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[โ€“] charokol@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

What does Z.E.R.O stand for?

[โ€“] alanjaow@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

I think they were using the technique of adding periods for emphasis:

AS. IN. THE. CASE. OF. NORMAL. SENTENCES.

They must have missed that that's not the way you'd emphasize a word by spelling it, and should instead have typed Z-E-R-O.