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[-] dave@feddit.uk 35 points 4 days ago

I'm almost more irritated by the use of two hyphens instead of a colon after the first definition. They just didn't give a shit really.

[-] tomenzgg@midwest.social 5 points 4 days ago

Well, – you see – a colon can never follow quotation marks, in traditional typography: only ever two hyphens~

[-] irelephant@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

I'm sure they could have afforded an em dash.

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