Almost like tone doesn’t come across in written form for all the people reading it, maybe we should develop a form of tonal punctuation to show satire in forums like this.
The interrobang is purportedly for indicating sarcasm, though I and other people generally only use it as a silly “?!” ligature.
Personally, I still believe that if satire can’t be detected, either it’s shitty satire, or your audience is too dense to understand it even if they recognized it.
I can’t seem to find anything about it being used to indicate sarcasm at all, only as an exclaimed question to express surprise, and is the same thing as the symbols next to each other as you used in example.
Here’s an idea I just invented, let’s end any satire with “/s” so everyone who reads it can be in on the fun and so controversial things aren’t encouraged by the confusion!
Lol I’m a little surprised it needed saying, but you are correct
Almost like tone doesn’t come across in written form for all the people reading it, maybe we should develop a form of tonal punctuation to show satire in forums like this.
The interrobang is purportedly for indicating sarcasm, though I and other people generally only use it as a silly “?!” ligature.
Personally, I still believe that if satire can’t be detected, either it’s shitty satire, or your audience is too dense to understand it even if they recognized it.
I can’t seem to find anything about it being used to indicate sarcasm at all, only as an exclaimed question to express surprise, and is the same thing as the symbols next to each other as you used in example.
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Huh. Must just be me remembering things that never happened, then.
Can’t… tell… if you’re being sarcastic right now… There’s no way for me to possibly know
Here’s an idea I just invented, let’s end any satire with “/s” so everyone who reads it can be in on the fun and so controversial things aren’t encouraged by the confusion!
You just invented it, really? I can’t tell