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  • @Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org
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    92 days ago

    That plus the backward slash already has a different purpose there as you typically use it to prevent the line from getting formatted.

    > Not a quote

    *not bold*

    # not huge

    • Da Bald Eagul
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      72 days ago

      Yeah, I’m pretty sure OP knows this - the title says it’s an escape character. What you’re describing is referred to as “escaping” the markdown.

      In a similar manner, OP wants to “escape” sarcasm, I guess? But that’s not really the purpose of the /s tag - it marks the end of sarcasm. Doing \s would imply that while the original meaning would be interpreted sarcastically, you’re not supposed to. Which also makes sense I guess, but people use /srs for similar reasons.