diff --git a/r2/r2/lib/contrib/markdown.py b/r2/r2/lib/contrib/markdown.py
index 854ff01..2d344f0 100644
--- a/r2/r2/lib/contrib/markdown.py
+++ b/r2/r2/lib/contrib/markdown.py
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ class _Markdown:
         text = self._DoAutoLinks(text)
         text = self._EncodeAmpsAndAngles(text)
         text = self._DoItalicsAndBold(text)
+        text = self._DoBlink(text)
         text = self.r_NewLine.sub(" <br%s\n" % self.emptyelt, text)
         return text

@@ -530,6 +531,11 @@ class _Markdown:
         text = self.r_DoItalics.sub(r"<em>\2</em>", text)
         return text

+    r_DoBlink = re.compile(r"(\||_) (?=\S) (.+?) (?<=\S) ", re.VERBOSE | re.S)
+    def _DoBlink(self, text):
+        text = self.r_DoBlink.sub(r'<span style="text-decoration: blink;">\2</span>', text)
+        return text
+
     r_start = re.compile(r"^", re.M)
     ####r_DoBlockQuotes1 = re.compile(r"^[ \t]*>[ \t]?", re.M)
     r_DoBlockQuotes1 = re.compile(r"^[ \t]*>[ \t]?", re.M)