• Nepenthe@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Italic is emphasis, either neutral or annoyed depending on context. Bold emphasis imo is much angrier. The difference between "Maybe you overlooked what I was saying," and “Maybe you didn’t quite hear me.”

    In my experience it is righteous fury emphasis, which is why I see it almost never. Nobody gets angry enough to bring out the bold, they just block first.

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      1 year ago

      Bold also necessary when you really really really want to make a point. I often do this in work emails where if a step is skipped it’s going to massively break something.

      Do X
      Then do Y
      Do NOT click save
      Click Apply
      Only NOW click Save
      I swear to God Susan if you mess this up again.

      Thanks,
      IT support