sarcasm punctuation mark

the sarcasm punctuation mark - š

   according to wikipedia, "the grapheme š (s with caron) is used in various contexts, usually denoting the voiceless postalveolar fricative. the lowercase š is used in the americanist phonetic notation, as well as in the uralic phonetic alphabet."
   bullshit!
   maybe five people on earth use it like it's supposed to be used. i say we use it to try and denote sarcasm when used in text based commentary in emails, on web sites, social networks, such as twitter and facebook, and any other of your sarcastic writing endeavors.
   for example: you might type, "i would love to go to church with you." by all appearances, the reader actually thinks you really want to go to church with them, even though you are being a sarcastic jerk. when you add the š at the end, "i would love to go to church with you.š" becomes, "i would love to go to church with you when hell freezes over".
   brrr, can you feel the cold sting of sarcasm?
   now many of you will say, "it's not officially recognized". well, neither was stupid LOL and that never stopped every 12 year old girl and guys that want to be 12 year old girls from using it to death. i think some jackass added LOL to a dictionary and that is just wrong.
   to easily stick a š to the end of your sarcastic comment, press and hold the (alt) key and press the numbers 0154 (alt0154) on the number pad, as the top row numbers will not work this. if you have a laptop with a 'fn' key and a number pad within the keyboard, try pressing 'fn' 'alt' 0154. the microsoft 'character map' also has it.
   join me on the vanguard to a new way of communicating smartassedness.

i appreciate your continued patronage.š

phil

note: facebook will delete the š if it's the last character of your post, so add a space after.

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