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[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 31 points 9 months ago (3 children)

"Help's with readability"? You know what else helps? Not using contractions and introducing an unbalanced single quote.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 45 points 9 months ago (2 children)

If they'd'nt've done that, it'd've been better. Agreed.

[–] Cwilliams@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago
[–] survivalmachine@beehaw.org 3 points 9 months ago

This feels racist against Appalachia. We naturally speak with contractions and are commonly referred to as "unbalanced".

[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 9 months ago

Runs havoc on parsing, too. It's bad for both humans and robots. I say we ship it.