[rektide]

Is there anything else anywhere that points to this strong bias you have? I have seen one other person bother to comment, in a slightly more sly negative way, counting how many '&'s I used.

I obviously dont seem to share the sensitivity, it seems natural to me, and I'm not sure where these feelings & reactions come from. I feel like there should be some substantiation or discussion, something available, if & for and is so unsettling to folks.

[toyg]

It hinders readability just to save you two keystrokes, you are effectively telling people "fuck you, I don't care about the effort you'll have to make to parse my gibberish". Plus, of course, I'm sure you know almost no-one else uses it like that, so you come off as begging for attention. Both are very childish approaches, when trying to communicate with peers.