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[-] maculata@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

WTF is an “EA”?

Didn’t people learn in high school that if you use Initials or an acronym you need to define it after the first use?

I’m seeing more and more of this sort of sloppy writing with little or no consideration for the reader without intimate knowledge of the writers’ niche wank genre.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 22 points 8 months ago

if only literally the fucking sidebar of the sub had a link explaining precisely what this was all about

[-] cstross@wandering.shop 16 points 8 months ago

@dgerard If you're looking at awful.systems via a Mastodon client you never see the sidebar. Or even any indication that it isn't a Mastodon server.

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

i would say in that case "sucks to be them" and "their refund is enclosed"

it's not a dot less pointless and obnoxious in that context either

[-] self@awful.systems 15 points 8 months ago

“halt your conversation and explain yourself to me, whoever the fuck I am, right this instant” is also an utter shithead move on mastodon

[-] cstross@wandering.shop 12 points 8 months ago

@self Really? And here I thought Mastodon existed for the convenience of Reply Guys like that!

[-] dgerard@awful.systems 10 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

and he's not even from mastodon.social or c.im!

note that aussie.zone is actually a lemmy instance

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