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by RL_Quine 1495 days ago
We need to standardize sarcasm punctuation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony_punctuation

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Just realized taht "/s" is a de-facto standard recognized almost everywhere in the international tech world - perhaps it would be viable to submit a RFC for it that can be referenced? Plenty of time before next year's April.
Oh whoops. The sarcasm seems obvious in hindsight. Apologies :P
"Oh, a sarcasm detector. Oh, that's a real useful invention."