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This also does a great job at providing differentiation. I don't know if the big quotes would be preferable on a Stack site, but the background sure is. :)
– doppelgreener
Commented Feb 20, 2020 at 11:25
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I would personally be against this. Blockquotes are used for different things on different sites, the large quotation mark is mainly sensible when quoting a person, but less so for quoting error messages, formulas, code segments, movie spoilers, etc.
– Erik A
Commented Feb 20, 2020 at 19:33
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I agree with Erik, but I would like the light gray background along with the darker left border.
– Cave Johnson
Commented Feb 21, 2020 at 7:09
"Blockquotes are used for different things on different sites" - They are? That's not my experience.
– MrWhite
Commented Mar 26, 2020 at 23:36

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like so
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```python
def function(foo):
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