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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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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I went and found the thread for us, it’s just greentext, no quoting, it’s the second message and just clowning on Lemmy

        4chan chat in question

        boards.4chan.org/g/thread/98011228

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      • Kusimulkku@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’s not a comment ID number, it’s saying there’s basically “a gazillion instances”. It’s making a joke about Lemmy but just in greentext.

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