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copy_kitty
 Post subject: Presenting the sarcasm point.
PostPosted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 1:39 am 
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For all of you who missed the interrobang, it's not too late to adopt the sarcasm point!

http://www.slate.com/id/2111172/

Now, if I could just locate that character on my keyboard.
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I prefer the ^irony^ marks, introduced by some crazy kids on an IRC chat channel.
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That Slate piece is painful to read. I'm sure it sounded like a great idea in his head.
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See, there are people who are relentlessly sincere. So, what are they supposed to do when they're trying to sound a bit bitter?

Appreciate gray space. Let people wonder.
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jjmoney62 wrote:
That Slate piece is painful to read. I'm sure it sounded like a great idea in his head.



Oh, I think it translated well. And I am being relentlessly sincere.
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Wayne Countryman
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Sincerity is great. Irony is overrated.
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Josh Greenman, a former speechwriter for Joe Lieberman and Rudy Giuliani

I wonder if he's responsible for "Joementum".
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