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Re:Things Markdown got wrong by joshspankit on Saturday April 04, 2020 @07:33AM (#22777666)
/italic/ is also how it used to be done way back in the early BBS/MUD/MUSH days (along with _underline_)
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Re:Things Markdown got wrong by ksec on Saturday April 04, 2020 @09:34PM (#22783046)
Yes I think this makes much more sense to me since the / operators align with how the characters in italic looks once it is applied ( Slightly tilted )

And underline.

I dont understand why they aren't used that way any more.

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