← Back to context Comment by ganomi 8 years ago The /s stands for sarcasm 7 comments ganomi Reply skrebbel 8 years ago No it doesn't, it stands for "This used to be sarcasm but I ruined it by telling you" MaxBarraclough 8 years ago People use it for a reason. Intended tone does not carry reliably over text. kbenson 8 years ago I've always wondered whether /s predates, was a concurrent development, or is an evolutionary shortening of </sarcasm>. mcbits 8 years ago The history went something like this: jk </sarcasm> <sarcasm>...</sarcasm> </sarcasm> /sarcasm /sarc /s \s iddan 8 years ago ⸮ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation izzydata 8 years ago This punctuation is very ironic. joejerryronnie 8 years ago It also stands for "hitting over head with hammer"
skrebbel 8 years ago No it doesn't, it stands for "This used to be sarcasm but I ruined it by telling you" MaxBarraclough 8 years ago People use it for a reason. Intended tone does not carry reliably over text.
MaxBarraclough 8 years ago People use it for a reason. Intended tone does not carry reliably over text.
kbenson 8 years ago I've always wondered whether /s predates, was a concurrent development, or is an evolutionary shortening of </sarcasm>. mcbits 8 years ago The history went something like this: jk </sarcasm> <sarcasm>...</sarcasm> </sarcasm> /sarcasm /sarc /s \s
mcbits 8 years ago The history went something like this: jk </sarcasm> <sarcasm>...</sarcasm> </sarcasm> /sarcasm /sarc /s \s
iddan 8 years ago ⸮ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation izzydata 8 years ago This punctuation is very ironic.
No it doesn't, it stands for "This used to be sarcasm but I ruined it by telling you"
People use it for a reason. Intended tone does not carry reliably over text.
I've always wondered whether /s predates, was a concurrent development, or is an evolutionary shortening of </sarcasm>.
The history went something like this:
⸮ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation
This punctuation is very ironic.
It also stands for "hitting over head with hammer"