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Re:Ask HN: I have no commitments for the next 6 months – wha... by pprbckwrtr on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @02:56PM (#11574583)
This was formatted better when I first typed it out! I have no idea why it italicized some things.
Re:Ask HN: I have no commitments for the next 6 months – wha... by 0942v8653 on Wednesday April 27, 2016 @07:39AM (#11579462)
Asterisks turn into italics:

    some *formatted* words
becomes "some formatted words"

If you put a space after the first one it won't be formatted: some * formatted* words