CSS Bug:Abuse of <sup> and <big> can escape post box

Repeated application of <sup> and <big> can be used to cause content to appear outside of the post box

Example: This was in wrong place.

Example: <sup><big><sup><big><sup><big><sup><big><sup><big><sup><big><sup><big><sup><big><sup><big><sup><big><sup><big>This was in wrong place.
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I don’t know that we entirely care about this… abuse can be classified as “don’t use standard formatting to do annoying things”.

Under penalty of suspension, etc.

Not for this report, I mean if people were doing this just to be annoying all the time.

Fixed via:

https://github.com/discourse/discourse/commit/81733eb8857dd53082cb1c5bdbe874c94fa60254

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