> "They were so aggressive in their text!"
< "Why, what'd they do?"
> "They used an ellipsis!"
Real conversation. I'm looking around for Alan Funt. I can't even imagine their reaction if it had been an octothorpe. [1]
#aggressive #punctuation #trigger #ellipsis #octothorpe #ampersand #hyphen #caret #parentheses #brackets #braces #asterisk
[1] Why yes, Firefox spellchecker, when I typed "octothorpe" I clearly really meant to type "#clotheshorse".
I'm listening to the #Clotheshorse episode about the #IndieSellersGuild rn. It's really informative and sounding like a great way of introducing and summarizing the whole reason the ISG exists.
If you're interested in hearing a whoooollleee history rundown of #Etsy and then a discussion about it right now, I recommend it.
Y'all, shareholders/venture capitalists are MOLD.
I don't follow #uspol closely. And I'm not a #clotheshorse. But I bet all my comfy hoodies that, in a few decades, today will be remembered as the day the #USSenate killed the business suit.
Because, now that it's set in stone, updating it requires another resolution and another vote. And that's exactly the kind of not really important, definitely not urgent, but insanely controversial issue-can that every Majority leader is glad to kick down the road long enough for it to become: TRADITION.
P.S. Welche (halb-) öffentlichen Güter gibt es in Eurem Hinterhof bereits? - Bei mir: #Vogeltränke, #Bank zum Sitzen, #Mülltonnen, #Fahrradständer, #Wäscheständer, #Bäume und #Büsche
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P.S. What (semi-) public goods do already exist in your backyard? - In mine: #Birdbath, #Bench, #Dustbin, #Bicyclestand, #Clotheshorse, #Trees and #shrubs
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