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I like this one , I'll try to use it, it's more elegant than /s.

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[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

It is common in online conversation among some Internet users to use a fictitious closing tag patterned after HTML: . Over time, it has evolved to lose the angle brackets (/sarcasm) and has subsequently been shortened to /sarc or /s (not to be confused with the valid HTML end tag used to end a struck-through passage).[20] Users of the website Reddit frequently denote sarcasm through the use of /s, as shorthand.[21] This usage later evolved into tone indicators.

Wow, I didn't know the /s had an origin story. Pretty cool.