Person Fencing on Reddit

What it signals here

upvote context

Used in comment threads to upvote someone who is absolutely destroying an argument.

community use

Common in r/changemyview, r/DebateAnything, and similar subreddits as a badge of entering debate mode.

subreddit meaning

In r/fencing it's literal; in most other subreddits it signals combative or sarcastic intent.

karma context

High-karma comments in debate subreddits often feature this emoji when the user is confident in their takedown.

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