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		ziofill on Feb 10, 2025 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reflect Orbital: Sunlight after dark using a const... what's the /s?

kseistrup on Feb 10, 2025 | [–]

/smile

mkl on Feb 10, 2025 | [–]

Sarcasm: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%2FS

It evolved from the fake HTML tag "</sarcasm>" to "</s>" [1] (not referring to the actual <s> strikeout tag), to "/s".

[1] https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=%3C%2Fs%3E

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