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the "CP" was a news article, but well...
edit: ok, I stopped at "but well" but I didn't know it'd get this much hate, my bad. All I wanted to say is that the guy shared a news article about an incident in the Philippines. In his replies, he also posted photos from a video related to the article. I don't like it when I see Twitter screenshots in which the user changes the words to fit their claims. The post was subject to CSAM concerns along with the photos. So, it's not explicitly "CP", but it still violates the platform's rules, and the guy should have remained suspended.
Look at you telling on yourself putting "it" in "air quotes" and all.
Those are just quotation marks. Air quotes are when you use your fingers to form quotation marks in the air.
Lol obviously, brainfart on my behalf. Is there a word for those kinds of sarcastic (for lack of a better word) quotes where it's not just quoted, but implied to cast doubt on the original text/quote?
Scare quotes.
That's it! Thanks
I mean, no, you were right. That's where in spoken conversation you would use air quotes, so it seems correct to use the term this way online too. Maybe writing "virtual air quotes" would help people who don't understand that this is a text conversation, not literal speech?
Lol yeah I thought it was overly pedantic but 🤷
See, I knew I was smaht!