[ale] Fwd: [mil-oss] US military uses 8-inch floppy disks to coordinate nuclear force operations

[Boris Borisov]

You really have mastered it :)
On May 27, 2016 5:07 PM, "Jim Kinney" <jim.kinney at gmail.com> wrote:

> Some other keyboard stuff that's rather rude:
>
> ( . )   a$$hole
>
> (( . ))   fat a$$
>
> (_._) flat a$$
>
> |.|  tight a$$
>
> :}
>
> On Fri, 2016-05-27 at 17:53 +0000, Lightner, Jeffrey wrote:
>
> +1
>
> I'll have to admit I've not seen the /s before (or if I did I didn't recognize it then) but from context today I rather thought it must have been an indicator of some sort of humor.
>
> They say it ain't funny if you have to explain it.  :p
>
> [pedantic mode]
> By the way ":p" = smiley with tongue sticking out  :-)
>
> P.S.   ":-)" = Broad grin.
> [/pedantic mode]
>
> Have a good holiday weekend everyone.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org <ale-bounces at ale.org>] On Behalf Of Ben Coleman
> Sent: Friday, May 27, 2016 11:15 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] Fwd: [mil-oss] US military uses 8-inch floppy disks to coordinate nuclear force operations
>
> On 5/26/2016 09:27 PM, dev null zero two wrote:
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>
> do ya'll not realize "/s" indicates sarcasm? Internet much?
>
>
>
> I Internet plenty, and have for 20 or so years.  I've never before seen "/s" as a sarcasm indicator.  "</sarcasm>", sure.  But not "/s".
>
> <sarcasm>Must be something those lazy young whippersnappers have come up with.>/sarcasm>
>
> Ben
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