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NegativeNull@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago

Trump is an Oxford man

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Trump is an Oxford man

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NegativeNull@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 1 year ago
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    Can we convince people to use the Oxford comma, if we spread that it’s anti-woke?

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      … you mean, convince people not to use it?

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        I think the implication is that people who are anti-woke are stupid so those are the ones you have to convince to use the Oxford comma since intelligent people already see the benefit.

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          Intelligent people avoid being redundant, though. The and/or is a substitute for the Oxford comma.

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            Tell that to the two strippers, JFK and Stalin.

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              I see you fell for the humorous disinformation, like many others.

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                Mate no one’s gonna believe you didn’t mean what you said. Next time just own up to it and move on.

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                  Of course I meant it. The OC is redundant. People who use the JFK/Stalin anecdote are demonstrating a reliance upon memorization rather than logic as a basis of syntax.

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            Nah, it can be fun to be needlessly redundant.

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      And, have, people, write, like, this,? No thanks

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        Figures the Oxford comma opponent wouldn’t know how to use an Oxford comma.

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          NERRRRRRRD FIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!

          runs away quickly, falls down

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          I think the implication might have been that stupid people will incorrectly use it overemphatically, not that he is against the comma itself, but i could be wrong

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            Correct, and it looks like everyone missed that that it was a joke at the end too. Oh well.

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        No, thanks

        FTFY

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        *No, thanks.

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        Bet you learned English in the American south

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          I did,

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