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[–] get_off_the_phone@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a meme from some other site about being old and telling the tale of 2016 to an inquisitive youth. If i remember correctly, it goes along the lines of:

Oh you you wanna hear about 2016? Takes 3 shots of tequila Well it all started in 2015 with this gorilla...

Everything since has been a fucking wild ride. Past couple of years have been relatively tame thankfully. But I can't help feeling like that story arc is not yet finished and it leaves me feeling apprehensive about the conclusion.

[–] Gabu@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

???

Literal war with Russia, a potential return of large scale Covid, unsustainable weather, fascism rising around the world, and you call it "relatively tame"? Compared to what, a supernova?

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

No, 2016 really was a major turning point. 2020 was worse yes, but 2016 was when it all started going downhill.

[–] get_off_the_phone@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Side note: Ooo neat, bracketing something with tripple * makes it bold. TIL.

[–] get_off_the_phone@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Side side note: Not just bold but italicized as well. Cool.

[–] OrteilGenou@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know, but it works on Liftoff - if what you wanted was monospaced text (like in programming).

Simple explanation: lemmy uses markdown under the hood. In markdown, one star *surrounded* things are italics; two start **surrounded** things are bold. Three stars basically '* **combine** *' both to make: italic bold.

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To make monospace font, use ` as brackets.

To quote, begin the line with >

this is a quote

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Headings

Begin a line with hashtag to make it a heading. One hashtag for h1, two for h2 etc.

h1

h2

h3

h4

h5
h6
[–] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

italic * | bold ** | bold italic ***

[–] pirat@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Bracketing with ~~ ~~does this~~