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1	[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/html_tattoo_9088.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:299:<caption>In this case, [[FunWithAcronyms "HTML" stands for "Head To My Legs"]].</caption>]]
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4	->'''OP:''' Has anyone noticed that Twitter-style hashtags have replaced HTML-style coding as meta-commentary on the Internet?
5	->'''Person responding:''' </era>
6	-->-- Failbooking
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8	[[SelfDemonstratingArticle <article>]][[note]][[TechnologyMarchesOn Which is now real HTML]] as of [=HTML5=].[[/note]]
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10	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.
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12	For example [[SarcasmMode <sarcasm>...</sarcasm>]], [[TheRant <rant>...</rant>]], and [[CoughSnarkCough <cough>...</cough>]].
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14	Sometimes these tags can include attributes such as <flame tone="angry">...</flame>.
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16	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]]>
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18	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>".
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20	Anti-war candidate Darcy Burner wore a T-shirt with </WAR> on it in several photos.
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22	</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]]>
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24	This used to be done with faux [[MediaNotes/TheCLanguage C]] preprocessor directives, e.g.:
25	---> #ifdef FLAME
26	---> [[FlameWar flame flame flame]]
27	---> #endif
28	Or, on occasion, by (t)csh environment variables:
29	---> setenv PRETENTIOUS ON
30	but that usage has largely been supplanted by more-approachable HTML.
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32	The successor phenomena is HashtagForLaughs
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34	!!Examples:
35	* In ''Series/{{MythBusters}}'', Adam sometimes wears a T-shirt that says "<Mythbuster> Am I missing an eyebrow? </Mythbuster>".
36	* In ''WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes'' Dendy changes the color of her headband from #0090FF (a slightly greenish blue) to K.O.'s #[=FF0000=] (red).
37	* How Ideasman defeats Hellvetica in ''Webcomic/ParticleFiction''.
38	* 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.
39	* In ''Series/{{Scorpion}}'', The show's title is stylized as '''</scorpion>''' To a programmer, that would read as "End Scorpion".
40	* 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."
41	* ''VideoGame/LootBoxQuest'': After getting a script to write code, the game shows "while(true) { doJob; } //This was way easier than I thought".
42	* ''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)".
43	* In the Japanese localization of ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'', Queen's dialogue is placed in <![=--=]HTML comments[=--=]>.
44	* ''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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46	[[BrickJoke </article>]]

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