Usage
admin June 14th, 2007
The snark can be made on a keyboad by just typing a tilde after the period of an ironic sentence.
Some fonts include a new character to replace this, offering a dressier look. This may work automatically, or through picking it from a list and pasting it in place. Character Map and Keyboard Viewer are programs built into computers to do this.
BOTH OF THESE ARE REAL SNARKS.
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What exactly the snark can become is up to each of us. Here are some starting ideas:
- Use it where you feel that verbal irony is betrayed by the written word.
I plead ignorance in all discussions of Socratic irony.~
- Use by itself in where you feel a need to clarify a previous statement of irony in a text chat.
“Coolguyx: Thats great.”
“Gma55: what? no its not!”
“Coolguyx:.~”
“Gma55: oh.”
- As a finish to a long satirical essay or article, particularly a hoax you want to finally reveal.
