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> Childish phrasing like "that bird site" I could be wrong, but I am under the impression that the phrase "that bird site" only exists as a way around oulipo.s
by Joeboy 9y ago
> Childish phrasing like "that bird site"
I could be wrong, but I am under the impression that the phrase "that bird site" only exists as a way around oulipo.social's self-imposed "no letter e" rule.
A consequence of federation is that people on other instances don't necessarily realize what oulipo.social is or why the posts are worded oddly. At one point I briefly ended up in an argument with somebody who was unaware I was doing constrained writing.
- egypturnash 9y agoPeople were saying "bird site" before oulipo.social. Also: sitE.
- Joeboy 9y agoFair enough, that's a misapprehension on my part then. Plus I guess the form of it I've seen on oulipo.social must be "that bird platform" or something.
- Nadya 9y agoI found their about page interesting. They remove the letter 'e' from the subheader and then go on to say not to write like that. >A Dcntralizd and Fdratd Social Ntwork >No problm I'll writ lik this. >No. Stop. Don't do this. I was going to try and write this response without the letter `e` and realized I depend largely on words with the letter `e`.
- Joeboy 9y agoRight, that's a bit hypocritical. It's tricky at first, but it's not so hard to avoid that taboo glyph with a bit of practicing.
- moron4hire 9y agoAnd then you forget to sanitize your username...