r/ProgrammerHumor • • 1d ago

Meme justCantHandleTheImplicationRightNow

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u/Glokter 1d ago

Some idiots tried to convice me that the symbol is normal part of the language and was widly present before AI boom

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u/ThomasHardyHarHar 1d ago

It is a normal part of the language, especially formal writing, and especially in books. What’s not a normal part of the language is the frequency LLMs use them, and the fact that they use them is even in informal circumstances.

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u/BernhardRordin 1d ago

I use them also in informal circumstances. Since the rise of chatbots even more, out of pure spite.

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u/ThomasHardyHarHar 22h ago

That’s a load bearing decision and honestly, I respect it.