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Ms. Toad

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14. It happened again. Same phrase. Same legal issue.

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Sat Jul 4, 2026, 04:51 PM

Saturday

Once I started walking through the diagnostic process it seemed very familiar. It wasn't until I searched for this post that I realized it was the exact same phrase, with the exact same bizarre behavior - related to the double quotes, but removing and/or moving random words around makes it randomly throw 403 errors.

Here's the post for the new error - before I found this post. https://democraticunderground.com/125630332

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I've stumbled across a strange problem posting a specific block of text. [View all] Ms. Toad Aug 2025 OP

Try retyping the offending text by hand. usonian Aug 2025 #1

I retyped it multiple times. Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #3

Will try on the computer. usonian Aug 2025 #5

Correct - Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #10

OK - I replaced the double quote with 2 single quotes and it seems to work...wonder why? walkingman Aug 2025 #2

"smart" quotes? usonian Aug 2025 #4

Cool - never heard the term "smart" quotes - thank you. walkingman Aug 2025 #6

They point in different directions, unlike "" usonian Aug 2025 #9

I think I have to set the curly quote conversion in Word. Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #13

It isn't even the entire quote. Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #7

It's really bizarre. Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #11

Test usonian Aug 2025 #8

It's actually even narrower than what you have highlighted. Ms. Toad Aug 2025 #12

It happened again. Same phrase. Same legal issue. Ms. Toad Saturday #14