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		digi_owl on Jan 22, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Does It Take So Long to Connect to a WiFi Acce... Because it is wrapped in a pre tag (aka preformated text). And it is not so much a quote as a way to show code segments.

saycheese on Jan 22, 2017 | [–]

Correct, block quotes use a mono-space font by default and the use cases for it were largely for expressing code snippets.

tonto on Jan 22, 2017 | [–]

You can add wrap to pre...Maybe for pure formatting's sake it's not a good idea though

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