🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)Feb 24

Hey @gproenca, thanks for the follow request! Unfortunately there's not enough vibe on your profile to check, so...

You must choose one highly-specific, and utterly trivial hill you're totally willing to die on. What is it?

(if you already have one, you may share it instead of choosing a new one)

For me, it's use of the term "guys" for groups that aren't all guys. I've found myself more and more annoyed the more I talk about it. Now, I'm like at the point that I'm railing against the default-masculinity of language to random strangers at the grocery store! Also, it's not trivial! Language is important—it shapes our perceptions! How many guys have you slept with, huh? Huh??

#CAPTCHAlice

Show threadThe Orange Theme
@alice @gproenca The Oxford comma is better; it removes ambiguity and costs nothing. There is strictly no reason not to use it when it can only enhance meaning.
Feb 24 at 7:20amWeb
Show threadDaniël Franke Feb 24

@theorangetheme @alice @gproenca “It costs nothing”

Excuse me, but it costs exactly one byte* times the amount it’s stored and transferred.

:P

* Assuming ascii or utf-8

Show threadDaniël Franke Feb 24
@theorangetheme @alice @gproenca And no I’m not serious, and an Oxford comma enjoyer myself. :)
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 24
@ainmosni @alice @gproenca I just knew somebody was going to say this hehe. ;)
Show threadkitFeb 24
@theorangetheme @alice @gproenca here, too, shall I plant my colours.
Show threadShadow53Feb 24
@theorangetheme @alice @gproenca I occasionally just think about my favorite example sentence demonstrating why it's necessary: "I'd like to thank my parents, Oprah and God."
Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 24
@shadow53 @alice @gproenca I've seen a variation of that on Wikipedia, with a book dedication: "To my parents, Ayn Rand and God" hehe.
Show threadBillFeb 24

@theorangetheme @alice @gproenca

There are indeed costs involved. Storage costs were mentioned. There is also a small but incremental cost in ink and paper when printed.

Show threadThe Orange ThemeFeb 24
@w_b @alice @gproenca Nerd snipe question: how much extra ink and paper has been used throughout post-printing press history for the Oxford comma? ;)