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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby

It's so important to hear voices from all sides of an issue, with the exception of white supremacists, TERFs, and people who don't use Oxford commas.

aug 21, 2025, 5:31 pm • 26 2

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erykmynn @erykmynn.bsky.social

I'm working with a group that follows AP style, for somewhat understandable reasons. I find myself changing my commas for them.... I don't want to be found out as a Chicago fanboy 🤐 The act of willfully dropping it, even if it's in order to pass amongst these adherents, feels wholly sinister.

aug 21, 2025, 8:09 pm • 1 0 • view
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erykmynn @erykmynn.bsky.social

Adherents often claim AP style values brevity, but can't explain the extra spaces around em dashes!!!

aug 21, 2025, 8:10 pm • 3 1 • view
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Dean Ray Johnson ⚪ @boardgametextbook.com

And yet, "white supremacists, TERFs and people who don't use Oxford commas" is kinda grammatically correct

aug 21, 2025, 6:26 pm • 1 0 • view
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Eize Basa @eizebasa.baby

do you have any idea how tempted i was to leave out the oxford comma in that post

aug 21, 2025, 11:15 pm • 20 0 • view
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PeoriaBummer @peoriabummer.bsky.social

Vampire Weekend asked the important question about that last one.

aug 22, 2025, 11:34 am • 1 0 • view
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Chris Metivier @cardboardchris.bsky.social

I did a double take because I thought that was going to be the joke

aug 22, 2025, 11:17 am • 2 0 • view
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Chris Whitpan 🔜PAX West @chriswhitpan.bsky.social

The Panda eats, shoots, and leaves.

aug 22, 2025, 4:10 am • 0 0 • view