In case you have no idea what I am talking about, please read my last post so you can get caught up. Oh, and read all the comments too, while you are at it. Because we are going to figure out a way to make it clear and obvious when we are typing in a sarcastic tone. The world needs this. There are many good suggestions in the comments on that other post to get around the fact that we can’t use my original idea, which was to surround a sarcastic sentence with the > < symbols… but that turned out to be a code to tell the computer to remove the words you type in between the symbols… go ahead and try it. So then I thought we could type all sarcastic thoughts using purple letters. Because all of my ideas always work!
But not everyone can make purple letters. And so far, nobody has figured out how to make purple letters in a comment box. (Bonus points if you figure that one out)… So, anyway, someone suggested we use the * symbol on either side of sarcastic bits, and someone else said we could use the / symbol.
Let’s put our minds to figuring this out. Until a company makes a keyboard that includes a sarcasm font, we are on our own.
Pouring My Art Out 
I’m still going to use TIC
if it ain’t broke…
Someone tried . . . http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/09/24/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-infamous-sarcmark.html
people… always trying stuff
Or we could add “leprechauns and unicorns”. That always works.
e.g.: Oh all of the leprechauns and unicorns in the world are rejoicing at your brilliant idea, which is rarer than the rarest leprechauns and unicorns!
I did a funny post about unicorns and rainbows and vomit that still gets hits to this day…
and wheeeeeeeeeeee
Oooh, Both rainbows and vomit in the same post? Leprechauns and unicorns (and me) are awed.
Seriously though, where is this post?
If you look on my sidebar there is a thing called; ‘top posts and pages’. Right near the top of my ten most popular posts is a post called something like; ‘Unicorns vomit rainbows… in your dreams’… (or something like that). Click on that sentence and you will be transported to the post. Also, do a post about unicorns and rainbows and poop and you will never regret it.
Unicorns and poop? I’ll get right to it.
Don’t feel obligated, but you are welcome to poke around all you want… HA
Oh, I’m not. Besides, I was the President of Poop Club back in the good ol’ days. Which had two members, but aside from that it was awesome.
I want to ask… but I’m sacred…
“the > < symbols… but that turned out to be a code to tell the computer to remove the words you type in between the symbols…"
Ok, this is beyond dumb. Why would you type the words, then use code to tell the computer to remove the words? If you don't want the words there, how bout not typing them in the first place??
makes you wonder…
So, if sarcasm is supposed to be subtle, why not use all lower-case letters like this: i’m being sarcastic. Better yet, you can connect the letters together like this: i’mbeingsarcastic. That’s subtle because it takes a little time to figure it out, just like sarcasm.
I like that… notice I didn’t say ilikethat
So maybe we’re on to something. I knew a smartguylikeyou would recognize the genius of my idea.
ohirecognizedthebrillianceallright
hahahaha!
yup
Usually, a wink ( 😉 ) would do for sarcasm, I have so used. No need for purple text or… <whatever>.
I knew WP would erase the span element. (“purple text” was supposed to be purple.) Hmm…
see, this is just a fun game…
Okay, I figured it out (I think); WP’s XHTML parser wants a semicolon for every style parameter. <span style=”#800080″> will not work. I performed some tests on a private post. (Tee-hee.) This text should match the purple color above. If not, shoot me.
nope… nice try… for some reason the rules are not the same in comments as on a post…
They are. But my tests confirmed that colors are allowed in comments, at least with my blog’s theme/template. I’ll do a post to show it.
but it didn’t work here
I am just keeping people busy…
I wonder what happens if I do this….
This is a good day
And nothing.
oh… well then… yes… nothing happened///
Well, ummm, not nothing. There is now a tornado in Illinois. That wasn’t what I was trying to do.
Be more careful
uh… what was supposed to happen?
there was supposed to be a sarcastic statement. LikE thaT woulD eveR worK herE.
Also, I am starting to wonder if maybe we need to hold open auditions… or gladiatorial games… for the position of head minion…
Why? What happened to Trent?
That is a god question… he pops in for a comment or two every other week or so…
>Sarcastic<? Does this work? The only problem is that if one uses those characters on others' blogs, they won't realize that you're being sarcastic unless you explain it. Hmm.
wait… why didn’t that word vanish???
Hey, just noticed that both your blog and mine has the exact same number of followers: 2,882. Not that this is a competition or that one of us should feel the need to have more followers than the other. You know, I’m just sayin. >He said, sarcastically.<
>I still don’t know why this doesn’t make the words vanish< or is that just in the main body of a post…? and it is a competition… I am catching up…
Okay, you just bumped me. You’ve got 2883 and I’ve got 2882. But you know. who’s counting.
I am… Haaaaaaaaaaaaa
It didn’t vanish because I put them in this order: “> <" rather than in this order: "”
Well, the second order vanished, dammit.
yup
ha
ha… that second part is gone I thihk
HoW abouT endinG eacH worD witH a capitaL letteR?
ThaT woulD worK
omG yoU arE funnY! hahahahahahahahahahahahahA!!!
hey now
Thank you!… or should i say thanK yoU? 🙂
no you shouldn’t
I agree with Rose up above – it should remain subtle and left up to the reader to decipher. If they don’t get it, or you, then it’s up to them to decide if they want to put the effort into getting to know your sense of humor – better. You don’t really want to spell everything out for people do you Arthur?
Well, we invented flipping people the bird because now and then just thinking it at people didn’t seem like it was enough.
Touche’ Lord Arthur
yup
I think you broke something that didn’t need fixing. The point of sarcasm is the subtlety. It’s like crushed red pepper. Unless you think you have the shaker on and really it’s open all the way and you dump a lot of the pepper on.
That is a good point