So you know how in my last post I was aiding the spread of sarcasm by suggesting that we all type ‘<>’ before and after any sarcastic statements so people would know we were being sarcastic because they haven’t yet invented an actual ‘sarcastic font? It was supposed to look like this: <>Was this a brilliant idea or what?<>
And my idea works… sort of… I mean, you can see it working in this post… and in the post I did a while ago. But here’s the thing… because there always has to be a thing with me, you know that… my idea does not work in comments.
Go back and read the comments on the post I did earlier where I introduced the idea. If you read the comments, you will see that some of them make absolutely no sense at all. Now usually, comments on my blog make at least a little sense. But not some of these. And there is a reason for that.
It turns out that the < and the > symbol, when typed together on either end of a sentence, are actually part of some coding language… and it makes the words in between them vanish… yeah… you heard me… like a freekin’ magic trick.
If you do not believe me, try commenting on this post and add a <> to either end… and see what happens. Just so you know, there are other symbols that if you add them together and then type both pairs on either side of some words, will make them turn into bold font… or italics… or maybe some other stuff. But I am a computer moron. I don’t know why it works in the post but not in the comment boxes.
And please do not play around with this new knowledge on my blog. I have already almost burnt down the interwebs at least three times, and I do not want to piss off the overlords…
Pouring My Art Out 
I don’t get it
me neither
OK so I follow another blog and saw your comments there
and had to laugh so I decided to check you out. OMG. What are you on? I have to say this is the most worthless half hour I have spent in some time…………………….and I am loving it! Non- stop foolishness and laughter. Is that amazing or what? Thanks for the great time! I’ll be back! See ya on the flip side!!!!!
Thanks so much… and I am not ‘on’ anything… any more… but the squirrels that live in my head are on crack… so… uh… yeah.
LOL. Yay, I kinda figured it was something like that!!!
Oh, it is exactly like that.
I’m curious. What are the squirrels telling you today? With the Holidays swiftly approaching, things could get interesting! Maybe the squirrels are what infected your computer! Or maybe THAT is all in your head too! 😉 Think about it!
I could put those thoughts in there, but the squirrels will just shred them and use them to line the floor of my skull…
That would be a real mess wouldn’t it?! hehehehe
And it smells funny in there
LOL. Sometimes living inside your own brain might be worth it………..despite what mess or stench is looming there! I am part of a support site on Sarcoidosis (talk about a weird place to live) anyway, some people are anything but supportive and downright evil and mean spirited. I’d love to “sick” you on them and shake their world up just a bit more!!!!! Thanks for always making me laugh!!!
I could be a Robin Hood of the typed word…. Striking out for Justice against the Sheriff of Notingham-type evil doers.
LOL. Gosh, I like how that brain of yours works!!! LOL Strike away Robin!
I am on it
I knew I could count on you! 😉
Well of course you can
I am so confused! Let’s see if I can type Bold it should be the word “bold” in bold…
Oh wow, it made everything I typed after it bold, even though I put the only in front of and after the word bold…. strange
Oh wow that is trippy, but I’m glad I now know how to make something bold in in comments, that’s cool. I wonder if it works for italics…
Cool! 🙂
yay
ha
I was wondering
uh… did that work?
Oh dear if I have to mark everything I say that is sarcastic an entire post might disappear. 🙂
I hate it when that happens
Thanks for the info. I’m going out to wreak havoc!
wait… read the follow up post first… this is another one of my ideas that turns out to be not so brilliant… sigh
I was picturing myself as a B-52 with a full payload of comment bombs. Probably should of not wrote bombs. Damn did it again.
The NSA was already watching you… but it will be worse now.
That’s why I keep my curtains closed. I’m kinda of embarrassed doing my massive sets of girl push-ups. I don’t want them to know who they are really up against.
It is best to be ready… for when the swat team comes…
nice, its make me have a new idea hhihii . .thanks
Often, the missing comments are the funniest and most sarcastic of all!
Ooooh,,,, deep
I think one star-thingy around a word, used like quotes, makes it show up in *italics* and two of them on either side makes the word **bold**
I could be wrong or it may just be based on theme. That’s the only trick I know.
I am learning stuff now… Maybe
I learned that those two symbols, the > and the < (I'm doing them backwards in the hope that what's in between them doesn't disappear) when I typed the word "sigh" surrounded by those two thingies (let's call them the greater than and less than signs) and the word didn't show at all. Just some crazy html thing.
a time warp… or a black hole…
What happens if you type a : and a )? What the heck is that thing 🙂 and why is it showing up everywhere on Facebook? (You can see, I’m not a computer genius either. I did not discover how to do this until this year. 🙂
I didn’t even know you could do that now… let me try 🙂
did that work??? and what happens if I make it vanish with my ?
wait… I can’t even type the two pointy parentheses things without them vanish now…
wait… was that a sarcastic comment… because it is gone now?
I honestly can’t remember what I asked. lol
nope
wait… I tried typing a comment using a bunch of spaces between the words to look like things were vanishing, and they all got bumped together… what is going on???
An agent is near. You will soon be deleted for discovering the secret code. It’s like evolution, but digital.
story of my life…
It works. I was attempting to tell you that you are a genius and this is a great idea. But, it disappeared into the matrix. Hence, my attempt at a sarcastic insult was eliminated by the internet guardians. Wow, that’s deep 😱
I do most of my best work completely by accident… sigh
Accidental genius
And it turns out I can write code too…
Thats cheating.
Only way it ever would have worked.
How did I miss that? Thats rhetorical BTW. Good job. Well done 👍
Well I am a computer moron, which explains this whole situation, I guess.
I believe you
good
Sort of …?..??
HA
Well, Art, I’ve been waiting and waiting, and you didn’t reply to my last comment.
(Oh, wait, I think I put at both ends of the comment …. )
And of course, the symbols themselves disappeared between the “I put” and “at both ends” in the above comment. Yikes.
It is a disaster…
Ah, but think how famous [infamous] you’ll be if this little coding glitch takes down the entire worldwide web!
I think I’ll run out and get a bunch of credit cards to run up so that the balances will all be wiped out when the databases all go down. Kinda like Y2K (oh, wait, that never actually happened. Duh)
glad to be of help in any way I can…
I have created a monster… again…
😌
yup
Look at that – twin curvey brackets totally work. Also, I just got a semi.
I can’t tell how much of your usual weirdness is no longer visible…. but I do know the semi barely is… oh yeah… full mental body slam <<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Usual weirdness??? Wait, am I weird????
Uh
Holy crap, it vanished again!
Look what you sent and did! I tried doubling down on the ‘s this time, no luck.
((this is both an informative and excellent topic)) take that!
I would but then again to think that might be vanishing into nothingness…………….
I see nothing
<>
I doubled the parentheses! I said “parentheses”!
uh… is part of this comment missing?
read between the lines
Read between the fingers
and what if I just type…
>
?
<>>
?
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Ha