# Just kidding.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [May 23, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618 "2004-05-23T04:46:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618/1 "2004-05-23T04:46:44Z")

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I couldn’t resist.

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**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618/2 "2004-05-24T16:55:40Z")

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> [@Hey you!](#):
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> I couldn’t resist.

Don’t mind me, I’m just using your thread to practice replying under a quote as opposed to over

because apparently I’ve been doing it wrong and some find it irritating. May as well practice these as well…

Okay, sorry about that, carry on.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618/3 "2004-05-24T18:04:24Z")

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Well, don’t I feel like the asshole.

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**Author:** ![jellyblue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@jellyblue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jellyblue)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618/4 "2004-05-24T19:04:36Z")

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> [@Happy Lendervedder](#):
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> Well, don’t I feel like the asshole.

Why?

(Hey, I’m getting good at this - woo hoo!)

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**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618/5 "2004-05-24T19:32:33Z")

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> [@jellyblue](#):
>
> Don’t mind me, I’m just using your thread to practice replying under a quote as opposed to over
> 
> because apparently I’ve been doing it wrong and some find it irritating. May as well practice these as well…
> 
> Okay, sorry about that, carry on.

Nothing to see here. Move along.

```auto

gack

```

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2004, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618/6 "2004-05-24T22:12:52Z")

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> [@](#):
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> Why?

Cuz I fell for it. Even though **Hey You** said he was just kidding right there in the firggin’ title.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618/7 "2004-05-26T14:02:03Z")

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Hey, Happy! Watch the language, please, this is not the Pit.

your humble TubaDiva  
Administrator

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**Author:** ![Exgineer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a88e4f/32.png) [@Exgineer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exgineer)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618/8 "2004-05-26T14:11:35Z")

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What’s the “code” tag do?

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**Author:** ![JeffB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jeffb/32/188_2.png) [@JeffB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JeffB)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2004, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-kidding/246618/9 "2004-05-26T14:30:54Z")

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The code tag allows you to space things properly:

```auto

    It doesn't remove extra spaces 123
    So you can line up columns 45
    Just as an example 7,890

```