Posted by so on June 13, 2005, at 9:46:05
In reply to Re: So's request for Robert Hsiung -- prbtnry.prd » crushedout, posted by Minnie-Haha on June 13, 2005, at 9:18:03
> > i think it usually signifies laughing in a sort of juvenile way, but that's just my sense.
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> Yes. It was kind of a rhetorical question, and maybe yours was a rhetorical answer! But I was trying to make a point. I think its use on any thread where there's been some contention is risky, because it's hard to tell who or what the snort is directed at or in answer to. There can be a lot of hidden meaning, real or perceived, in such a <snort>. I don't think it's a problem so much when the thread has been light from the start -- say over in social -- and I'm not saying I was offended by this snort. I just took advantage of an opportunity to point out that sometimes I think the snorts here are ill-advised.
>But are they sarcasm? Is sarcasm ever permissible on these boards as permissions are described in the terms of service?
I genuinely don't know which meaning was intended by the colloquial expression, and generally appreciate efforts to support my causes, which the writing could be construed to be for the limited meaning it conveys (though I contemplated that it might be intended otherwise). But in this case, my "cause" is to understand the extent to which terms of service are consistently applied and this expression presents an example of uncertainty over whether those terms are consistently applied on a routine basis.
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