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Ask HN: How should I show sarcasm on the internet?
Specifically I'm asking about how to indicate sarcasm on HN. I've seen tons of different methods on different sites and I'm left confused about which ones to use.
- opless 12y agoI tend to use </sarcasm>
- valarauca1 12y agoStandard acceptable ways of showing sarcasm are ;) :-) :^) </sarcasm> at the end of your sarcastic statement. Largely the HN crowd doesn't like sarcasm, because it normally detracts from the discussion.
- graystevens 12y agoWith SarcMarc of course! http://www.sarcmark.com/ http://www.sarcmark.com/ </sarcasm>
- jasonkester 12y agoTry to avoid using sarcasm here. It doesn't make for good discussion.
- debacle 12y agoTry your best to convey it properly in your writing, and if your sarcasm is not clear apologize and maybe remove your non-content.
- james678 12y agoSarcasm tends to work much better in face to face conversations (where you have audiovisual cues) compared to a written medium like HN. Considering that a large number of HN members don't have English as their first language, it would either be completely ignored or worse, seen as the opposite of what you are saying. Your safest bet is to not indulge in saracasm on HN, lest you come across as trying too hard to be "cool".
- jordsmi 12y ago/s
- chatmasta 12y agoWordplay is one theater for sarcasm that does not lose any weight online, and is often easy for readers to appreciate immediately. There's nothing like a good pun! And of course an exclamation point terminating the penultimate sentence of a paragraph punctuated by an emoji. :)