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    • @Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.orgEnglish
      9•2 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
        7•2 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.

    • @pyre@lemmy.world
      5•2 days ago

      exactly, it’s marking the end of the sarcastic remark, as a shorthand way to say “i was being sarcastic”