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This used to be done with faux [[UsefulNotes/TheCLanguage C]] preprocessor directives, e.g.:

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* In the T.V show, ''Series/{{MythBusters}}'', Adam sometimes where's a T-shirt that says "<Mythbuster>Am I missing an eyebrow?</Mythbuster>".

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* In the T.V show, ''Series/{{MythBusters}}'', Adam sometimes where's wears a T-shirt that says "<Mythbuster>Am "<Mythbuster> Am I missing an eyebrow?</Mythbuster>".eyebrow? </Mythbuster>".
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* ''Roleplay/DestroyTheGodmodder'': Frequently used by posters both to denote OOC reactions to the game's events (e.g. /sarcasm) or to indicate that their posts should be processed differently from a conventional post (e.g. using /nullpost to indicate that a post is RP-only).
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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/09/23 This strip]] has Jason use some kind of made-up language that nevertheless sounds Java-like to automate his homework assignment. It features lines like "IF endOfPage(book, page, word)" and "get {pencil)".

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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/09/23 This strip]] has Jason use some kind of made-up language that nevertheless sounds Java-like to automate his homework assignment. It features lines like "IF endOfPage(book, page, word)" and "get {pencil)".(pencil)".
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* In the Japanese localization of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', Queen's dialogue is placed in <![=--=]HTML comments[=--=]>.
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* ''ComicStrip/FoxTrot'': [[https://www.gocomics.com/foxtrot/2001/09/23 This strip]] has Jason use some kind of made-up language that nevertheless sounds Java-like to automate his homework assignment. It features lines like "IF endOfPage(book, page, word)" and "get {pencil)".
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* ''VIdoeGame/LootBoxQuest'': After getting a script to write code, the game shows "while(true) { doJob; } //This was way easier than I thought".

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* ''VIdoeGame/LootBoxQuest'': ''VideoGame/LootBoxQuest'': After getting a script to write code, the game shows "while(true) { doJob; } //This was way easier than I thought".
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* ''VIdoeGame/LootBoxQuest'': After getting a script to write code, the game shows "while(true) { doJob; } //This was way easier than I thought".
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[[caption-width-right:299:<caption>In this case, [[FunWithAcronyms "HTML" stands for "Head To My Legs"]].</caption>]]

->'''OP:''' Has anyone noticed that Twitter-style hashtags have replaced HTML-style coding as meta-commentary on the Internet?
->'''Person responding:''' </era>
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[[SelfDemonstratingArticle <article>]][[note]][[TechnologyMarchesOn Which is now real HTML]] as of [=HTML5=].[[/note]]

On blogs and Internet discussion forums, when participants use the SGML-style tags popularized by HTML (or sometimes UsefulNotes/BBCode-style tags) to accentuate their messages.

For example [[SarcasmMode <sarcasm>...</sarcasm>]], [[TheRant <rant>...</rant>]], and [[CoughSnarkCough <cough>...</cough>]].

Sometimes these tags can include attributes such as <flame tone="angry">...</flame>.

Oftentimes the opening tag will be omitted and only the closing tag will be there, as a kind of self-conscious [[LampshadeHanging lampshade hung]] on the preceding flame/rant/etc. It is also used to show that a sarcastic rant mocking the opposite side of some debate is just that. Everyone KNOWS that first person is good wiki syntax, after all. </[[DarthWiki/ThatTroper thattroper]]>

Can also be used in [[ImageMacro image macros]]. Note that not all edited photos are image macros: Some humorous pictures are seen on the 'Net, such as a man with "</head> <body>" tatooed on his neck or a tombstone with "</life>".

Anti-war candidate Darcy Burner wore a T-shirt with </WAR> on it in several photos.

</unsubscribe> is occasionally used on Usenet to indicate that one is unsubscribing from a thread. However, the proper use should be either </subscribe> (to indicate that the subscription is ending) or <unsubscribe /> (XML empty tag to indicate an unsubscription). It probably means, though, that the person has just finished the process of unsubscribing. <[[Administrivia/JustifyingEdit /justifyingedit]]>

This used to be done with faux C preprocessor directives, e.g.:
---> #ifdef FLAME
---> [[FlameWar flame flame flame]]
---> #endif
Or, on occasion, by (t)csh environment variables:
---> setenv PRETENTIOUS ON
but that usage has largely been supplanted by more-approachable HTML.

The successor phenomena is HashtagForLaughs

!!Examples:
* In the T.V show, ''Series/{{MythBusters}}'', Adam sometimes where's a T-shirt that says "<Mythbuster>Am I missing an eyebrow?</Mythbuster>".
* In ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' Dendy changes the color of her headband from #0090FF (a slightly greenish blue) to K.O.'s #[=FF0000=] (red).
* How Ideasman defeats Hellvetica in ''Webcomic/ParticleFiction''.
* Seen in the blog of ''Literature/BToTheFTheNovelizationOfTheFeatureFilm'', When Ryan [[http://btothef.tumblr.com/post/23940972532/let-me-summarize-the-fight-scene-for-you describes]] the brief scuffle between Marty and Biff in Lou's Cafe after George's attempt to ask Lorraine out.
* In ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'', The show's title is stylized as '''</scorpion>''' To a programmer, that would read as "End Scorpion".
* In [[http://www.arthurkingoftimeandspace.com/3faces/banu.htm one]] ''Webcomic/TheHeroOfThreeFaces'' strip, the [[Series/DoctorWho Twelfth Doctor]] responds to being told that a space station crew is having food transmatted into their bodies for efficiency with "Oh, well. Sarcasm tag, that stuff never goes wrong, close sarcasm tag."

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