[redog]

Nah, that's the sarcasterisk and should replace /s in modern communication.

[DonHopkins]

It also means three pointer dereferences in C++.

[ale42]

Looking forward to write such code:

  ⁂data = 42;

[account42]

Please submit a proposal for this.

[emmet]

Honestly explicit sarcasm indication should just die out entirely. Might as well be writing it longhand as "Just in case you missed it, this is a joke haha." every time you tell a joke.

[KMnO4]

I’m not sure if you’re being serious or not. I’ve never met you and tone isn’t conveyed over text.

I’m assuming you’re joking, but maybe that’s exactly why we need explicit sarcasm demarcation.

[bmacho]

This reasoning is nonsensical.

There is nothing to refute in it, but, just to prove it wrong: sarcasm is commonly denoted in spoken English by intonation.