this post was submitted on 11 Dec 2024
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Ye Power Trippin' Bastards

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This is a community in the spirit of "Am I The Asshole" where people can post their own bans from lemmy or reddit or whatever and get some feedback from others whether the ban was justified or not.

Sometimes one just wants to be able to challenge the arguments some mod made and this could be the place for that.

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[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 33 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I think they don't post as much anymore but it was one person who kept posting while using the letter thorn (Þ, pronounced th as in the), people kept complaining that it made their posts less legible.

They ended up doubling down and incorporating other archaic letters, and over time they ended up writing all of their posts in very unreadable archaic writing.

[–] _cryptagion@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 2 weeks ago

“You know what? I’m just gonna make it impossible to understand a thing I say. That’ll show you all!”

[–] logi@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Not the point, but didn't they use þ for the th in "three"? And then ð for that in "the"? That's their usage in Icelandic and I don't remember them using the letters differently. But my memory isn't worth much.

[–] Ookami38@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 weeks ago

The person in question was very thorough about reviving older spelling conventions. I asked him about it once and he gave me a reply written in what he considered right. It was a LOT. Still, I'm impressed with his commitment to the bit.

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh true. I am too lazy to edit my post tho

[–] OpenStars@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you mean "☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆"? If so, they are very much still active, posting what looks to me at first glance as disinformation. Doesn't look to be getting many downvotes though I assume it's because people just block instead.

[–] anzo@programming.dev 2 points 1 week ago

Can confirm, I am indeed blocking some special characters

[–] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

On the one hand, bringing back letters like thorn could help improve the readability of English by making it more clear what sound each character represents, especially for people learning English as a second language. We only dropped those letters because early movable type sets only included Latin letters, forcing printers to make do with sometimes unintuitive letter combos. But on the other hand, trying to force it by posting on Lemmy isn't going to accomplish anything.

[–] Default_Defect@midwest.social 3 points 1 week ago

People can't be bothered with to/too, there/their/they're, or lose/loose. You want them to learn another letter?

[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Oh I saw that guy! Can confirm it was annoying, but I like having a few eccentric annoying people on here. They're like mini celebrities.

People with gimmicks are tiring. Just go ask daddy for a hug and leave us out of it.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 2 points 2 weeks ago

That's fucking hilarious I love him

[–] Neon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Okay, But thats actually cool

[–] trashgirlfriend@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No it was really annoying