Color me sarcastic

[greatbear]

A Michigan company has come up with a new punctuation mark. Unlike the well-known ones, this new punctuation is used to denote when the preceding sentence contains sarcasm.

"Statements have the period. Questions have the question mark. Exclamations have the exclamation mark. When you see the newest punctuation mark for sarcasm, you'll know the writer of that sentence doesn't literally mean what they're writing; they're being sarcastic," the company said in a release.



Best of all, the company is providing this new punctuation as an installable feature in hand-held devices and computers for a mere $1.99. It's a great day for the written word. It truly is!

Really!

Comments

[furrbear.livejournal.com]

Nothing yet on the "irony" punctuation mark?

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

That'd lost on too many people. Especially conservatives.

[redmoonriver.livejournal.com]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_mark

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

How ironic is that؟

[redmoonriver.livejournal.com]

indeed

[wrascalism.livejournal.com]

They'd make more money if they came up with a "lets hook up" sign.

[eric-mathgeek.livejournal.com]

WIN!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

If that happened, you'd see it everywhere. Between every word.

[wrascalism.livejournal.com]

Yup, think of the possibilities. On t-shirts, Starbucks cups, greeting cards, Barbie clothes, bank advertising, the possibilities are endless!

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Like this, as an example?

"Hi, my name is Bruce"

;o)

[jrjarrett.livejournal.com]

My world is complete.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

It's like an @ sign that's gotten a bit unhinged.

[fingertrouble.livejournal.com]

yup my thoughts exactly, the sinister @ with direction problems.

[aadroma.livejournal.com]

I'm highly amused by the fact that someone thinks people will PAY for a punctuation mark.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Kinda drives it's own need, doesn't it? 9_9

[gryphons-hole.livejournal.com]

Um... How weird is it that someone wants to charge for a punctuation mark...?

[eric-mathgeek.livejournal.com]

They're not charging for the mark. They're charging for the feature that allows you to use it.

What a bargain! I think I will buy one!

[gryphons-hole.livejournal.com]

I don't see the point of buying for the feature when I suspect a vast majority of folks will have no idea what that thingie at the end of my sentences is...

Then I will have to explain it to all of them and that just leaves me doing the work of advertising something after I had to pay for it. That pisses me off.

[eric-mathgeek.livejournal.com]

That's the genius of it. People will want to know what it is, and then they'll just *FLOCK* to it so they can be sarcastic too!

[eric-mathgeek.livejournal.com]

I think you need to learn to use it, because regular punctuation clearly just isn't enough for you.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Just in case, I did make a userpic.

[eric-mathgeek.livejournal.com]

OMG I just noticed the trademark symbol.

Yeah, I fully expect them to make a lot of money off this.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

Now yer just being sarcastic. ;)

[casecob.livejournal.com]

how can you tell - there's no annoying funky-@ sign! he might be serious! how can we tell!?!

=)

[wrascalism.livejournal.com]

It looks like an upside down tadpole.

[greatbearmd.livejournal.com]

It's like a little fetus in a little womb! YAY FETUS!

[wrascalism.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I had that thought, too.

[champdaddy.livejournal.com]

so is this the birth of sarcasm?

[wrascalism.livejournal.com]

Yes, it's just had a very long gestation period.

[wrascalism.livejournal.com]

There should be a whole line of commemorative stamps, too!

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

Clearly, someone has much too much time on their hands to come up with this. :-)

[champdaddy.livejournal.com]

Just think, if I'd had this a few years ago, I'd have about 200 more LJ-friends.

[otterdaemmerung.livejournal.com]

Sarcasm just wouldn't be as fun if it were instantly announced to its recipient for what it is.

[musklebear.livejournal.com]

Umm...it looks like a dizzy sperm that kicked its tail off too soon?

Is it a $1.99 one time fee & "all the sarcasm you can eat" or do you have to pay them residuals each time you type something sarcastic? Do they offer a bulk rate? will they pro-rate the fees if you're only just slightly sarcastic? With each typed sarcastic comment do you get 3 free verbal sarcastic comments?

Damn, I wish I had known about this on Black Friday I would have stocked up.

Oooh...sarcasm gift cards!

I sure hope they have a sliding scale for those of us who just dabble in sarcasm, but not even enough to consider it a hobby.

[beastbriskett.livejournal.com]

A bargain!

[putzmeisterbear.livejournal.com]

It looks like a pigs butthole!

And if this takes off I would just have to have a huge one halftone on all my stationary.

[paterson-si.livejournal.com]

And here I've always thought you have to sense sarcasm......

[kjvbear.livejournal.com]

it's so nice to know that someone made a new punctuation mark just for me *insert new punctuation mark here*

[furr-a-bruin.livejournal.com]

WTF‽

I'd rather have wide acceptance and easy use of the interrobang... a much more useful punctuation symbol, IMNSHO.

[dougoros.livejournal.com]

I'd have to stop chatting with anyone who required the new punctation mark .....or kill them....

[digibob.livejournal.com]

This is actually a bargain considering everything that comes out of my fingers demands it's usage. Believe me, I'll never get more bang for my smartass buck.

[maxauburn.livejournal.com]

I refuse to pay for a symbol for sarcasm!

I'm quite capable of being sarcastic on my own, for free!