# Theia has been found (maybe) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 6, 2023, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711 "2023-11-06T20:11:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711/21 "2023-11-29T19:59:59Z")
Just another example. You never get what you need. Posting images here is also sometimes a problem and I can never remember _ **which** _ to use (Imgur?). Let me try this: _ **,** _ (you should see a bold italic comma, would not shock me if you don’t). And Taylor “St\_Cad” Swift has gone missing. I had a simple request, you would think she could reply with all her billions. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2023, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711/22 "2023-11-29T22:48:51Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > Posting images here is also sometimes a problem and I can never remember _ **which** _ to use (Imgur?) You can use any hosting site at all. If you want the images to appear inline you just need a site that will let you hotlink directly to the image url, not to a page containing the image. Lots of people use lots of different hosting sites. As to this: > [@Hatchie](#): > > Let me try this: _ **,** _ (you should see a bold italic comma, would not shock me if you don’t). I totally see a bold italic comma created with 3 asterisks ahead and behind: “\*\*\*,\*\*\*” gives “_ **,** _”. Ref @Northern_Piper I also see a space after your colon and before your bold italic comma. Which space should not be there in a typical comma separated list of this, that, and the other thing. However, there is a way to defeat that need for a space ahead of the asterisks: use [b] and [/b] around the bolded text instead of using \*\* . [i] and [/i] around italicized text works similarly instead of \*. So this > Theia[b], which[/b] collided with the Earth to form the Moon[b],[/b] in results in > Theia, which collided with the Earth to form the Moon, in With no unwanted space between “Theia” and the comma. Even better than trying to bold the suggested edits is to use the insert and delete text tags which are designed for that purpose. Note that exactly how the text appears depends on the user’s theme. But in every case the inserted and deleted text is clearly called out as different from the existing text. On my theme the inserted test is green highlighted and underlined, while the deleted text is pink highlighted and struck through. > … small planet Theia\, which\\that\ collided with the Earth to form the Moon\,\ in our mantle. results in > … small planet Theia, which ~~that~~ collided with the Earth to form the Moon, in our mantle. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711/23 "2023-11-30T00:21:57Z")
I’ll have you know that I dust my mantle every week, and I would have noticed if there were a moon in it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711/24 "2023-11-30T01:54:55Z")
That’s even worse than “Waiter! Waiter! There’s a blue whale in my soup.” ---
**Author:** ![Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/13edae/32.png) [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 1:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711/25 "2023-11-30T01:59:07Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > That’s even worse than “Waiter! Waiter! There’s a blue whale in my soup.” “Oh no, not again.” Stranger ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2023, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711/26 "2023-11-30T02:39:39Z")
I thought that was the bowl of petunias? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/theia-has-been-found-maybe/992711.md?page=1)