*Sarcasm*. </sarcasm>. #Not! Since the dawn of the postmodern age, ironical writers have struggled to imbue the printed word with the nuances of sarcasm. Solutions involve signposting suffixes like "Joke!", so as to spell out any intended irony to those readers too thick to work it out by themselves. (Joke!) Only last year, G2 reported the invention of the "SarkMark", a piece of punctuation that has solved this massive problem once and for all. ;)In fact, it was such a great idea (not!) that another typographer has come up with perhaps the best solution yet: the "Sarcastic Font", a typeface that renders sarcastic comments in reverse italic script.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/shortcuts/2011/dec/12/sarcasm-online
Maybe this will solve my problems? But there will always be that one person that still doesn't get it...Shoot!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/shortcuts/2011/dec/12/sarcasm-online
Manifesto
For too long e-mails, instant messages, web pages and
documents have been unable to fully communicate the subtleties of sarcasm. Text
delivered without intonation fail to represent the rare form of language where
the intended meaning is the opposite of the written word.
Over the internet we yell at each other with ALL CAPS and emphasize
with bold and italics, but where is sarcasm? Where is
the nuance, the elegance? We say it is time for a change. It's time for a
revolution. It's time for a new font style!http://glennmcanally.com/sarcastic/
- Bold
- Italic
Maybe this will solve my problems? But there will always be that one person that still doesn't get it...Shoot!
People that don't get sarcasm aren't suppose to get it. They are a one dimensional mind that is too boring to communicate with. I suggest we let them continue to think we are blunt, rude, incapable of exuding compassion, short, bitches... All because they just don't get it. (Makes it all that much better)
ReplyDeleteSee I am totally on board with that...It just seems that I have personally been surrounded by some people who are too emotional, or just have lack of understanding that most of the words that come out of my mouth are not exactly ment to be mean...WHere is the fun in that? I like talking shit to one another- joking around- and being able to laugh at yourself while a good comeback comes off the tip of your tongue...Or well if I think soemthing is dumb, im going to say its dumb, and they should thank me, not cry about it jesus I know my limits
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