Madhu “MadMan” Menon’s Weblog: Avoiding personal conflict on mailing lists:
2. Avoid sarcasm. Cultural and individual sensitivity to sarcasm varies from person to person. Forget that silly quote about sarcasm being the highest form of wit. Remember that mailing lists can have people from all over the world. Respect their culture too.
Translation: Avoid sarcasm because there are so many stupid people on mailing lists.
Sarcasm? What’s that?