Look what someone made for Psycho chomp

www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6995354/Sarcasm-punctuation-mark-aims-to-put-an-end-to-email-confusion.html
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:36, 19 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Second thread today about me.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:37, Reply)

and anyway generally accepted that (!) is a sarcasm punctuation.
No one uses it though.
(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:38, Reply)

I did not know this

Do you think these pricks do?
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:40, Reply)

I think they fully reaseached the subject before making this excellent product (!)

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:41, Reply)

Me too(!)(!)(!)(!)
*gurns*
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:42, Reply)

That's very funny (!)

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:46, Reply)

Thanks
You're very funny too (!)
(Flim-Flam the Magnificent "You is talking loco and I like it!", Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:57, Reply)

which is not that far removed from the international ascii sign for vagina
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and only 2 underscores away from an arse.
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 15:01, Reply)

Sarcmark?
That's a really good idea isn't it ;D
( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:40, Reply)

yes, yes I believe it is..

wait a minute!
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:40, Reply)

Ha!

( Colonel Dracula Two manky hookers and a racist dwarf, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:41, Reply)

It seems appropriate that it should have been dreamt up by an American lot,
I'm sure of all the nations that frequent the internet, they seem to struggle most with the concepts of sarcasm and irony.

Edit: Have just read some of the comments. My, they are taking it badly...
(LongJohnBaldry, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:41, Reply)

This isn't the first time I've seen this topic on an online message board
But 888 subtitles is way ahead of you. I remember seeing years ago them using a bracketed exclamation mark as a signifier of sarcastic intonation e.g. I love how well informed Bonio and Bob Geldof are at how to help developing African nations(!)
( djtrialprice, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:44, Reply)

And indeed
Chompy's way ahead of me
( djtrialprice, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:45, Reply)

I thought you had me on ignore for a second.

(PsychoChomp, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:45, Reply)

Who said that?

( djtrialprice, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 14:47, Reply)

They've already made a chompy mark.
₪ = stands for paperclip salesman
( Donkey Gums @mattcomedy, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 15:01, Reply)

*without reading the artical*
Oh, great, so everyone has to update their fonts, fonts which will have to pay royalties to SarcMark Company, which in turn will bring the cost of every single piece of software up.

Next month they'll do a 'End' and 'Start' version of it.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 15:24, Reply)

give it a day or two
and everyone will be using this wonderful symbol (!)
(bamboozled Can hear you getting fatter, Mon 18 Jan 2010, 16:36, Reply)