from the Sun style guide

[ironymaiden]

Avoid irony.
Even native speakers of English have difficulty discerning irony in writing.

Comments

[butterflydrming.livejournal.com]

{laughs}{shares with L}{starts wheezing}

[brainstormfront.livejournal.com]

A properly-applied irony keeps your sentences and paragraphs wrinkle-free. :)