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Re:Beyond Markdown by dredmorbius on Saturday July 01, 2023 @10:43PM (#36557675)
There's the concept of escaping notation using a single backslash: \

So:

  **strong text** -> bold "strong text"
  
  \*\*doubled splats\*\* -> "doubled splats" w/ "**" on either side
This is also cumbersome to type, but at least there's a path to what you want to present even if the character is reserved for markup.
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Re:Beyond Markdown by cbarrick on Saturday July 01, 2023 @11:53PM (#36558065)
Yes. I'm less concerned about it being cumbersome to write than I am about it being cumbersome to read.

And again, this complaint will only be relevant in contexts where this specific convention is used.

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