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ganomi | 7 years ago

The /s stands for sarcasm

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skrebbel|7 years ago

No it doesn't, it stands for "This used to be sarcasm but I ruined it by telling you"

MaxBarraclough|7 years ago

People use it for a reason. Intended tone does not carry reliably over text.

kbenson|7 years ago

I've always wondered whether /s predates, was a concurrent development, or is an evolutionary shortening of </sarcasm>.

mcbits|7 years ago

The history went something like this:

    jk
    </sarcasm>
    <sarcasm>...</sarcasm>
    </sarcasm>
    /sarcasm
    /sarc
    /s
    \s

joejerryronnie|7 years ago

It also stands for "hitting over head with hammer"