We need italics in micro blogging apps. This statement is meaningless until we know which word is being stressed. - ThreadSky

juliusgoat.bsky.social • 42 days ago

We need italics in micro blogging apps. This statement is meaningless until we know which word is being stressed.

Reposted from A.R. Moxon

Same.

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gmnair.bsky.social•42 days ago

It's "no"

brucewilson.bsky.social•42 days ago

He could be using it for an enema.

itsnotbread.bsky.social•42 days ago

Choose your adventure

aviendha69.bsky.social•42 days ago

use /these/.

parlei.bsky.social•42 days ago

Markdown syntax is (a) a solution, but (b) not really suitable for mass adoption om modern social media.

aviendha69.bsky.social•42 days ago

which sucks, because most simple text apps will support markdown.

but since not everyone knows the syntax, some more visual cues are needed.
** works well for bold

parlei.bsky.social•42 days ago

It is simple, fairly easy to learn, not too annoying to type on a smartphone but still not for everyone.

aviendha69.bsky.social•42 days ago

and it would do the *much needed* work of giving /nuance/ to text

ricetwist.bsky.social•42 days ago

I've long *yearned* for italics and get stuck using asterisks belonging on Barry Bonds hall of fame plaque.

robmcfadden.bsky.social•42 days ago

i am no longer INJECTING my son's blood

i now put it through a nebulizer and inhale it through a sleep mask

profwitch.bsky.social•42 days ago

i misread “italics” as “italians” (glasses are off), and for a moment i was nodding along as an italian american

bschillace.brandyschillace.com•42 days ago

🤣

institute11.bsky.social•42 days ago

When we discuss prosody in my nonverbal communication class I use the sentence, "You are going to Cuba during exam week?" This is better, but also much more disturbing.

mbayayangu.bsky.social•42 days ago

This is a perfect example to teach emphasis.

Old friend used to teach high school english the importance of emphasis with a similar sentence which meaning can veer widely due to stressing any one word -

"I didn't sleep with your sister."

freedomforall.net•42 days ago

/italics/ could be useful, though *I* prefer *bold*.

webhackan.de•42 days ago

I am. I am being stressed. 😬

segm09.bsky.social•42 days ago

I am no longer *injecting* my son's blood.
I am no longer injecting *my son's* blood.
I am no longer injecting my son's *blood*.

I think the third is the most concerning?

pedter.bsky.social•42 days ago

Don't count out the possibility of two separate points of emphasis. My money is on "snorting snot".

vivocalle.bsky.social•42 days ago

*I* am no longer injecting *my* son's blood.

I've hired a butler and a kidnapper.

radamssmash.bsky.social•42 days ago

The third would definitely be the most concerning, especially considering the fact that he was/is measuring his son's nighttime erections.

historysock.bsky.social•42 days ago

Italics on "My Son's" because it's the same person and same blood, but he found out it wasn't his son.

brianjones005.bsky.social•42 days ago

I use underscores. E.g. _I_ am no longer injecting my son's blood

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