I'm only a stranger until you read my manifesto on the Oxford comma
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You didn't provide a link for the manifesto.
Or say whether you were for or against.
Don't you judge me, stranger
Not judging. Just trying to provoke you into a multipage rant that expounds your position on the comma.
What about the Westminster Period?
My opinion of the Oxford Comma:
You cannot just stand there at the hibachi grill and look at your watch while I’m sitting here.
I’m hungry.
Fuckin’ cook something.
Show me that manifesto!
You cannot just stand there at the hibachi grill and look at your watch
Please, please, please.
"Chronometer."
I've decided to help you out with the manifesto. Here is a working copy for you to edit as you wish.
Kaczynski was right.
Maybe not in the whole bombing aspect, prolly not that, but this manifesto is worth its weight in gold.
Published in 1995. Kind of strange all these years later to read it and say, "Oh shit, he was right".
Meanwhile, ai turns the world into a giant turd, ruled by the nerd reich.
Yeah. Probably not the bombing part, though. Probably…
Strangely enough, this comment forced me to read this for the first time. Took a bit. He was certainly no dummy. I take issue with some of it, but it's certainly a compelling read.
I think you’re my cult leader.
Not sure how much longer it needs to be than "It improves clarity uaing a single comma and therefore is necessary."
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Going on the internet used to be fun, in the before times.
Conspiracies used to be ironic things people did satirically (Birds are not real) and not actual belief systems with entire media spheres built around them (UFOs, Flat Earth).
They never were.
People repeating them on the internet used to do it ironically. But conspiracies always were actual belief systems and have always brought groups of people together to reinforce each other idiocies.
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It can still be fun, just nurture your delusions till they become hallucinations. Then the world is your oyster.
If I could nurture I'd be raising possums not dreams
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I prefer the term “distressed eccentric friend you’ll never meet” 🥲
Anyways, how about those sports teams/political parties/abortion rights?
Aww I like this, it’s wholesome
Hey! I'm not mentally ill. I've even got proof. They gave me a certificate when they let me out of the hospital.
One of these certificates?
No, those are just souvenirs. This one had a judges signature on it, and was given to me along with a copy of the restraining order.
Whoa, fancy. Was the order for you or against you?.
That's a tough one to answer. Because it was for me never to go near several businesses and people and homes ever again. So is that a "for" or and "against".
I'd say against, but I'm not a lawyer.
Also, sorry to hear that. I hope things are better now.
Oh everything's fine. I never let some paperwork get in the way of life.
You know what they say about a man with big ... certificates.
I remember in the early 2000s when I got Internet at home, one of my relatives kept telling me about forums and how great they were. And my thought was "Why would would I want to know what the average dumb fuck thinks about things?" I might have forgotten this wisdom.
In the old days, every village had one or two idiots. Thanks to the internet, the idiots have created their own village.
I will travel to this village and with my slightly superior intellect become king of the idiots!
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15 minutes later: OK now I feel frustrated about the world instead of about work, time to take a real break.
And watch them spout irrefutable logic that somehow completely contradicts each other.
Did you know some local municipalities are passing laws to make golf carts and UTVs legal on surface streets, yet China cars are banned? lmao
I'd rather relax reading hundreds of pages on a few different topics from one unusually entertaining or informative stranger, more often than not dead for decades at least.
I feel criticised twice.
She didn’t mention neet, so I’m good.
You can tell it’s Twitter because they’re no acknowledgment of talking to bots.
Literally every single day for me. I am lucky enough to have been blessed a job that is both easy and boring (literally just scan documents all day), which gives me plenty of downtime to find some people on the internet to stress me out since my job doesn't. (Only took 20 years to find such a job.) Hell, I'm doing it right now!
Luckily it's hard for me to hold a phone and put a gun in my mouth at the same time.
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