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The Snark Mark!

criticalcricket
2009-03-02 02:26 pm UTC (link)

Oddly enough, I brushed up on my # knowledge when the ampersand wank came up, so I knew that it came about by some arcane deformation of "lb".

I wonder what symbol we'll see wank about next. This one looks promising:
The irony mark or irony point (؟) (French: point d’ironie; also called a snark or zing) is a proposed punctuation mark that was suggested to be used to indicate that a sentence should be understood at a second level.

It's perfect! I saw we adopt it as our very own!

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	Re: The Snark Mark! bienegold 2009-03-02 03:52 pm UTC (link)
	I love it! It will never replace my first love, the interrobang, but I will still hold it dear. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: The Snark Mark! rodo 2009-03-02 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	There was ampersand wank? Also: People could start wanking about how to write ellipses. My personal favourite is this: …, but I've also seen ... and . . . (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Snark Mark! puipui 2009-03-02 05:29 pm UTC (link)
	There was ampersand wank? Apparently they don't exist. Like bisexuals and English majors. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Snark Mark! rodo 2009-03-02 05:34 pm UTC (link)
	But ... they're on signs and everything! Sometimes I wish they wouldn't though. I once tried to read a story where the author had replaced every single "and" with an &. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Snark Mark! puipui 2009-03-03 04:43 am UTC (link)
	I once tried to read a story where the author had replaced every single "and" with an &. AAAAAAAAH! D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: Ampersand Wank beachlass 2009-03-02 06:52 pm UTC (link)
	Yep. Ampersand Wank. Right here in the house, with bonus digression about #. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: The Snark Mark! lykomancer 2009-03-02 05:44 pm UTC (link)
	I'd use it but, how do I make it? (Without c/ping from wiki?) (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Snark Mark! criticalcricket 2009-03-02 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	Wiki says: This character can be represented using the reversed question mark (؟) found in Unicode as U+2E2E. Of course, I have never mastered unicode, so I guess I'm stuck c&ping. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: The Snark Mark! chibikaijuu 2009-03-02 05:55 pm UTC (link)
	I don't like the irony mark. It lacks subtlety. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	Re: The Snark Mark! lirazel 2009-03-04 03:56 pm UTC (link)
	One question though - do we have to have it tattooed on our forearms, and will pressing on it summon the Snark Lord? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: The Snark Mark! criticalcricket 2009-03-04 11:49 pm UTC (link)
	But of course. And with your lifetime membership, you get a nifty costume and Guy Fawkes to hide your true identity from ~~Scientologists~~ your victims. Limited time offer. Call in the next 3,000 hours and we'll also include this nifty glow in the dark autographed photo of the Snark Lord to keep in the shrine in your closet. (Reply to this)(Parent)

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