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by j16sdiz 712 days ago
> ... (a) covid and (2) one ...

> ... because we (a) ... and (2) actually

Why are you (consistently) follow "(a)" with "(2)"? Is this an AI thing?

3 comments

I think it’s a quirky thing
How dare you judge someone else as quirky? This is the most antisocial thing anyone has ever done.

Apologise, now.

Any negativity you read into it was a projection
That’s funny, because I didn’t even notice it.

In my own writing, I usually try to be very consistent, unless I am intentionally trying to make a joke or keep things light. And in those cases, I am very deliberate in my use of mixing the styles.

But in reading someone else do this, I didn’t even notice.

I suspect to emphasize enumeration so readers don’t incorrectly parse the sentence. But the text would be even clearer had these speech patterns been omitted altogether.
I'm way more irked by (2) following (a). It's (a), (b), (c), or (1), (2), (3), or (а), (б), (в), but for chrissake, don't mix the styles.
Hey, keep complaining and I’ll give you (ⅲ), (四), (〥), (༦), (٧), (๘) and (᥏).
Can't wait until you bring in the anatomical parts of Egyptian script. ;)
Not in this thread yet, not talking down to you, apologies if tone comes across that way: jokes aside, noticed you're OP, and I'm very curious what the intent was here.
Perhaps dhosek is a fae entity or trickster spirit of some sort, and we're all better off not questioning them too closely.
I started doing (a)—2 in my twenties, as a joke, and now it’s ingrained in me that I have to consciously stop myself and, frankly, I’d rather not.
Cheers