• Farid@startrek.website
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    3 days ago

    Just fyi, the slash in /s or /sarcasm isn’t some weird bracket, it’s meant as an XML style closing tag, meaning “end of sarcasm”. In full it would look as follows:

    <sarcasm>Things are going great!</sarcasm>
    

    But people drop the opening tag and the <> for convenience.

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      2 days ago

      No, the / has nothing to do with xml. It’s a fake IRC command.

      They were all in the style of /commandname.

      You know, people tend to use sarcasm more in chats than in XML documents.

      • JuxtaposedJaguar@lemmy.ml
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        2 days ago

        You know, people tend to use sarcasm more in chats than in XML documents.

        <message tone=“annoyed” mood=“indignant”>Speak for yourself</message><snap />

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        2 days ago

        I’m aware of slash commands. If it’s a /sarcasm command, why would it be at the end of the statement?
        What’s your source for this? I’m pretty sure “/s” means “end of sarcasm”, borrowed from XML/HTML.

      • 0x0@lemmy.zip
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        2 days ago

        I don’t remember ever seeing /s on IRC.
        It’s always meant </sarcasm> to me.