\\s
Yeah but I am pretty sure it originated from HTML and markup, where you end things with a forward slash.
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That plus the backward slash already has a different purpose there as you typically use it to prevent the line from getting formatted.
> Not a quote
*not bold*
# not huge
Yeah, I'm pretty sure OP knows this - the title says it's an escape character. What you're describing is referred to as "escaping" the markdown.
In a similar manner, OP wants to "escape" sarcasm, I guess? But that's not really the purpose of the /s tag - it marks the end of sarcasm. Doing \s would imply that while the original meaning would be interpreted sarcastically, you're not supposed to. Which also makes sense I guess, but people use /srs for similar reasons.
exactly, it's marking the end of the sarcastic remark, as a shorthand way to say "i was being sarcastic"
But what does this have to do with whitespace‽
Cause it's all about the pause ? \s
s///s/\s/g
This is fucking poetry. Escaping from sincerity.