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Being completely bilingual . . . English and Sarcasm . . . I sometimes get called out by those who are not understanding the difference. In order to be clear, I am looking for pointers on differentiating the two. Some people here use " /s " while I am of the :rolleyes: school. Is there a convention or norm here or in general?
 
Sarcasm is self-evident for most of us, and for those of us that it isn't - Sheesh! get over it!
 
I often use :biggrin:. Partly because it's green, partly because @Dave Theisen does, and I want to be like him when I grow up :biggrin:
 
as long as we don't do the "green font" thing which burns my retinas. I am fond of :P myself.

when I overshoot my "sarcasm" target, I often find I was really just being an azzhole instead.
 
Around here, at times, it's difficult to separate sarcasm from anything else.
 
In a former life I was a middle school teacher - just about anything I write contains (at least) a bit of sarcasm. :biggrin:
 
schmookeeg said:
as long as we don't do the "green font" thing which burns my retinas. I am fond of :P myself.
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I hate that emoji. The symbols indicate sass, that emoji (produced by those symbols) looks like someone panting or drooling. Not at all what I intend.
 
The original purpose of :) in text communications was to indicate sarcasm. No kidding, yes I'm old, and it goes back to online chats that pre-dated the Internet going commercial. Computer people would say "That's a brilliant idea. :) " when they were really pointing out to someone that what they were saying was ridiculous, and that the comment was intended as a joke - sarcasm. (Oh, and there was no cute picture. It was the characters : and ) side by side. We had ASCII, not this 8 bit unicode stuff...)

It's really the only symbol needed, IMHO, because we already have the question mark and exclamation point to convey what you miss when you can't hear the inflection of those.

But now that regular people use the Internet, a smiley just means they're happy. Or confused. Or not paying attention. Or just maybe, they think I'm ridiculous. Either way, a lack of a sarcasm detector or symbol has been screwing people up since at least the days of Morse code and WW2.
 
I used a smirk ":>" in old bbs/irc-style and other pre-emoji text comms when I was being sarcastic. I've never used ":)" for that. So I guess I'm not that old?
 
PaulS said:
Green for sarcasm? What fun is that, just let it rip and watch the fun for those who can’t figure it out.
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Yeah, makes no sense to me either. It really defeats the whole point of the sarcasm in the first place. It’s like a joke you have to explain; ain’t that funny.
 
Salty said:
Yeah, makes no sense to me either. It really defeats the whole point of the sarcasm in the first place. It’s like a joke you have to explain; ain’t that funny.
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think that through recursively. :-)
 
The Music Man Square is in Mason City . . . 10 miles from where Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and the Big Bopper died. Meredith Willson was from there and the city has a replica of the musical's main street. Going NW to SE you reach Burlington, and 90 miles west of there Peoria the home of Dan Fogelberg . . .
 
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bbchien said:
No, Iowa is "Contrary". Check out "the Music Man".
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Iowa, cold enough in winter to keep the riff raff out and hot enough in summer to keep the three piece suit types from settling in and dominating the economy. Modern HVAC is starting to disrupt the balance….

Sarcasm? 1
Joke? 2
Observation? 3
All the above? 4
 
Coincidentally, got back from a bike ride this morning and Karen was watering…

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What’s sarcasm? Gonna need a dictionary to follow this thread.
 
Google works better then dictionary.
Adding a /s at the end of a statement (common online).
Using emojis like winks or upside-down smileys.
Placing words in quotation marks, boldface, or italics to add emphasis.
Impact
While sarcasm can be used for humor and has been linked to increased creativity in some studies, it can also be easily misinterpreted and damage relationships, especially in formal settings or among people who do not know each other well.
 
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