Am I not allowed to use HTML codes cuz I'm a girl? Is that it?!!?!? Is this a covert display of sexism Os?!?!?!
Wotcha mean covert? Nothing covert about it.
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Anyway no, it's a security measure. Allowing anyone to use HTML in posts is dangerous because it can be used for malicious purposes. That's why BBC was invented: to sanitise HTML so it couldn't be used to hijack the place.
ETA: Security is also why you can't use javascript and other coding languages in posts.
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Man I'm so low
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Devious, treacherous, murderous, neanderthal, sub-human of the West.