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minus-squareSippyCup@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down1·3 days agoReverse italics would work so well. However I feel like to be truly good sarcasm, it needs to fly over someone’s head.
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up24arrow-down2·3 days agoSarcasm doesn’t need to decieve, it needs to make a point IMO.
minus-squareWhostosay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down7·3 days agoMaking it obvious with a /s or similar takes a away from that I feel
minus-squareeronth@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoWe change our vocal intonation when delivering it verbally to help make it obvious. Text lacks those subtleties, so it needs a more direct signifier.
minus-squareWhostosay@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day agoI can see it being important in some cases, but the vast majority are fine
minus-squareCowbee [he/they]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down1·3 days ago/s doesn’t take away from the point, it’s just an indicator. In this day and age, it’s legitimately impossible to tell otherwise sometimes.
minus-squareagnomeunknown@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI’ve always been a fan of using an asterisk, which I refer to as starcasm
minus-squareBoosBeau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 days agounderrated comment; got a good chuckle
Reverse italics would work so well.
However I feel like to be truly good sarcasm, it needs to fly over someone’s head.
Sarcasm doesn’t need to decieve, it needs to make a point IMO.
Making it obvious with a /s or similar takes a away from that I feel
We change our vocal intonation when delivering it verbally to help make it obvious. Text lacks those subtleties, so it needs a more direct signifier.
I can see it being important in some cases, but the vast majority are fine
/s doesn’t take away from the point, it’s just an indicator. In this day and age, it’s legitimately impossible to tell otherwise sometimes.
I’ve always been a fan of using an asterisk, which I refer to as starcasm
That works too!
underrated comment; got a good chuckle