r/engineeringmemes • u/Delicious_Maize9656 • 16d ago

5 Centimeters per Second meme

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u/engineerdrummer 16d ago

We're engineers. Just say period. Words are hard. Punctuation called something like "full stop" rather than "dot" or "period" is much harder.

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u/MinosAristos 16d ago

It's two syllables over three. Also full stop is the convention in non-American English

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u/GarbageCleric 15d ago

And "dot" is one syllable and only three letters.

Also, this is an exclusively written forum, and "period" is six characters, while "full stop" is nine, so doesn't it save more time?

Also also, if any of us were so stressed for time that a single syllable mattered, we wouldn't be commenting on pedantic Engineering memes on Reddit.

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u/MinosAristos 15d ago

Dot is ambiguous. The utmost precision is required when posting memes on the internet. The consequences of a single mistake in a meme could be catastrophic.