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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (3 children)

"Help's with readability"? You know what else helps? Not using contractions and introducing an unbalanced single quote.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 11 months ago (2 children)

If they'd'nt've done that, it'd've been better. Agreed.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Aside: rip Tom Scott

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

TIHI

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Runs havoc on parsing, too. It's bad for both humans and robots. I say we ship it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

This feels racist against Appalachia. We naturally speak with contractions and are commonly referred to as "unbalanced".