Would your DU experience be improved or worsened if the "Sarcasm" smilie were outlawed?

Orrex

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Tue Mar-23-10 04:10 PM
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Poll question: Would your DU experience be improved or worsened if the "Sarcasm" smilie were outlawed?

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LeftyMom

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Tue Mar-23-10 04:14 PM
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1. My life would be completely ruined. Sarcasm, as Oscar Wilde noted, can not be conveyed in text.

Edited on Tue Mar-23-10 04:15 PM by LeftyMom

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Dr. Strange

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Tue Mar-23-10 04:20 PM
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2. Tough call.

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Tue Mar-23-10 04:36 PM
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4. Good lord Doc!

I've heard of posts dripping with sarcasm but that's the goddamn Niagra Falls!

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MiddleFingerMom

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Tue Mar-23-10 04:33 PM
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3. I can't tell if Dr Strange meant that or not.

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Sarcasm or irony IS often hard to convey in text... and some are WAY
too sensitive and/or ready to take insult.
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There's probably a need for one -- but it should be at least as subtle
as some of the dry wit it might be needed to complement.
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The existing one is just too, too clumsy.
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KamaAina

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Tue Mar-23-10 04:49 PM
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5. Worsened.

Many people don't get me. Especially in GD. :eyes:

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pitohui

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Tue Mar-23-10 04:54 PM
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6. it didn't always exist and it created a lot of problems not being there

sarcasm is not something that can be easily conveyed w/out being able to "hear" the voice in question so the smiley proved necessary or else we were having daily fisticuffs over "obvious" sarcasm that was not so obvious to many readers

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SPKrazy

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Tue Mar-23-10 04:57 PM
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7. Nooooooo!!!!!!!

:sarcasm: surely there is no plan to eliminate it!

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