• ajoebyanyothername@lemmy.world
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    15 days ago

    Which still doesn’t really answer why use them. Why make it intentionally harder to understand your comments? What’s the upside to it?

    Edit: I’ve looked at your previous comments and saw you explain it to someone else where they’ve come from and your preference, but I feel like if you have to explain it to everyone it can’t possibly be a useful way of communicating.

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      15 days ago

      And even after the explanation (and I already knew about the letters), it’s still expends enough energy to parse for me to not bother.

      Edit: I left out the word ‘energy’ because apparently my brain is skipping grooves this morning.