If you don't have the benefit of "textile", how do you indicate sarcasm when typing?

If you don't have the benefit of "textile", how do you indicate sarcasm when typing?
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Most of us on Fluther use the tilde. Sort of an informal rule that popped up. :) This squiggly thing: ~ Usually after sentences, like so.~ You can find a list of the accepted markup here!
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