Is it really sarcasm if you have to ...

[RagingInMiami]

tell people it's sarcasm by using ...

:sarcasm:

[Deja Q]

1. I dunno

:sarcasm:

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[GOPisEvil]

2. Yes it is.

It's just not as effective.

But then, it makes for fewer misundertandings.

No :sarcasm: ;-)

[Kire]

3. It's a delicate art.

when it works, it works

when it doesn't, duck

[mcscajun]

4. Yes. Because everyone's "sarcasm detector" is set at a different frequency

And likewise for their individual "sarcasm filters".

[fluffernutter]

5. yes...

it helps some people "get it" ... some people really do need that extra little nudge, ya know

[RagingInMiami]

6. My writing professor calls it "the elbow in the ribs"

when you write a comic scene and you have to explain to the readers that it's suppose to be funny.

[fluffernutter]

7. well, i agree,

a good writer shouldn't have to announce what they are doing, it should just come across the way they intended.

i thought you were talking about here - just the usual little ditties that go on here, which sometimes DO need the emoticons since it is kind of like "conversation", but without tone, and they seem to help the reader.

[RagingInMiami]

8. I was talking about here, but you made me think about my prof

There are a lot of times I'm sarcastic, but people take it all serious and stuff. But if I use the :sarcasm:, it will make me feel that I'm doing the "elbow in the ribs" routine.

So I'm not going to use it and just continue pissing people off without meaning to.

[fluffernutter]

9. you do tend to get people all haired out sometimes

and i always wonder why. (well, there are times that you mean to, but that's a different story ;))

i like the emoticons, even though they are a cop out to real writers. speaking of which, i have found that since i have been writing on the computer, i want to use LOL in other writing. it is ticking me off, and i know i need to buckle down and really write again to get my head out of the "easy way out" mode.

what are you writing lately?

[RagingInMiami]

10. Lately I haven't had any work coming in because I'm waiting to get

my logo and business cards before I go out seeking more work.

But I've been writing poetry in my creative writing class. I wrote an anti-bush poem, which received an A. And I just finished a funny little poem titled "the media circus".

[fluffernutter]

11. you write poetry too?

that is so cool. i love to write poetry.

congrats on your A! how's that class going? when does it end - May?

[RagingInMiami]

12. We have three weeks left

I really enjoy the class. I hope the rest of the classes in this program are that much fun. I think I'm going to post my anti-bush poem.