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xkcd #3126: Disclaimer (imgs.xkcd.com)

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xkcd #3126: Disclaimer

Title text:

You say no human would reply to a forum thread about Tom Bombadil by writing and editing hundreds of words of text, complete with formatting, fancy punctuation, and two separate uses of the word 'delve'. Unfortunately for both of us, you are wrong.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3126/

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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 weeks ago

It might be a neurodivergent trait; the need to use the right word to communicate exactly the right meaning even if it runs to several syllables.

It might lose a few people, but I've got to say what I mean.

Speaking as someone who got his ADHD diagnosis late and felt chronically misunderstood for his entire adolescence, I'm gonna go with

And then someone else comes along in a different comment and says what I wanted to say with words of fewer than three syllables

Beginner's luck!