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   Hillbillyman said, about 1 year ago

   That’s defeating the purpose isn’t it?
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   LectricLarry said, about 1 year ago

   Like laugh tracks in sitcoms
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   NebulousRikulau said, about 1 year ago

   If it were popularly accepted it would be a good thing.
   Too many people on the internet don’t realize when someone is saying something sarcastically, especially in political commentary.
   I mean, Rush Limbaugh and John Stewart can make the exact same comment, but one is serious and the other is sarcastic. There needs to be a way to tell them apart without needing to look up their records
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   GSJ Olé said, about 1 year ago

   Maybe the new punctuation mark should be placed before a comment, so the reader can be forewarned about the sarcasm – like the Spanish ¿ and ¡.
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   Flapperhatgirl! said, about 1 year ago

   If a statement is well written, then people should know if it’s sarcastic. Don’t be sarcastic if you can’t pull it off. Good sarcasm is subtle, and with this punctuation mark, nothing will be subtle anymore. If it catches on, anyone who refuses to use it will be taken seriously. I think it will only create more misunderstanding.
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   finale said, about 1 year ago

   Call it the “COASC”:

   Creatively
   Obtuse
   And
   Satirically
   Challenged
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   ottod said, about 1 year ago

   I prefer another suggestion which is the use of the exclamation mark in square brackets. The reverse question mark is more aesthetically appealing, but the other version, “[!]” uses characters we already have.

   Surely there is no one out there who is humor-challenged [!]
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   Night-Gaunt49 said, about 1 year ago

   Written sarcasm fails most of the time because it isn’t always obvious it is sarcasm or irony an not dead serious.
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   bergamot said, about 1 year ago

   It definitely killed the joke in this strip.
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    bjb2book said, about 1 year ago

    I hope that was the point.
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    shytimes2 said, about 1 year ago

    @ottod

    No, haven’t noticed any around HERE in five years.(snerk)
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    shytimes2 said, about 1 year ago

    Nighthawks must be out of town, or he’d be all over this one.
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    burleigh2 said, about 1 year ago

    I think it would be a GREAT idea to have a sarcasm font or something that would indicate when writing that you’re being sarcastic. It wouldn’t have to be in the front, but at the end like they did in this comic. And for those that can’t tell, I’m being serious. :-)
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    philogaia said, about 1 year ago

    I’ve just been introduced to this strip and if it generates this erudite level of comment I’m in.
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