@byttyrs @wintgenstein
>there are local clowning traditions in tons of placetimes
this reminds me of a horror short story
@wintgenstein @byttyrs ah yes, because a. that's totally a valid judgement
b. it's not like using > to quote in replies hasn't got any uses outside greentext, has it?
@wintgenstein @zoe @byttyrs neither does email, 
@wintgenstein @a_breakin_glass @zoe @byttyrs@queer.party person that uses that convention in email here to chime in, it's been a convention since at least 2004 and is mentioned in RFC 3676 for use with Text/Plain
@troubleMoney @wintgenstein Also standard on usenet since at least the 1990s, for what it’s worth.