Enclosing any text between _s tells markdown rendering that you want it to be italicized. Putting a \ behind a markdown character tells the renderer to _ignore that,_ and render the character as normal.
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But \ is a markdown character, so when you double backslash, the first \ tells the renderer to ignore the second \, and the _s act as normal, italicizing the face.
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So you gotta triple backslash. The first \ tells the renderer to ignore the second \, and the third \ tells the renderer to ignore the _
You gotta backslash your backslash, my Spooky Bog Monster!
You actually gotta triple backslash.
Enclosing any text between _s tells markdown rendering that you want it to be italicized. Putting a \ behind a markdown character tells the renderer to _ignore that,_ and render the character as normal.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
But \ is a markdown character, so when you double backslash, the first \ tells the renderer to ignore the second \, and the _s act as normal, italicizing the face.
¯\(ツ)/¯
So you gotta triple backslash. The first \ tells the renderer to ignore the second \, and the third \ tells the renderer to ignore the _
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
This whole time I just been making my little shruggy dude green.
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