Comments on: Open Sarcasm Manifesto

By: River Kanoff

River Kanoff — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:50:54 +0000

I have returned! After many uses of the Temherte Slaqî, I’ve noticed that on many sites, it just looks like a lower-case I, and then I look like a dumbass for ending a sentence with it.

By: Anubeon

Anubeon — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:21:48 +0000

I’ve heard many people proclaim that there is no need for a sarcasm or irony punctuation mark, but I would argue that there is as much need for such punctuation as there is for a question mark.

Both inquisitive and sarcastic language make use of vocal intonations, comix timing, pauses and a range of body language to fully convey the intent and meaning of the spoken phrase. While this can often be conveyed three content and context alone this is not always the case and in such cases punctuation is necessary.

I am not in favour of the proposed smark, it is far too similar to existing Spanish punctuation and there already exists a very distinctive (and to the best of my knowledge free) smark in the form of… well the smark. Take a gander here (http://thesnark.org).

By: Metroid

Metroid — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 20:37:09 +0000

You can’t change a language (let alone add a new punctuation mark) by rallying people behind your idea (or rather: personal preference). I can’t see how you could achieve anything at all with this.

At least SarcMark is trying to make money on idiots. What exactly are you trying to accomplish? Why does it matter if someone doesn’t understand a sarcastic comment? What does that have to do with punctuation? Do yourself a favor and waste your time on games like the rest of us. More fun and stress relieving, imho.

Look, I didn’t use sarcasm. That’s because sarcasm is optional and never necessary.

By: OpenSarcasm

OpenSarcasm — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 14:04:01 +0000

Thanks Comrade Zizzi!

By: zizzi

zizzi — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 11:35:27 +0000

Featured on dontpaniconline.com!! http://dontpaniconline.com/magazine/politics/sarcmark

THE REVOLUTION CONTINUES

By: Maurits Burgers

Maurits Burgers — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:11:10 +0000

Flemish? I guess you mean Dutch.

By: Jheff

Jheff — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 03:58:56 +0000

Hooray for the interrobang! (Now, if only it were in my charset….)

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:52:53 +0000

You guys are awesome. When I say that, I am talking to the haters in the comment stream, and it really should look like this:

Holy shit, are you guys ever effing awesome¡

By: DoNotCowtowToImperialistMorons

DoNotCowtowToImperialistMorons — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:44:31 +0000

Since sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, why would one want to mark it? Leave it up to receiver to discern whether or not the sarcasm is intended, and if they can’t figure it out for themselves, more fool them. And if you want to be easy on them, because you suspect they might be a few sandwiches short of a picnic, then try to be even more sarcastic.

There is a reason most languages don’t have a sarcasm mark: they don’t want one. Life is a big IQ test. A sarcasm mark just gives away one of the answers.

On the other hand, maybe we’re all taking this a WHOLE LOT too seriously. Go ahead Sarcasm Inc. See if anyone uses your brilliant upside-down Debian logo. Pure genius. Really.

(I bet nobody with an IQ over 90 pays them the $1.99.)

By: the WiseSayerOfThings

the WiseSayerOfThings — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 12:17:17 +0000

i’ve been using the following keystrokes for some time:

>!< as my version of the sarkmark, but i call it the "Garcia", in honor of my friend who thought of it.