The Problem

Admit it. Go on. How many times a week are you caught out on the Internet by sarcasm? Or rather lack of understanding what is and isn’t sarcasm. I’d be the first to admit I get tripped up at least a couple of times a week. It happens on forums, blog comments and in communities. The problem is rife and we need something to de done about it.

The Need

I call for the <sarcasm> tag. HTML 5 should be able to accommodate another tag without too much harm. So, W3C, consider this an open letter (seems to be the fashion according to the Digg crowd these days) to call for its inclusion. Many an argument and misunderstanding would be prevented.

The Rendering

Of course every new tag needs a default rendering style by the browsers. And as sarcasm is a form of humour, why not render in bold Comic Sans like the following? (assuming you have this great font installed)

The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog

And there we go. Sarcasm solved.