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¯_ (ツ)_/¯ rule (media.kbin.social)
submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by to c/196@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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4 panel comic:
1 NPC says: A Lesbian? You just haven't had the right dick yet
2 person replies: But my gf has a dick
3 NPC with blank look
4 NPC looks angry

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[–] 2 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

So, can anyone explain why the "\" symbol disappears when typed out normally? what do you have to do to make it register?

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  • [–] 20 points 3 years ago* (2 children)

    Markdown formatting, \ is often used as what is called an escape sequence. I don't knew the rules for lemmy's markdown, just remember to add 2 \'s

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    with the shrug emoticon you have to use 3

    the underscore is used for text formatting so you have to escape it and the back slash

    2 ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

    3 ¯⁠\\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Oh dear. In my client, Connect, the 2 slash version looks right and the 3 slash version has a doubled arm. I suspect it's not rendering markdown correctly.

    Lemme try:

    ¯⁠\\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

    Okay idk how to describe this, but those two text strings above are seemingly identical in plain text, but one renders correctly, the other incorrectly in my client. I feel like I'm being gaslit.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (1 child)

    Liftoff here, 2 is the right number... except in some comments where 3 works too unless it doesn't 🤷

    2 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - OK (second italics escaped)

    32 20 c2 af [5c 5c] 5f 28 e3 83 84 29 [5c 5f] 2f c2 af 0a

    2 ¯\(ツ)/¯ - unescaped ITALICS

    32 20 c2 af [5c 5c] 5f 28 e3 83 84 29 5f 2f c2 af 0a

    3 ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ - OK (first italics escaped)

    33 20 c2 af [5c 5c] [5c 5f] 28 e3 83 84 29 5f 2f c2 af 0a

    3 ¯⁠\\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ - doubled

    33 20 c2 af [e2 81 a0] [5c 5c] 5c [e2 81 a0] 5f [e2 81 a0] 28 [e2 81 a0] e3 83 84 [e2 81 a0] 29 [e2 81 a0] 5f [e2 81 a0] 2f [e2 81 a0] c2 af 0a

    0xE281A0 - https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_joiner

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I just look up "shrug text emoji" and copy pasta that lol 😂

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (2 children)

    Here you go, this is how to make it appear properly in markdown: ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯

    It will appear as this when you paste it: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Thanks though I don't seem to be having any issues, looks fine on kabin!

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