I’ve noticed that but have no idea why - can you explain?
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whelk@retrolemmy.com 10 months agoAgreed, but be careful. People around here have really strong opinions about thorn usage
oeuf@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
whelk@retrolemmy.com 10 months ago
I’m not someone who has such strong feelings about it, but it’s a pretty fascinating thing to see. Some people clearly get annoyed that the thorn is used incorrectly, others apparently just don’t like seeing it at all, probably because it makes writing more difficult to parse by having an unfamiliar symbol. That’s understandable, but it’s kind of wild how deeply it seems to bother some people. For example, we’re getting downvoted just for talking about it!
oeuf@slrpnk.net 10 months ago
Weird. I thought it must have some kind of xenophobia connection judging by the reaction.
whelk@retrolemmy.com 10 months ago
Could well be more to it beyond my guesses. I’m pretty mystified by how controversial the whole thing is honestly, and how often I see it coming up in various areas of Lemmy
crapwittyname@feddit.uk 10 months ago
It’þ bigoted if you aþk me. Not my fault I have a þpeech impediment.