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[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

¯\(ツ)

Except double slashes makes the underscores disappear.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

So... it looks like adding a slash before the slash and before each underscore does the trick. Thanks!

[–] felsiq@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Markdown uses underscores for italic, which is why they also need to be escaped with backslashes.

[–] elvith 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Although I know this, I cannot remember where I need to escape. So I just have two custom autocorrections: shrug which yields the regular (and broken on Lemmy) ¯_(ツ)_/¯ for general use and shrugmd with the markdown variant for the use on e.g. Lemmy: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

In the end it's:

    shrug: ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 
    shrugmd: ¯\\\_(ツ)\_/¯ 
[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Only need the 3 slashes on the right arm, like so:

¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ 
[–] elvith 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Technically correct, but back, when Reddit allowed 3rd party apps, I did get the occasional "Hey you lost something" comment, as some apps had a broken markdown rendered that wouldn't display it without.

Also it can have side effects if you use an underscore in the same paragraph or use it twice in a row, as it then suddenly can render as italic.

¯\_(ツ)/¯ Not sure how Lemmy reacts, though ¯\_(ツ)