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goodpoint on Dec 23, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: One way to fight loneliness: Germans call it a Sta...

> I think acronyms (or initialisms) are a form of community enforcement

aka jargon or lingo meant to exclude outsiders. Not nice.

prepend on Dec 23, 2024 [–]

It’s ok to have groups of people with common interests that not everyone likes. It’s not about excluding people, it’s about including some people.

Would you complain if the backgammon club doesn’t play polo? Is that excluding polo players?

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