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Vegans? Veg[a..z1..9A..Z]ns? Are there any vegyns out there who object to being put on the meat/no-meat spectrum? Are you afraid HN will censure you if you spel

by WJW 2y ago

Vegans? Veg[a..z1..9A..Z]ns? Are there any vegyns out there who object to being put on the meat/no-meat spectrum? Are you afraid HN will censure you if you spell out the complete word?

fuzzy2 2y ago
Really now. It's obviously veg.+ns: vegans and vegetarians.
- WJW 2y ago
  Oh aha thanks for pointing that out. Now that you mention it that does seem obvious. I definitely didn't catch that from the first use though. There should be a better word to capture both those meanings that doesn't confuse my poor regex sensibilities like that. :|
  - fn-mote 2y ago
    My regex sensitivities only warned me about the persecution of veggggggggns.
    - dnate 2y ago
      I was more concerned about the vens
  - Quekid5 2y ago
    It's a regular veganza in here. (I'm sorry)
- Aachen 2y ago
  I didn't get that either; not that obvious after all! I thought they were making a joke about vegan being a swear/taboo word, given the context of saying people don't want to hear of it because it allegedly threatens their morality
- noisem4ker 2y ago
  veg(etari)?ans
waveBidder 2y ago
I suppose I really should use veg.*ns