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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

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?

[โ€“] MelonTheMan 2 points 2 years ago

Lol yeah I thought it was overly pedantic but ๐Ÿคท

[โ€“] johnthebeboptist 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

See, I knew I was smaht!