Italics=Sarcasm?

[bert2834]

What do you guys think?

We have a lot of miscommunication on this site do to people not knowing if someone is using sarcasm or not.

So from this day forward, I say that everything you type in italics is sarcasm.

 

[micks60]

I have not noticed any problems at all with people not getting sarcasm

 

[BeauBenken]

I used Comic Sans MS in the Byron Marshall thread.

Better than italics IMO. Italics is used for titles and other things so a complete other font is needed for sarcasm.

 

[edgesofsanity]

Great idea.

/sorry, couldn't resist

 

[bert2834]

But Italics are easier to use.

I saw your post and was gonna post this a few days ago but am just to lazy.

If everyone knows, it will be an easy fix.

 

[bert2834]

Great idea.

/sorry, couldn't resist

HAHA reps

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

I don't normally post anything but sarcasm, and I use normal font, however, perhaps italics is not the best way to get your point across. Bold could be a perfect way to be a smarts$$ or was that too bold?

 

[mgriff]

More opportunity for hilarity when people don't, or can't, sense sarcasm.

 

[bert2834]

Bold is a bad thing to use cause it makes it nice in the long posts when people bold the important stuff.

 

[Buster Bluth]

More opportunity for hilarity when people don't, or can't, sense sarcasm.

Agreed.

But some people get really offended. A necessary evil I guess.

 

[bert2834]

More opportunity for hilarity when people don't, or can't, sense sarcasm.

This is true. I still like knowing either way. There have been times that I wanted to post sarcastic things but didn't want to make people mad if they took it the wrong way!

 

[Buster Bluth]

I suppose you could use this?

 

[GoldenIsThyFame]

I think I will just keep being a smart *** in normal font so everyone takes me seriously.

 

[woolybug25]

Italics and bold have their place for other things, then we would just have people misinterpreting someones serious comment for sarcasm. If you cant get sarcasm through reading comprehension, then maybe you deserve the ridicule. Just sayin....

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

Are you trying to say I'm an attention seeker if I use BOLD?????

 

[woolybug25]

Are you trying to say I'm an attention seeker if I use BOLD?????

I would never say anything bad about you, darling

 

[WabashFalcon]

This is a great idea guys. Totally. I think this is the greatest idea every in the history of IE, nay, the world.

 

[dshans]

B'gosh and begorrah! Oy vey! WTF?!

Sarcasm is a tricky thing in print. No sly grins, quick winks, gentle horse collar hugs or gentle elbow pokes in the ribs as encountered IRL. Familiarity breeds understanding.

Italics won't hack it. When a responding poster "cites" a previous post, all is italic and the distinction is lost in "translation." Anything in bold is interpreted as being stressed and important.

Emoticons are an option but I've yet to see a tongue-in-cheek smiley thingy. Comic Sans might work but it needs to be an easier option. "J/K" and "I keed, I keed" work but strike me as far more work than should be necessary.

As for me – ****-em if they can't catch or take a joke. I clearly offer no definitive solution. My apologies.

 

[pkt77242]

B'gosh and begorrah! Oy vey! WTF?!

Sarcasm is a tricky thing in print. No sly grins, quick winks, gentle horse collar hugs or gentle elbow pokes in the ribs as encountered IRL. Familiarity breeds understanding.

Italics won't hack it. When a responding poster "cites" a previous post, all is italic and the distinction is lost in "translation." Anything in bold is interpreted as being stressed and important.

Emoticons are an option but I've yet to see a tongue-in-cheek smiley thingy. Comic Sans might work but it needs to be an easier option. "J/K" and "I keed, I keed" work but strike me as far more work than should be necessary.

As for me – ****-em if they can't catch or take a joke. I clearly offer no definitive solution. My apologies.

I am shocked that the Great Dshans would offer no solution. What is the world coming too?

 

[dshans]

I am shocked that the Great Dshans would offer no solution. What is the world coming too?

That would be "dshans" (lower case "d") and "to," dammit!

 

[BeauBenken]

That would be "dshans" (lower case "d") and "to," dammit!

"What is the world coming too?" would make since with perhaps the added comma.

"What, is the world coming too?" "SWEET. That guy is boss."

 

[Mr. McGibblets]

"What is the world coming too?" would make since with perhaps the added comma.

"What, is the world coming too?" "SWEET. That guy is boss."

Actually, it might be ""What, is the world coming, too?"

The rule goes something like this: When “too” is used in the sense of “also,” use a comma before and after “too” in the middle of a sentence and a comma before “too” at the end of a sentence.

 

[k1ssme1m1r1sh]

I would never say anything bad about you, darling

Why Woolybug, I sense a little smart assery in your reply, could you be using sarcasm perhaps???