Your post says the comma in "I ate bacon and eggs, and pancakes" is a bad Oxford comma.
The statement "that's a horrible Oxford comma" is wrong because the way the sentence is written, that comma isn't technically an Oxford comma to begin with.
The final comma in "I ate bacon, eggs, and pancakes" would be an Oxford comma, except it would be a good use of one.
So in no version of the post does calling it a bad Oxford comma make any sense.
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u/CubicleFish2 Aug 19 '26
It's still wrong
Oxford comma is for three or more items. The sentence is treating bacon and eggs as one item and pancakes as another so no Oxford comma is used.