• Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    You gotta put a \ before the asterisk to cancel out the mark-up, like this: \*

    (I used a second \ to cancel out the usual effect in the example. Fun fact, that cancellation is why the “shrug emoticon” sometimes loses an arm.)

    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today
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      1 day ago

      I love markdown and stuff but also I’m sad I can’t use “carat underscore carat” happy emoticons anymore because it mangles them lol.

      No escapes:

      _

      Slash escapes like that neat trick up there…

      ^_^

      Not even code block can save it.

      ^_^

      Code block saves shruggie though!

      ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      Lenny is safe…

      ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) …for now