henslee
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Sun Mar-12-06 02:47 PM
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The "dripping red sarcasm smilie" sucks needs to go now & here's why.... |
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It undermines any attempt at sarcasm by obnoxiously spelling it out. It's like telling a joke and posting the word "FUNNY". It's just stupid. Have a little more faith in others. They'll get your "sarcasm"without you telegraphing it. And if not, they weren't going to get it anyway.
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Sun Mar-12-06 02:49 PM
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1. Why thank you for your comment. |
henslee
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Sun Mar-12-06 02:50 PM
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2. Ooooh..... yooooo..... |
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Edited on Sun Mar-12-06 02:50 PM by henslee
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Sun Mar-12-06 02:50 PM
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the :sarcasm: smilie in your post.
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Sun Mar-12-06 02:58 PM
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4. This is linda off topic... but I think they should have |
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a heavy sigh/dreamy smiley.
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Sun Mar-12-06 02:59 PM
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Sun Mar-12-06 03:18 PM
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6. That's why I brought my own |
Richard Steele
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Sun Mar-12-06 03:23 PM
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7. I agree, for SOME of the same reasons. |
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While I have seen first hand that there is a real NEED for a smiley which symbolizes "sarcasm", the one we currently have is just lame.
It's not even a smiley, it's just the WORD- totally lame! And dripping crimson? How does that say "sarcasm"?
Not to mention that I can type the WORD in less time than it takes to drop in the smiley.
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Sun Mar-12-06 03:25 PM
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8. It might be needed at times. |
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Communication via the internets is not as clear as in actual speach, and folk don't always know each other well enough here to realise the sarcasm.
For example - a couple of months ago there was a thread (in the Lounge even) which had some reference to homosexuality. I posted a semi-humerous reply to it repeating the inane drivellings of FReepers about it being a choice &c.&c. - a couple of people who don't know me well enough, and definitely don't know that I'm gay read it and assumed that I was making a genuine attack on gay folk - thus causing trouble. Had I bothered to add the :sarcasm: then there wouldn't have been any problems.
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Sun Mar-12-06 03:27 PM
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I have had posts that I didn't use it on and would say something like : "georgie bush rawks!!!!", and I will still get some people who think I am serious.
There are some people who aren't built for understanding sarcasm. It's not their fault, they just think on different lines.
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