• GraniteM@lemmy.world
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      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.

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

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          ¯\(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!

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

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              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)\_/¯ 
              
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                  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)