_{headache's better tho}

i hate having to abuse plaintext formatting to simulate custom typesetting on websites that dont allow styling text. like the way i have to add spaces between letters to simulate big letter spacing or use obscure unicode characters meant for math notation to simulate custom fonts. these all break accessibility in exchange for style, but if websites would just let us use more html (like cohost does) we could have both!

like its genuinely so disheartening that so many websites only allow plaintext input, or some extremely limited form of markdown. its called the HyperText Transfer Protocol for a reason! why limit ourselves to just plaintext? i want to have colored text, zany fonts, even animation if i want to! writing a post should feel like writing a letter, i should be able to style it however i please if i want to. we have the technology, just let us use it.