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squiblet@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• ggsu7@futurology.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  >Thank god it isn’t people quoting posts and adding their amazing commentary such as…. “lol”

  lol

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• Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This

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  • TheGreenGolem@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Came here to say this.

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• cheese_greater@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  “Yikes…”

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  • squiblet@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    this

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  • chrishazfun@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    jinkies

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• Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They’re not quoting. It’s just how stuff is written there

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  • squiblet@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Hmm, no, it's quoting a post just like

    They’re not quoting. It’s just how stuff is written there

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    • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      >be me

      >try to explain meme arrows aka greentext in Lemmy

      tfw you’ve made yourself look like an idiot

      It’s just the way things are written there. Actual quote and that greentext form of writing just use the same > arrow thingy. You see it here too sometimes.

      I think there’s something fun about writing it like that. Reminds me of IRC.

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      • squiblet@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I was using 4chan in 2008. You don't need to explain greentext to me. But that's not a greentext story, it's a reply that quotes someone else's post, which is why it has a comment ID number.

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