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For me I say that a truck with a cab longer than its bed is not a truck, but an SUV with an overgrown bumper.

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[–] MudMan@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago (40 children)

The Oxford comma is bad. The "and" conveys the end of the list just fine.

Gaming laptops are good and have been for decades.

Soup is not food. If you spill your drink over my plate of pasta I call that a ruined plate of pasta.

[–] NotAPenguin@kbin.social 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Speaking of commas & "and", I hate that people refuse to use the word "and" in news headlines, they replace it with commas instead and it's just a worse reading experience, I really don't understand why this is a thing.

[–] SimulatedKnave@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

At a guess: holdover in style from newspapers, where you needed the space.

[–] NotAPenguin@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

That seems plausible, wish they'd get with the times!

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