Did you used to watch Fawlty Towers? If so, you will surely remember the episode in which Basil Fawlty, played by the inimitable John Cleese, is anxious not to offend an incoming group of German guests who, he assumes, carry guilt about their nation's past. He instructs his staff, repeatedly and in increasingly frantic tones, "Don't mention the war!" His anxiety getting the best of him, he ends up goose-stepping through the dining room.Friends, though our hearts are with our soldiers and the hos
I’ve been using a few resources nowadays associated with AI (Oxford comma, “not X, but Y”, trinary lists, em dashes, etc.) to pre-emptively identify and block trashy users.
I hate the fact that using the Oxford comma is now associated with something being written by AI.
You can have my Oxford comma when you pry it from my cold, dead, and death-gripped hands.
I’ve been using a few resources nowadays associated with AI (Oxford comma, “not X, but Y”, trinary lists, em dashes, etc.) to pre-emptively identify and block trashy users.