• @GraniteM
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    28 days ago

    You know, I think it’s something with the formatting here where it makes the slash disappear. Not sure what syntax I’d need to use to make the whole thing appear properly.

    • @[email protected]
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      98 days ago

      It’s a markdown dialect, \ is the escape char, so you need to escape it :)
      Same as r*ddit in that regard.

      • @GraniteM
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        8 days ago

        ¯\(ツ)

        Except double slashes makes the underscores disappear.

        ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

        So… it looks like adding a slash before the slash and before each underscore does the trick. Thanks!

        • @[email protected]
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          48 days ago

          Markdown uses underscores for italic, which is why they also need to be escaped with backslashes.

          • @[email protected]
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            68 days ago

            Although I know this, I cannot remember where I need to escape. So I just have two custom autocorrections: shrug which yields the regular (and broken on Lemmy) ¯_(ツ)_/¯ for general use and shrugmd with the markdown variant for the use on e.g. Lemmy: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

            In the end it’s:

                shrug: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
                shrugmd: ¯\\\_(ツ)\_
            • @samus12345
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              38 days ago

              Only need the 3 slashes on the right arm, like so:

              ¯\\\_(ツ)_
              • @[email protected]
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                8 days ago

                Technically correct, but back, when Reddit allowed 3rd party apps, I did get the occasional “Hey you lost something” comment, as some apps had a broken markdown rendered that wouldn’t display it without.

                Also it can have side effects if you use an underscore in the same paragraph or use it twice in a row, as it then suddenly can render as italic.

                ¯\_(ツ)/¯ Not sure how Lemmy reacts, though ¯\_(ツ)