Sarcastic Font
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
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I thought we winkies for that? ;-) or [my favorite] ;o)
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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.
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@Craig -- what fun would that be? We need the joy of verbally tripping up other people.
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Or maybe people should stop trying to use subtle sarcasm in written communications.
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Oh, what a marvelous idea. No. Really.
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