Sarcasm Mode: Difference between revisions

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Even verbally, sarcasm doesn't always carry over well. [[Sarcasm Blind|Some people just can't recognize it.]] [[Cannot Convey Sarcasm|Some people just can't express it.]] On the Internet it's worse. While it's bad to [[That Makes Me Feel Angry|act out an emotion by merely stating that you feel that way]], on the Internet it is sometimes necessary to indicate emotions such as sarcasm. Here is one way to mark it up:

Some people display sarcasm by emphasizing certain words as one would in speech, usually by using [[Useful Notes/Fonts|italic font]]. Others however, just use words that are not common in natural speech, such as "Gosh, really?", "My goodness, I never would have guessed that", and "Gee willikers, that's so insightful." Other people have even proposed a sarcastic font.

 

 

 

Sarcasm mode is [[Older Than Radio]]: the [[wikipedia:Irony mark|irony mark]], <big>'''؟'''</big>, was proposed in the 19th century.