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777w · 2012-09-28 16:27:16

apparently the iron mark is also the "snark" :o

jackrulez · 2012-09-28 20:08:22

scimonster wrote:
I know of an ancient form of punctuation that's pretty interesting: It works like. a period is a comma. a colon is a period. three dots is a paragraph break. and 4 is a chapter or something:. It's actually pretty cool. once you get used to it::

You have no idea how painful that is to read.

soupoftomato · 2012-09-28 20:37:36

jackrulez wrote:
scimonster wrote:
I know of an ancient form of punctuation that's pretty interesting: It works like. a period is a comma. a colon is a period. three dots is a paragraph break. and 4 is a chapter or something:. It's actually pretty cool. once you get used to it::
You have no idea how painful that is to read.

What are you talking about: This is. clearly. not any more or less painful than our system. however. you are not adapted to it: The users of this system would think ours is painful:...

jukyter · 2012-09-29 06:18:53

jackrulez wrote:
scimonster wrote:
I know of an ancient form of punctuation that's pretty interesting: It works like. a period is a comma. a colon is a period. three dots is a paragraph break. and 4 is a chapter or something:. It's actually pretty cool. once you get used to it::
You have no idea how painful that is to read.

Actually. I write like that often: It's pretty cool to play around with and stuff:.
Of course. I'm not fully adapted to it so I sometimes make silly mistakes. but it's really fun::

Mokat · 2012-09-29 07:53:19

jukyter wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
Wicki shut up⸮ Oxford commas are the best

anyway yes I recently replaced the accent/tilde key on my keyboard with an irony mark/interrobang key. It's quite lovely
What how could you get rid of the tilde

They're the best
No ;;;;;;
I still have fondness towards those things
Semicolon spam :') ;;;;;

((;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; wink )
((I like parentheses))
((from now on everything i post is going to be like this))

777w · 2012-09-29 08:21:09

Mokat wrote:
jukyter wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:

What how could you get rid of the tilde

They're the best
No ;;;;;;
I still have fondness towards those things
Semicolon spam :') ;;;;;
((;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; )
((I like parentheses))
((from now on everything i post is going to be like this))

((wow that sounds annoying :B))

Mokat · 2012-09-29 08:40:28

777w wrote:
Mokat wrote:
jukyter wrote:

No ;;;;;;
I still have fondness towards those things
Semicolon spam :') ;;;;;
((;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; )
((I like parentheses))
((from now on everything i post is going to be like this))
((wow that sounds annoying :B))

((it's not annoying to me because I LOVE PARENTHESES))

jukyter · 2012-09-29 10:53:02

Mokat wrote:
jukyter wrote:
RedRocker227 wrote:

What how could you get rid of the tilde

They're the best
No ;;;;;;
I still have fondness towards those things
Semicolon spam :') ;;;;;
((;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; )
((I like parentheses))
((from now on everything i post is going to be like this))

#;>(

scimonster · 2012-09-29 15:28:14

jukyter wrote:
jackrulez wrote:
scimonster wrote:
I know of an ancient form of punctuation that's pretty interesting: It works like. a period is a comma. a colon is a period. three dots is a paragraph break. and 4 is a chapter or something:. It's actually pretty cool. once you get used to it::
You have no idea how painful that is to read.
Actually. I write like that often: It's pretty cool to play around with and stuff:.
Of course. I'm not fully adapted to it so I sometimes make silly mistakes. but it's really fun::

Same here: Sometimes. i think it's easier to write using the normal system. then switch it to this:. You know what. i think i'll make the rest of my posts today like this::

jukyter · 2012-09-29 15:37:53

Oh cool. seems like an interesting thing to do:. How about we rise in solidarity for our ancient brothers. and everyone who can bear this system use it all the time::

obfuscate · 2012-09-30 21:47:10

{I have always held a dear fondness in my heart for brackets} and Ugg boots, but that's a story for another time.

777w · 2012-12-23 22:07:19

superbump 9000
i suppose the good old ſ could be considered moderately unorthodox

luiysia · 2012-12-23 22:08:09

That is a letter.

veggieman001 · 2012-12-23 22:09:00

Letters aren't punctuation!!!!11

1, however, technically is, because it is on occasion used as punctuation, and unorthodoxfully so

Last edited by veggieman001 (2012-12-23 22:09:31)

777w · 2012-12-23 22:09:15

luiysia wrote:
That is a letter.

close enough

scratchisthebest · 2012-12-24 21:11:53

Apparently the front part of this topic was the little grey square topic.

sometimes when i get really bored i write like this
no apostrophes
newlines for commas or periods
no shouting
its actually kind of fun once you get rid of the instinct
to capatalize
and commapostrophie-itize
even though its very slightly creepy
^C

jukyter · 2012-12-25 05:08:16

i always type like that
ur bein ofensiv

NeilWest · 2012-12-26 04:39:30

Asterisks are used more often than daggers as footnotes, however daggers are still used in modern culture today - but double daggers woud be the equivalant of two asterisks in a footnote - though two asterisks are more favoured.

I think.

resistance · 2012-12-26 05:16:37

i remember when i didn't know there were different rules for using commas, and that something called the oxford comma existed.

it was a bliss a existance

Last edited by resistance (2012-12-26 05:17:47)

Mokat · 2012-12-26 10:07:02

scratchisthebest wrote:
Apparently the front part of this topic was the little grey square topic.

sometimes when i get really bored i write like this
no apostrophes
newlines for commas or periods
no shouting
its actually kind of fun once you get rid of the instinct
to capatalize
and commapostrophie-itize
even though its very slightly creepy
^C

its actually easier since i dont have to find all of the punctuation marks on my keyboard

Last edited by Mokat (2012-12-26 10:07:24)

veggieman001 · 2012-12-26 15:27:59

NeilWest wrote:
Asterisks are used more often than daggers as footnotes, however daggers are still used in modern culture today - but double daggers woud be the equivalant of two asterisks in a footnote - though two asterisks are more favoured.

I think.

Generally what I've seen is
*
then
**
then
†
then
‡

If they're going to use any more than that, they usually just switch to superscript numbers.

Mokat · 2012-12-26 16:19:31

veggieman001 wrote:
NeilWest wrote:
Asterisks are used more often than daggers as footnotes, however daggers are still used in modern culture today - but double daggers woud be the equivalant of two asterisks in a footnote - though two asterisks are more favoured.

I think.
Generally what I've seen is
*
then
**
then
†
then
‡

If they're going to use any more than that, they usually just switch to superscript numbers.

I've seen *** used before.

veggieman001 · 2012-12-26 16:24:47

Mokat wrote:
veggieman001 wrote:
NeilWest wrote:
Asterisks are used more often than daggers as footnotes, however daggers are still used in modern culture today - but double daggers woud be the equivalant of two asterisks in a footnote - though two asterisks are more favoured.

I think.
Generally what I've seen is
*
then
**
then
†
then
‡

If they're going to use any more than that, they usually just switch to superscript numbers.
I've seen *** used before.

True, true. I don't see **** really, though, as people might confuse it with censorship.

luiysia · 2012-12-26 16:27:16

In Terry Pratchett books? tongue

(@mokat)

Last edited by luiysia (2012-12-26 16:27:33)

werdna123 · 2012-12-26 16:28:23

i've seen "*" then a little number like with powers a few times.

but i think the irony mark and such are more confusing than useful.

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