• @elucubra@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    10•1 day ago

    I agree, but there is just too many who are late t9 the oarty and just wouldn get it.

    ¯ _(ツ)_/¯

    EDIT: I wonder why the backslash doesn’t display

    • @excral@feddit.orgEnglish
      31•1 day ago

      Because the backslash is an escape character:

      1. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -> ¯_(ツ)_/¯
      2. ¯\\_(ツ)_/¯ -> ¯\(ツ)/¯
      3. ¯\\\_(ツ)_/¯ -> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

      Explanation:

      1. the backslash is used to escape the underscore.
      2. the first backslash escapes the second backslash, so it’s shown as a backslash. The pair of underscores is used to display the characters between in italics
      3. both the backslash and the first underscore are escaped, everything finally works
    • @The_Ferry@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4•1 day ago

      I am not 100% sure but I think it some formatting thing where you need to put 2 of them for it to display like this:

      ¯ \(ツ)/¯

      EDIT: I can confirm that is the case.