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  • lemmyman@lemmy.worldtoGreentext@sh.itjust.worksAnon is a linguist
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    10 days ago

    Can I just say that as someone who only codes tangentially to my work, code and documentation that uses the same word 2 or 3 times in an expression, when they mean different things, is such an immense pet peeve of mine when learning something new.

    I’m already struggling with everything else about it, and now I have to parse out which lady is which and what the hell each one is supposed to be

    object Object(object = object);

    Statements dreamed up by the utterly deranged.









  • lemmyman@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlJerkoff
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    1 year ago

    I read the whole diatribe at least three times before responding.

    The grammar pedantry is just silly, it’s fucking song lyrics, have you listened to music before? Read a poem? Liberties are taken, and that’s that.

    the reason the line is repeated so often is because it is unique and atypical (deriving from its “poor grammar”), and therefore recognizable

    Try it out - “some cops are kkk members.” Not as catchy or iconic, sorry.