Tell me you don't Markdown, without telling me you don't Markdown.

It's a developer thing, using backticks means the enclosed text is emphasised when rendered from Markdown.

jameshart 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Backticks mark fixed width inline code, not emphasis.

	▲	alias_neo 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I know what they do, it doesn't change the fact that we use them for emphasis.

adastra22 an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Backticks long predate markdown.

How dare someone not be a developer!