In the olden days of ye internet, there was many a frequent battle between people all due to misunderstood inflections in type. You see, sarcasm doesn’t translate on the internet, and in the 90’s, thanks to Seinfeld, the world was dripping in sarcasm.
Many an internet girlfriend did I lose because of my refusal to use emoticons
:8| <—- flared nostril emoticon
8?E~ <— glasses, buck toothed and drooling emoticon
:9 <—– smiling piglet emoticon
Anyway, a company has come up with a symbol SarcMark that you can end a sentence with so people know it’s sarcasm. Via the Telegraph [telegraph.co.uk]
Anyone concerned that the irony of their email or text message might not be appreciated by its recipient can use the symbol to close their sentence, thereby avoiding awkward misunderstandings.
The symbol – a dot inside a single spiral line – can be installed onto any PC running Windows 7, XP or Vista, as well as Macs and Blackberry mobile devices.
It can then be used in Word documents, instant messenger conversations, Outlook email and other programmes, just by pressing Ctrl and the full stop button.
The Michigan company behind the SarcMark have applied for a patent to protection their invention.
Oh, the symbol looks great.. Really well thought out design there guys </sarcasm>
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