Remember when booleans and quotation marks actually fucking did something?
November 7, 2026 at 9:14 PM
Remember when booleans and quotation marks actually fucking did something?
I finished by pointing out that my tits do in fact have a material existence.
The word sorry did not form any part of the response. Rather she explained that it was my fault for misunderstanding: I hadn’t heard the quotation marks.
The word sorry did not form any part of the response. Rather she explained that it was my fault for misunderstanding: I hadn’t heard the quotation marks.
November 9, 2026 at 9:05 AM
I finished by pointing out that my tits do in fact have a material existence.
The word sorry did not form any part of the response. Rather she explained that it was my fault for misunderstanding: I hadn’t heard the quotation marks.
The word sorry did not form any part of the response. Rather she explained that it was my fault for misunderstanding: I hadn’t heard the quotation marks.
I’m all for transitioning Texas students to putting the period INSIDE of the quotation mark.
November 7, 2026 at 4:38 AM
I’m all for transitioning Texas students to putting the period INSIDE of the quotation mark.
My favorite quotation of the weekend comes from a reporter to Donald Trump: “How does it feel being a loser?”
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
Trump walks away after reporter asks: ‘How does it feel being a loser?’
Trump walks away after reporter asks: ‘How does it feel being a loser?’
www.yahoo.com
November 8, 2026 at 5:39 PM
My favorite quotation of the weekend comes from a reporter to Donald Trump: “How does it feel being a loser?”
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
www.yahoo.com/news/videos/...
You're posting something that his been paraphrased and shouldn't have quotation marks.
His actual, recorded remarks on the matter were: 👇
His actual, recorded remarks on the matter were: 👇
November 7, 2026 at 6:35 AM
You're posting something that his been paraphrased and shouldn't have quotation marks.
His actual, recorded remarks on the matter were: 👇
His actual, recorded remarks on the matter were: 👇
Quotation marks would have made all the difference
November 9, 2026 at 7:35 PM
Quotation marks would have made all the difference
Here you go. The actual remarks from Mamdani are arguably stronger than the fabricated BS, so it’s completely pointless. And it makes everyone look daft to have the sensationalised version in quotation marks.
November 7, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Here you go. The actual remarks from Mamdani are arguably stronger than the fabricated BS, so it’s completely pointless. And it makes everyone look daft to have the sensationalised version in quotation marks.
Imagine quotation marks around the anthropomorphisms there.
November 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Imagine quotation marks around the anthropomorphisms there.
why did you put “rapes” in quotation marks?
November 8, 2026 at 4:51 AM
why did you put “rapes” in quotation marks?
I like the quotation mark placement on this
"There are 989 billionaires in America, worth 22% of the economy." We need them to be "taxed fairly" -Rep. Ro Khanna
November 9, 2026 at 2:57 AM
I like the quotation mark placement on this
'QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated'.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
November 8, 2026 at 10:34 PM
'QUOTATION, n. The act of repeating erroneously the words of another. The words erroneously repeated'.
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911
I’d say most if not all the names listed under music (without the use of quotation marks) would be deserving of a hearty, “Bwahahahaha!”
November 8, 2026 at 3:02 AM
I’d say most if not all the names listed under music (without the use of quotation marks) would be deserving of a hearty, “Bwahahahaha!”
quotation marks in the wrong place delete my account the pentagon
November 4, 2026 at 8:09 AM
quotation marks in the wrong place delete my account the pentagon
"Life" in quotation marks is especially sending me.
Anyways, it's really funny to see someone awful work through suicidal ideation when their public persona doesn't allow them to display any vulnerability.
Anyways, it's really funny to see someone awful work through suicidal ideation when their public persona doesn't allow them to display any vulnerability.
November 8, 2026 at 8:32 PM
"Life" in quotation marks is especially sending me.
Anyways, it's really funny to see someone awful work through suicidal ideation when their public persona doesn't allow them to display any vulnerability.
Anyways, it's really funny to see someone awful work through suicidal ideation when their public persona doesn't allow them to display any vulnerability.
Omg yes. Bring back quotation marks and Boolean operators.
November 9, 2026 at 12:37 PM
Omg yes. Bring back quotation marks and Boolean operators.
The actual quotation from the article is "the first Booker winner to have emerged from the bona fide SF world" which is I think much more defensible.
Headlines going to simplify in ways that warp the actual point being said.
Headlines going to simplify in ways that warp the actual point being said.
November 10, 2026 at 8:45 AM
The actual quotation from the article is "the first Booker winner to have emerged from the bona fide SF world" which is I think much more defensible.
Headlines going to simplify in ways that warp the actual point being said.
Headlines going to simplify in ways that warp the actual point being said.
Why the quotation marks around Women?
November 7, 2026 at 3:35 AM
Why the quotation marks around Women?
This quotation is absolute poetry. My timeline is full of it being reposted. Beautifully put.
The judge’s remarks are now online and well worth reading in full. www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/u...
“Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no and to demand justice when sexual predators like you, Russell Brand, act without their consent.”
“Whatever women wear, wherever they go, indeed whatever they drink, they retain the right to say no and to demand justice when sexual predators like you, Russell Brand, act without their consent.”
November 9, 2026 at 7:24 PM
This quotation is absolute poetry. My timeline is full of it being reposted. Beautifully put.
His quotation about apple pie literally changed my life. Made me stop worrying if what I was doing was authentic enough, if I was starting from a low enough baseline.
November 9, 2026 at 1:35 PM
His quotation about apple pie literally changed my life. Made me stop worrying if what I was doing was authentic enough, if I was starting from a low enough baseline.
Maybe he needs to remember the old quotation...
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
November 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM
Maybe he needs to remember the old quotation...
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt."
does it ever occur to people not to do this
November 8, 2026 at 10:15 PM
does it ever occur to people not to do this
I think this is an old-timey use of quotation marks for emphasis. It's weird. Happy this basically fell out of fashion.
See "Nonstandard usage" here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotati...
See "Nonstandard usage" here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotati...
Quotation marks in English - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 8, 2026 at 11:43 AM
I think this is an old-timey use of quotation marks for emphasis. It's weird. Happy this basically fell out of fashion.
See "Nonstandard usage" here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotati...
See "Nonstandard usage" here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotati...
![Last words
Upon the reading of his death warrant, he supposedly remarked, "I see that you have made three spelling mistakes."[1]
Ferdinand Rothschild gives the quotation as "Permit me to point out that you have made three mistakes in spelling".[2] One source says merely that "Favras then quietly corrects the spelling and punctuation errors made by the clerk in his statement".[3]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyyd366g3hrxp5rynixm2mm3/bafkreicmk7kdxgikoeb2kyuzz7t7krla4f7ccspkni2vparacplbmyfpla)
Governing? Either that word needs changed to 'Grifting' or "Governing" needs quotation marks.
November 6, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Governing? Either that word needs changed to 'Grifting' or "Governing" needs quotation marks.
'I wanted to make a bowl that could live without footnotes or quotation marks, that had autonomy, to make a poem with clay. Things as poems.'
Edmund de Waal - How to Begin
Edmund de Waal - How to Begin
November 8, 2026 at 10:29 AM
'I wanted to make a bowl that could live without footnotes or quotation marks, that had autonomy, to make a poem with clay. Things as poems.'
Edmund de Waal - How to Begin
Edmund de Waal - How to Begin