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[-] kamen@lemmy.world 25 points 2 weeks ago

Why is the headline in quotes?

[-] blarghly@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago

Because trashy people never saw Austin Powers and updated their use of quotation marks to denote sarcasm.

Quotation marks were historically used to add emphasis to text, the way asterisks are used today. Old people who refuse to change and don't realize their way of writing is actively making fun of themselves still use them this way. These are also the people who watch Fox.

[-] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

Scare quotes are used informally, but it's not proper usage like a "news" channel should be doing. Which, fair enough, it's Fox "News." But it's already larger text and all caps - why is more emphasis necessary?

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