Suggestion Sarcasm

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Originally Posted by Norlinsky

Some people take very much pride in their sarcasm skills. The only people who would use these tags would most likely fail at properly using sarcasm, but it would be obvious by then, anyway.

I concur good sir. That was rhyme, so I am win.

But honestly, part of the genius in sarcasm/satire is how it is executed. Imagine you are talking to somebody face to face, and are sarcastic, but before they get it and laugh, you say "I was being sarcastic by the way" there was no point in being sarcastic. Some people can't pick up sarcasm that well, and it is up to the person to decide whether or not the sarcasm truly did offend, and then say they were being sarcastic. And then, there are those who don't get sarcasm or satire. "Omg your gay" is not sarcasm "Let's nuke and island that we send all the gays to" is not satire (honestly, someone I know wrote a satire paper based on that idea for English class). If you can't use satire/sarcasm right, then don't use it at all.

And then, their is the obvious time that sarcasm/satire is meant to offend, where the offender is giggly with giddy joy as he watches the victim make out the fact that he just got insulted. Believe me, I do it all the time ;)

So really, a tag would be more effort than it's worth. We shouldn't need it in the first place, even if sarcasm can be hard to detect on the internet, but chances are no one will use it in the first place. Those who would use it probably already put /sarcasm at the end of their posts already.

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Originally Posted by Nemihara

Yeah, we need this added. I have a hard time as it is detecting sarcasm.

It's okay nemi, Insane is on it. Soon you'll have no trouble unraveling the mysteries of the internet.

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This is the smartest, most clever thing I've ever heard since reusable condoms.

LOCKED because I'm bringing this up in the staff forum for discussion.