Written sarcasm is confusing
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After reading skryblan's CAPITALS, the only thought I had was, "Man, do I really not get sarcasm?" The post has already gotten some reactions from the blogosphere (bearosphere?), and I found myself smiling while reading it, but I still can't decide whether it was a sarcastic post or if he is for real.
On one hand, I feel like it has to be sarcasm, and I can sense the English humor in it. Furthermore, reading other things from his site-and especially how they are written-reinforces the theory of sarcasm.
However, I also have this feeling that it may *not be sarcasm, and the guy really is annoyed by people not using Capitals (or full stops). To each their own, but it baffles me. I had a sense that on the internet you can pretty much write however you see fit1,2. I write the common way, with capitals and (hopefully) correct punctuation, but I've never been annoyed or put off by someone writing in lowercase-uppercase is another story-or by the lack of punctuation, especially if it felt intentional.
Now, back to me not being able to fully tell if the post was sarcastic or not: written sarcasm-unless obnoxiously in your face-without context or knowing the person a priori (which I guess might count as context too), is confusing. It may be funny, but fo' sho' is confusing.
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