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The /s stands for sarcasm
by ganomi 8y ago
The /s stands for sarcasm
- iddan 8y ago⸮ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation
- izzydata 8y agoThis punctuation is very ironic.
- skrebbel 8y agoNo it doesn't, it stands for "This used to be sarcasm but I ruined it by telling you"
- MaxBarraclough 8y agoPeople use it for a reason. Intended tone does not carry reliably over text.
- joejerryronnie 8y agoIt also stands for "hitting over head with hammer"
- kbenson 8y agoI've always wondered whether /s predates, was a concurrent development, or is an evolutionary shortening of </sarcasm>.
- mcbits 8y agoThe history went something like this: jk </sarcasm> <sarcasm>...</sarcasm> </sarcasm> /sarcasm /sarc /s \s