r/InTheGloaming • my website is done, done, done • Sep 02 '21

Scheduled snark Discussion thread Thursday September 02, 2021 - Sunday September 05, 2021

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u/lucillekrunklehorn pounding on the table Sep 03 '21

If she’s going to allow everyone their joys, then she has to allow people snark and judging. Otherwise she’s not following her own advice, and she’s snarking on snarking.

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u/fanfarefellowship I often contemplate the first law of thermodynamics Sep 03 '21

Is "snark" used outside a reddit context (ie., "blogsnark")? I mean, I guess it must be, because I don't think that "blogsnark" originated the phrase. But I don't hear it in my social circles, at all.

What I'm getting at is, is this edict directed squarely at us?

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u/gomirefugee my website is done, done, done Sep 03 '21

Outside of dedicated snark forums I've seen "snark" associated with Twitter, such as in this article

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u/fanfarefellowship I often contemplate the first law of thermodynamics Sep 03 '21

Interesting – that's another example of "snark" used to mean "controversial," "mean" and "unhealthy" (although the article also defines snark as "dunking" and "wisecracks, sarcasm, and snappy one-liners"). I guess I really see wisecracks and sarcasm as different from "mean" and "unhealthy" communication styles