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Why do redditors enjoy misusing the quote function?
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Why do redditors enjoy misusing the quote function?
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Who are you quoting?
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That's a big implication, friend.
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>>340138
>he doesn't understand that it's okay to paraphrase the OP, as well.
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The sideways chevron is actually used to make quotes on Reddit, so in fact using it for quotes is more Reddit-like than not
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Why do /a/ users enjoy misusing the spoiler function?
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>>340138
>implying implied implicit implications
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>mfw this thread
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>>340202
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>>340138
>2015
>caring about memetext
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>>340138
because
>le
epic
>greentext
stories
>lmao

>be me
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>>340196
It's been a thing for a very long time, friends.
>>340198
Because it's fun.
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>>340283

>Because it's fun

How so?
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>>340230
>be me
i still will never understand why this is a thing.
Like, of course you're you. God damn clods.
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>>340290
It signals the children to gather around for a rousing greentext story.
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>>340291
>[deleted]
bruh lmao
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>>340196
Before it was used for that, it was used for quoting people in e-mails. So yeah, it's been around as a quoting tool for decades.
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>>340138
>Implying
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>>340290
Just another stupid way in which people attempt to troll. They're satisfied as long as they annoy someone, and they'll always convince themselves they annoyed someone.
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One time some Anon gave me a custom CSS code to put in the native 4chan extension that made the greentext shit brown colored instead. I loved it. I changed computers and lost it though.
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>>340369
Dude, just use the Inspector from the Web Developer Tools from Firefox.

The original green:

element {
}
.postMessage > .quote, s:hover .quote, .str, .atv, .new, .catalog-thread > .comment > .quote {
color: #093 !important;
}


Just change #093 for another color like #756b49
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>>340412
i love you
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>>340138
>>340198
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Functional_fixedness
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>>340138
Who are you quoting?
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>tfw no gf
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>>341834
iktf
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>>340141
>>341802
It doesn't matter who we're quoting. What matters is our plan.
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>>340369
>>340412
>>340423
I wonder who was the person that made Yotsuba who decided that greentext should be green?
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>>341834
who are you quoting
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>>342038
>>342005
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Common 4chan usage:
Quoting
>Why do redditors enjoy misusing the quote function?
Greentext
>2011+4
>still greening

Reddit:
>I'm going to write something with correct grammar and then place le meme arrow for the win xD
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>>340290
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>>342191
>space between the quote sign
>capitalizing greentext

This triggers my autism.
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>>342168
>God I hate when people do that.
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>>342206
>be me
>try to greentext story on 4chin
>itstrash.jpeg
>terrible pacing leave out good details and make story generally shit
>never try to greentext again
>get moar depressed
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>>342994
>make greentext story on 4chin
>it ends up on /r/4chan the next day

i didn't ask for this
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>>343030
>i didn't ask for this

I never asked for this.
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>>343030
Thanks. Screencapped and submitted to /r/4chan desu
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>>342206
>that guy who uses quotation marks within greentext
>"like this"

How to spot a newfag 101
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>>342994
>>be me
Stopped reading there, every time.
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>>343056
>only reading stories where people aren't themselves
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