[kaichanvong]

as opposed to the appealing German scharfes (ß)

[mccorrinall]

Don’t believe them! ß is not sharp! Do you see any sharp edges there? Me neither! It’s as blunt it can get!

[qbrass]

The curve is a convex edge. The shape provides lower surface area at the point of impact, increasing the surface pressure with the same impact force compared to a straight edge.

[kaichanvong]

the baseline looks close to being a "sharp edge"...

really though, with the "New Book called "What if? 2" by the XKCD creator, can I get him to sign it? given the previous books suggestion: a cure for the common cold, "If everyone on the planet stayed away from each other for a couple of weeks, wouldn't the common cold be wiped out?"? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30139925

[pndy]

German class teacher told us once that this particular letter can be called scharfes S and eszett

Was kinda amusing when the "less involved" classmates were trying to read it as B

[kaichanvong]

it's from (serif-like) handwriting really... it's easy to see that given people "describe" the as being scharfes of the entity `ß`