Comment on Why are people using the "þ" character?
Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 2 days agoWhy spite?
People consider something a problem and this fixes the problem. The person can continue writing whatever characters make them happy and the others won’t need to worry about their text being cumbersome to read.
It’s a much more a usability improvement than something done out of spite. I would say the assumption about spite stems from your outlook to the world.
lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 2 days ago
No, it replaces thorns (or whatever character) for everyone, as it is built-in into the platform. It would also mean it replaces valid uses of thorn (or whatever character). Such as in quotations, math formulas and the like.
It’s literally just spite. There is no other reason.
It speaks of my worldview yes. I see spite, I should be able to call it as such.
Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 2 days ago
Dunno. I’m using PieFed and this is how this discussion’s th-characters look on my screen:
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I’m pretty much okay with this :)
Tuuktuuk@piefed.ee 2 days ago
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lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 day ago
Always good to have more receipts, þanks.