Editing 2708: Mystery Asterisk Destination
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
+ | {{incomplete|Created by a BOT.* Do NOT delete this tag too soon.<sup>†</sup>}} | ||
− | This comic | + | This comic is a reference to the use of asterisks and other symbols for footnotes or endnotes. It jokes that when an asterisk appears after a word without a corresponding footnote, it refers to this comic. This may provide closure for readers, similarly in spirit to [[391: Anti-Mindvirus]], and opposite to the unmatched parenthesis of [[859: (]]. |
− | + | An unpaired asterisk or dagger often does not refer to a footnote, and thus does not constitute a mystery. Examples include programming languages and mathematical expression using asterisks for the multiplication operator, or dates of birth and death, which are sometimes indicated with an asterisk or dagger respectively. | |
− | † | + | The title text claims that unmatched instances of † (a dagger; a symbol for a secondary footnote) are threats being made by the author to the reader with a physical dagger. As of this writing, it states "If you ever see the † dagger symbol with no '''''un'''''matched footnote...", forming a double negative. This is likely a typo intended as "a dagger symbol with no matching footnote." |
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