Who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?

[anon29812515]

One of those machines that flatten them in amusement arcades

[manches]

They’re ruining the best coin which irks but surely if you want to protest then donate the equivalent of each one to a meaningful cause or something

Or throw them at Boris

[colinfilth]

Like one of these?

http://thepennypress.com/

[guntrip]

On board with this if it irks up the FBPE lot tbh.

[colinfilth]

@manches

but surely if you want to protest then donate the equivalent of each one to a meaningful cause or something

You realise there’s a simpler way to do this?

[anon29812515]

They’re the ones!

[anon29812515]

Just need a 50p one

[colinfilth]

I didn’t realise you could get dedicated carboard cards to store your squished pennies in, for the very reasonable price of a fiver. Mrs F loves these machines.

[urbanfox]

Stick em on rail tracks

[manches]

Invent a special machine

[GoFasterStripes]

Well, I certainly haven’t moved on, as it was I who pointed it out yesterday, pedant that I am.

Rolling thread for when the Brits are at it again

From any distance other than right up close that looks like it says 32 January, which is just perfect really Also, am I the only one who gives a fuck about an Oxford comma?

[colinfilth]

Been trying to work out which I dislike more out of Brexit, Philip Pullman and Oxford commas.

I mean obviously it’s Brexit, but Oxford commas are just hideous.

[And yes it was an accident that I typed out a list and didn’t use the comma there ]

[GoFasterStripes]

Why don’t you like them? They’re super-handy.

[colinfilth]

Let’s be honest. It’s just a matter of personal taste isn’t it.

[colinfilth]

And I punctuate like a demented chimp anyway.

[GoFasterStripes]

Indeed it is, language shouldn’t be prescriptive but rather fit to the needs of the user

(It’s also important to note that I am a boring bastard who enjoys thinking about comma placement)

[Ruffers]

Better things to do than look at coins tbh

[colon_closed_bracket]

Am just reading a Grammarly article about it as I couldn’t think of why you’d ever need one

What Is the Oxford Comma (or Serial Comma)?

[GoFasterStripes]

I find them handy because I spend my whole life typing up spoken language, and constructing meaningful lists is something that happens pretty often. Just gives you more options for defining list terms and so on

So, to take an example from that article, I can’t rephrase things in my work to make clear the distinction between, “Lady Gaga, Humpty Dumpty and my parents,” versus, “My parents, Lady Gaga, and Humpty Dumpty,” because if someone says the latter then that’s what I’m writing down! Therefore, the Oxford comma is very useful to me.

[ericVI]

On the one hand I agree but then I also want their shit coins to be shit so I’m conflicted.