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- thelastcivilian, on 06/04/2009, -2/+656Finally, a tag I'll never have to close.
- the2989, on 06/05/2009, -3/+229Well-played, W3C.
- cyrusuncc, on 06/05/2009, -7/+188<sarcasm>Screenshots are better than links to the real thing</sarcasm>
- daridave, on 06/04/2009, -3/+169So I see that in HTML 5, <ownage> will be included ?
- Larssonk22, on 06/05/2009, -2/+152<ಠ_ಠ>.ಠ_ಠ.</ಠ_ಠ>
- jason210, on 06/05/2009, -5/+126clap pause clap pause clap.
- mehan, on 06/05/2009, -3/+120cool story, bro.
- serif69, on 06/05/2009, -8/+95Oh, good for you.
- RothenbergXXX, on 06/04/2009, -3/+88sarcasm { font-style: italic; }
sarcasm:before, sarcasm:after { content: ' " '; } - generalalcazar, on 06/05/2009, -1/+80Obviously, this is ridiculous, but there is some logic to this impulse. While most would laugh at this proposal, one of the intents of HTML is to provide semantic meaning to content. When the intent of an author is for the meaning of their content to be the opposite of the literal meaning, it can be useful for computers (and people) to know this - and thus understand the true meaning of the author. In voice communication, sarcasm is indicated with a subtle voice intonation and delivery that is slightly different. Why not create a computer-readable version of this intonation? Sort of like how a question mark stands for the upward lilting of the voice in written communication?
On the other hand, sarcasm is often intended as a sort of test - to see how perceptive the listener is to the true intent of the author. By explicitly stating that you are saying something in sarcasm, you are ruining that aspect of it.
In the end though - sarcasm should of course be indicated in written form the way it always has been. The burden is upon the author to craft their words in such a way so that their humor is evident, and not misunderstood. There will always be those who just don't get it of course, and usually the author wants it that way. - Pxtl, on 06/05/2009, -0/+75Italic comic sans.
- Jektal, on 06/05/2009, -1/+56<sarcasm>Oh,</sarcasm> <sarcasm>hating</sarcasm> <sarcasm>on</sarcasm> <sarcasm>Microsoft</sarcasm> <sarcasm>how</sarcasm> <sarcasm>original!</sarcasm>
- LtGenPanda, on 06/04/2009, -9/+60The title I had given was W3C's Response to the <sarcasm> Tag in HTML 5 [PIC] , but <sarcasm> got filtered, have contacted customer support. thanks!
- EvilJon, on 06/05/2009, -0/+49And my new jQuery greasemonkey script:
$('sarcasm').hide();
No more trolls... - seedsofwar, on 06/05/2009, -0/+43don't you dare break my parser with your sarcasm
- mehan, on 06/05/2009, -4/+45more like twitter everything.
- arbulus, on 06/05/2009, -2/+4130 Point Impact
- Bloodboiler, on 06/05/2009, -0/+39<nsfw> tag would be useful.
- shadowman99, on 06/05/2009, -10/+48<style type="text/css">
body {
sarcasm: heavy;
margin : 4px;
color : #000;
background: #fff;
}
</style> - haydenk, on 06/05/2009, -5/+41Then you will not be w3c validated for not closing the tag.
- kylere, on 06/05/2009, -0/+36You could be like an MS HTML maker and turn it on and off for every single line!
- zatt, on 06/05/2009, -19/+54***** twitter.
- nazbot, on 06/05/2009, -0/+33If only there was a tag that would tell me if you're being serious or not.
- jwmann, on 06/05/2009, -1/+33drop shadowed papyrus.
- bearcat8543, on 06/05/2009, -0/+30qwnage eh?
i cant even fathom the amount that is - upnortherik, on 06/05/2009, -14/+44Can we get a "twitter screenshot" bury option, please?
- subscriber, on 06/05/2009, -0/+28Oh yeah, that would definitely be used correctly.
- Kragnerac, on 06/05/2009, -1/+28gf3: http://twitter.com/gf3/status/2025825142
w3c's Reply: http://twitter.com/w3c/status/2027402192 - cecilpl, on 06/05/2009, -0/+27<irony><irony>It's like rain on your wedding day</irony></irony>
- thescimitar, on 06/05/2009, -7/+32What's the problem with Twitter? (Seriously, I don't actually know why we all hate it). And don't lmgtfy, I didn't find much of note.
- mysticalone, on 06/05/2009, -0/+23how do u make those backward b's
nvm - StuartGibson, on 06/14/2009, -2/+25What if it's an infinitely long document? I guess it would also take an infinite amount of time to parse.
- merreborn, on 06/05/2009, -2/+24Damn digg, how hard is it to run htmlentities() over the title?
- MaxxusFlamus, on 06/05/2009, -0/+21holy crap they just created a standards loop.
- MikeSD34, on 06/05/2009, -1/+22Sarcasm describes the text, not the display of the text, so you wouldn't put it in CSS. Do you know nothing of separating content and styles?! To be quite frank, I'm appalled. Standards exist for a reason!
- Greengoo, on 06/05/2009, -0/+21Yah, but yours isn't XML compliant.
- Vindexus, on 06/05/2009, -0/+20<irony>It's like rain on your wedding day</irony>
- daemon, on 06/05/2009, -0/+20you forgot <pwnage> and <qwnage>
- cloudberries, on 06/05/2009, -0/+20<facepalm src="picard" />
- Larssonk22, on 06/05/2009, -0/+20thanks always wondered what language it was from
ಠೃಠ
`ವ - thescimitar, on 06/05/2009, -5/+25I don't get it; I'm getting buried for asking a legitimate question. It seems that 70+% of Digg users LOATHE Twitter, and while I've not figured out how it's exactly useful, I haven't figured out why to hate it either.
- thefreehunter, on 06/05/2009, -3/+22Because twitter has no real purpose other than a masturbatory "look how exciting I am" douchefest. It's similar to the old practice of wearing your cell phone clipped to the outside of your belt or wearing your bluetooth headset everywhere you go.
- poogy21, on 06/05/2009, -1/+20See, they found a perfectly good way of expressing sarcasm using the proposed tag, thereby validating the need for it.
- fungusmonkey, on 06/05/2009, -2/+20You digg it because you thought it was mildly entertaining and because only stupid self-important ***** classify an entire application by it's most annoying users.
- Bdog2g2, on 06/05/2009, -6/+24some people just need something to hate.
- sirukin, on 06/05/2009, -3/+21<sarcasm>I'm so elite when I make fun of social networking! It really separates me from the herd!</sarcasm>
- reaper527, on 06/05/2009, -2/+19how about the better kirby tag?
<('_'<) - forevernomad, on 06/05/2009, -2/+19If I'm *****, the last thing I need is her tweeting about it, she can at least wait three minutes till I'm done, then tweet herself to orgasm.
- drgmdp, on 06/05/2009, -0/+16that was deep
- hivoltage815, on 06/05/2009, -0/+16A+ on your dissertation there.
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