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        <title><![CDATA[Silly, closed-minded fellow!]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[[insert SarcMark here]]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[boxfiddler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 21:08:24 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[And if you're audience doesn't recognize your intent?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Open minded?  You've been a member less than 12 hours and you've already determined you're more open minded than most?  Most what?  Most of the general population?  Most of the TR membership?  Most of those who have participated in this discussion so far?Regardless, the use of an emoticon is only worthwhile when your audience is familiar with the symbolism.  That's why the original 'smileys' worked; they're one of the few things about computing that could be called 'intuitive'.  Almost no one is familiar with this squiggle, and it's meaning can't be intuited just by looking at it.  Unlike an acronym, it's meaning can't be guessed.  If you have to explain, &quot;It means I'm being sarcastic&quot;, you've failed to make your point.Sarcasm speaks for itself.  See seanferd's brilliant post earlier in this topic:http://techrepublic.com.com/5208-12847-0.html?forumID=102&amp;threadID=325203&amp;messageID=3237715]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[CharlieSpencer_Palmetto]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 04:15:57 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[We are to accept]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[That you, circularly, are more open-minded than most?Don't nobody get away with nothing here.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 22:03:31 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: SarcMark may ruin the point of sarcasm]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I downloaded the SarcMark Software a couple weeks ago.  It was free to download at www.sarcmark.com.  I guess they're giving away the software now.  Anyway, I use it all the time.  I know a lot of people are skeptical about the idea.  I tend to be more open-minded than most, so I use it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[brendajoslyn]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 21:28:39 -0700</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[This doesn't work just as well?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I think that this sounds like an EXCELLENT idea... /s]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[dcolbert@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 06:28:23 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I agree...]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Like my wife always tells me, it's not funny if you have to explain it.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[George in Providence]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:12:32 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[WTF??????????]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[OMG, WTF, and all that other stuff.  I tink I will spend the money on a nice green tea.  But I bet it becomes the &quot;pet rock&quot; of the current generation...X, Y, Z, B, D or what ever it is this time.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[FortBragg_Surfgoddess]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:35:12 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Sarcasm is essential]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[For the most part, less literate users have chosen to be that way.  They deserve everything they don't get.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:23:50 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[There are those]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[...a few literary geniuses on this thread seem to have confused sarcasm...and lying...so literal that recognizing sarcasm is beyond their capability.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:18:09 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[SarcMark?]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Most of the fun (for me) of using sarcasm is knowing the vast majority of those who read it will only catch the sarcasm if it's pointed out to them.Sure, I'll use something to spoil my fun.edit: increased sarcasm]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[NickNielsen]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 07:40:35 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That depends upon the country]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Here in Israel sarcasm is perhaps even more common than in the U.S.  The trick here sometimes is getting people NOT to be sarcastic for a change.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[EliSko@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 03:25:02 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[As it did]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[as the basis of this thread, perhaps ???]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[drowningnotwaving]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:34:05 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[I almost fell out of my chair just now... [NT]]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[[NT]=No Text.  Silly person.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[kama410@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 00:26:14 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[That would be]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[A pundit, correct?]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[santeewelding]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:03:46 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Unintentional puns]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[are way more revealing of the punner.  ]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[boxfiddler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:59:06 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Oh.  Nicely done.]]></title>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[boxfiddler]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:52:04 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Maybe]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[250,000 pages of unfinished and unorganized specification notes for this could be fast-tracked through ISO.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:43:32 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[RE: SarcMark may ruin the point of sarcasm]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Hell no!~ The SarcMark defeats the purpose. Besides people online have their own creative ways to express sarcasm, when it's necessary to point out such in the presence of a dense friend.It's called a sarcasm tag, and it's usually expressed like this:Oh, I totally love your ___ page![/sarcasm]Note that it mainly looks like a closing BB tag, and you can optionally make it look like an html tag by using 's instead for extra geek points.With this, there's no dang need to pony up $1.99 to a stupid greedy idiot who thinks he's invented something cool. This idea has already been considered, and the SarcMark is as pointless as ever.Now, if it ever makes it into say...the unicode specification sometime in the future..then maybe it might see use. But that means the person will have to let people use it for free. XD]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[ZazieLavender]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:04:01 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[Yup.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[I swear some programs could be condensed to 5 minutes if they did not keep reminding you what they jut told you. Especially after a commercial advertisement break. And yes, especially in programmes meant to be non-fiction.edit: Perhaps I should apply for dual citizenship for spelling.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[seanferd]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:59:31 -0800</pubDate>
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        <title><![CDATA[it is NOT common in other countries.]]></title>
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        <description><![CDATA[Sarcasm is not common in other countries,  I'm from Mexico but have lived in the USA for 20 years and have found it hard to make a sarcastic joke because it gets taken as literal.]]></description>
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        <dc:creator><![CDATA[franky.xl@...]]></dc:creator>
        <pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:35:25 -0800</pubDate>
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