Like Ford Prefect from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, a lot of people just don't pick up on sarcasm. People have proposed various solutions, such as a new punctuation mark. Another is the use of reversed italics -- tilting text to the left instead of the right. Like this:
There's an online movement...well, a just a website, so far, to promote the use of a sarcastic font. Do you think that we should use it?
Link -via Dave Barry | Image: BBC
There's an online movement...well, a just a website, so far, to promote the use of a sarcastic font. Do you think that we should use it?
Link -via Dave Barry | Image: BBC
Newest 5 Comments
I thought we winkies for that? ;-) or [my favorite] ;o)
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
Part of the joy is the uncertainty, leaving the reader questioning whether you've just wholeheartedly agreed with them or shown them up big-time.
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
@Craig -- what fun would that be? We need the joy of verbally tripping up other people.
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
Or maybe people should stop trying to use subtle sarcasm in written communications.
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)
Oh, what a marvelous idea. No. Really.
Abusive comment hidden.
(Show it anyway.)