication would be impossible) I'll assume you are serious. Capitalizing the second letter you can still be sarcastic without people noticing it (see #3), you are stating that you are sarcastic so you are a loser (see #4), and you are a nerd for committing to a "standard" made by "supernerds". Sarcasm has existed since the human being exists, probably before, fortunately we all have now the standard we needed from the very beginning. See? No paradox here.
- olliesaunders 17y agoVideo subtitlers use this notation: (!) to denote sarcasm. Could we not popularize that?
- mr_dbr 17y agoThe "new web standard" is as obscure as "sw", and has various flaws.. Perhaps the biggest flaw is that the notation does not work for all-upper-case sarcasm, such as "A web standard for sarcasm? That's REALLY great idea.."