• Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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    The original novel and movie MASH are worth a look, even if you’ve seen the show.

    In the original version, Frank Burns is a decent surgeon, not a stooge like on TV. What makes him hated is his arrogance. If a patient lives it’s because Frank is a great doctor, and if they die it’s God’s will.

    I see that a lot in MAGoo circles.

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      Sorry, maybe I’m stupid. But could you send me the name of the movie in DM? I know you only left out a *. But I can’t find anything. I’m an actual idiot tbh.

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        I’m not the guy, and this isn’t a PM. But the movie/book/tv show is called MAS*H.

        Edit: Lemmy doesn’t seem to like the proper spelling and autocorrects it. It’s called MASH, with asterisks between the letters. (Acronym for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital)

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          Oh thank you so much, I was confused by the asterisk but apparently it wasn’t even necessary. Most confusing asterisk ever tho haha.

          I wish I could tip you. Have a nice day!

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            Asterisks are used in markdown.

            One at each end of a letter, word or phrase does italics. Two does bold, three does bold italaics.

            Hence, m * a * s * h treats the A as italics, (MAS*H)and the single one after s as an individual *

            If you want to do it where it visually works, you have to use the \ to escape the asterisk

            Iirc, to get m*a*s*h you slap the backspace in front of each asterisk, but I can’t be sure, so I may need to edit this a few times until I get it right, then edit in the correct process

            Edit: yup! \ in front of each asterisk does it.

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          Asterisks are used in markdown.

          One at each end of a letter, word or phrase does italics. Two does bold, three does bold italaics.

          Hence, m * a * s * h treats the A as italics, (MAS*H)and the single one after s as an individual *

          If you want to do it where it visually works, you have to use the \ to escape the asterisk

          Iirc, to get m*a*s*h you slap the backspace in front of each asterisk, but I can’t be sure, so I may need to edit this a few times until I get it right, then edit in the correct process

          Edit: yup! \ in front of each asterisk does it.

        • Dagwood222@lemm.ee
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          OP here.

          Funny thing. When I posted I saw it as I wrote it [three asterisks]. When I went back to view it it was MAS asterisk H. When I went to edit it I saw the original three asterisks.

          Who knows how this stuff works?