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Me: A comma goes inside the final quotation mark when used as “scare quotes” to show irony. Him: It goes outside. Me: Inside. Him: Outside. Me: I have a bachelor’s degree in technical communication, and I learned the comma *always* goes inside question marks. Him: But it looks funny. 🧵

Me: *Pulls out FOUR style manuals* Style manuals: Inside. Outside. Don’t use them. Doesn’t say. Me: 😑😑😑 I don’t want to hear anything from the peanut gallery unless you have a PhD in linguistics or a related field.