Hacker News new | ask | show | jobs
by BitwiseFool 1594 days ago
This is a pet peeve of mine, but why use 'ppl' when you spell out every other word, and then spell out people in the end?

Edit: Yes, ppl bugs me and there is no rational reason why. Emphasis on 'pet peeve'.

2 comments

Because typing on phones can be annoying and ppl is quicker than people. :)

Or maybe they were texting and using FSD ;)

That's not really valid in the age of Swype-style keyboards. Less effort to do one swipe than multiple taps to hit individual letters for txt type.

Also, if you text and drive I sincerely hope you hit a tree or something else solid that doesn't hurt the road traffic and pedestrians around you - alleged FSD or no, we don't have level 5 fully-autonomous cars yet and so not paying attention to the road is just as bad as drunk or drug driving.

Sure is valid. Not everyone likes the Swype style keyboards.

The FSD part was a joke. :)

Fixed it for you.