• lesinge@sh.itjust.works
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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?