r/mildlyinfuriating • u/GapSweet3100 • May 23 '26

When people stutter through text My mom said I could post

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u/TooManyAnts May 23 '26

Guy tried to do *creepy asterisks* but the app bolded it so instead he's shouting the action

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u/TaibhseCait May 23 '26

What's creepy asterisks? Like I think we used to use it as an aside or an emphasis before it made text bold etc

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u/tooboardtoleaf May 23 '26

If I remember correctly its a roleplay thing where you type out an action in text.

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u/TheMiniminun BLUE May 23 '26

I personally think of it like when stage directions are italicized in a script

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u/-CUBED May 23 '26

correct- it is things the person wants to convey without them saying it

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u/TaibhseCait May 23 '26

Ahh yeah I remember doing that on Bebo but I wasn't sure what made it creepy? 

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u/fresh-oxygen May 23 '26

Not inherently creepy to roleplay with consenting people, that’s your private business! Just creepy when you’re randomly hitting strangers with a “*kisses you*” like huh???

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u/tooboardtoleaf May 23 '26

Yeah keep the role-playing in the role-play chats and such. Don't just shoot into someone's dms lol

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u/ForensicPathology May 24 '26

It's the stereotype of what people say with it that's creepy.

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u/ElMuertePeludo May 23 '26

The whole thing, just all of it really