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xkcd #3126: Disclaimer
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You say no human would reply to a forum thread about Tom Bombadil by writing and editing hundreds of words of text, complete with formatting, fancy punctuation, and two separate uses of the word 'delve'. Unfortunately for both of us, you are wrong.
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Source: https://xkcd.com/3126/
For the same reason why the word "lisp" has an s in it and the fear of long words is called monstrosequippedaliophobia*: because sometimes language is a callous bastard 😁
*no, I don't accept the "Hippopoto-" many people like to tack on. Unlike the rest of the word, which describes EXACTLY what the word means, adding a large semi-aquatic mammal serves no purpose other than lengthening an already monstrously equipped dalio.