# just testing BB code use

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**Created:** [May 8, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-bb-code-use/754288 "2016-05-08T14:17:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-bb-code-use/754288/1 "2016-05-08T14:17:34Z")

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Yada yada. Some text goes here. But if the text is obsolete it will be underlined. But the reality is that I use _italic_ or _obliqued_ text on occasion. I doubt I will ever use colored text. A URL is sometimes necessary. If so, I will show it like this [www.internetsite.com](http://www.internetsite.com). Got it?

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**Author:** ![ASGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/838e76/32.png) [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-bb-code-use/754288/2 "2016-05-08T14:22:32Z")

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From ASGuy:

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> My mind is aglow with whirling transient nodes of thought, careening through a cosmic vapor of invention!

Ditto!

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-bb-code-use/754288/3 "2016-05-08T16:24:12Z")

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Did you know your link goes to a real site?

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**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/just-testing-bb-code-use/754288/4 "2016-05-08T16:56:22Z")

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> [@ASGuy](#):
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> But if the text is obsolete it will be underlined.

I prefer my obsolete text to be done with [del]strike through[/del].