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Re: Tell HN: Web Standard for Sarcasm

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Post by trylks » Sun, Sep 13, 2009, 1:48 AM UTC

I think there is a typo, you should have written STandard, thus also forming a paradox :D (have in mind that language is a sort of de facto standard, otherwise communication would be impossible)

I'll assume you are serious. Capitalizing the second letter you can still be sarcastic without people noticing it (see #3), you are stating that you are sarcastic so you are a loser (see #4), and you are a nerd for committing to a "standard" made by "supernerds".

Sarcasm has existed since the human being exists, probably before, fortunately we all have now the standard we needed from the very beginning.

See? No paradox here.

Re: Tell HN: Web Standard for Sarcasm

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Post by olliesaunders » Mon, Sep 14, 2009, 8:47 PM UTC

Video subtitlers use this notation: (!) to denote sarcasm. Could we not popularize that?

Re: Tell HN: Web Standard for Sarcasm

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Post by sutro » Tue, Sep 15, 2009, 6:19 AM UTC

gojomo wrote: post #14

I refuse to use this in the title of my forthcoming self-help book, "Sarcasm Can Be So Helpful In Your Relationships".

Homer: Stupid driving test at the stupid DMV where stupid Patty and stupid Selma work! Sometimes I think God is teasing me...just like he teased Moses in the desert.

Marge: Tested, Homer! God tested Moses. And try to be nice to my sisters. It's very hard on me to have you fighting all the time.

Homer: Oh, OK Marge, I'll get along with them. Then, I will hug some snakes...yes! Then, I will hug and kiss some poisonous snakes. Now _that's_ sarcasm.

Re: Tell HN: Web Standard for Sarcasm

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Post by mr_dbr » Wed, Sep 16, 2009, 3:24 PM UTC

The "new web standard" is as obscure as "sw", and has various flaws.. Perhaps the biggest flaw is that the notation does not work for all-upper-case sarcasm, such as "A web standard for sarcasm? That's REALLY great idea.."