While not all markdown tricks work everywhere in the Fediverse (making for some people seeing one thing and some another), a backslash before a character usually prevents it from misbehaving.
e.g. this is italic, *but this is not* because I put backslashes before the asterisks \*like so\*. And if you figure out how I did that last one, you’ve learned well.
Raising emotionally retarded men
+
obligating men to be fathers
+
making bread winning the father’s only familial responsibility
=
our dads
Edit:
Lemmy nerds: what exactly do I need to escape to prevent getting a massive heading font on the above?
Try a backslash.
While not all markdown tricks work everywhere in the Fediverse (making for some people seeing one thing and some another), a backslash before a character usually prevents it from misbehaving.
e.g. this is italic, *but this is not* because I put backslashes before the asterisks \*like so\*. And if you figure out how I did that last one, you’ve learned well.
\*Merci beaucoup!*