Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'

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Sarcasm Lock
I have trouble communicating...
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...without sarcasm.

A sarcasm lock key, that would reverse italicize your text might help communicate your tone without the need for smiley's.


Giblet, Apr 29 2005

The history of the armadillo Internet_20Sarcasm
[Ian Tindale, Apr 30 2005]


Short name, e.g., Bob's Coffee

Destination URL. E.g., http://www.coffee.com/

Description (displayed with the short name and URL.)







       Nice idea. :-|
Smiley's what?

gnomethang, Apr 29 2005
  

       Without the need for Smiley's annoying smilies, is what I meant.

Giblet, Apr 29 2005
  

       This inevitably leads to the problem of dealing with meta-sarcasm, those sarcastic remarks whose sole target are previously written or uttered sarcastic remarks.

Soterios, Apr 29 2005
  

       Well, doesn't this idea just suck. [+]

disbomber, Apr 29 2005
  

       No, we came via South Yemen.

Ian Tindale, Apr 30 2005
  

       You know that you can edit your idea (e.g. to fix glaring typos), right?

jutta, May 01 2005
  

       Amazing! could there also be something to translate plain text into sarcasm? Sometimes I'm just too nice.

Pericles, May 01 2005
  

       I exclusively use sarcasm as a communication tool at work. Such a device would be welcomed by my associates, who often cannot distinguish my intent.

ed, Dec 19 2005
  

       Imagine if you accidently sent all text as sarcasm...   

       Dear Jane,
It's such a shame you didn't see me, yesterday. I really missed you. You would have looked so nice in your new clothes.
Please, please, try to come again real soon.
Lots of love,
Ling.
  

       And forgetting to switch the text to sarcastic:   

       Dear Ling,
Your email was so nice. It's just what I wanted after a terrible day. Please make sure you keep sending them, as they are so uplifting.
Lots and lots of love,
Jane

Ling, Dec 19 2005
  

       //No, we came via South Yemen//   

       Is that an anagram?

UnaBubba, Dec 19 2005
  

       a canal pun surely? quite funny, if rather geospecific.   

       i like this idea a lot. i have often encountered the problem of losing inflection and tone in emails. bun.

rainbow, Dec 20 2005
  


 
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