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[–] 14 points 1 year ago (27 children)

Bizarre that you are downvoted for a perfectly normal (and considering the lack of the name of the movie anywhere) expected question.

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  • [–] 34 points 1 year ago* (13 children)

    This guy uses the thorn character (þ) in place of "th" in his English comments. It's basically the same sound, just a different way to type it.

    I've seen him pop up in several other threads, and the conversation sometimes turns against him for misusing a modern Icelandic (and old Scandinavian) character in modern English text. He sometimes gets downvoted for it.

    EDIT: I just glanced at his profile and he gets downvoted a lot. Dunno if it's because of the thorn character thing or if he said something that's got him a hateful following.

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    It is the thorn. They aren't the only one who does it, though I see this person the most, here. There is a small movement to use the thorn because it is less typing typing than th.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I'm guessing that character is a native button on their keyboard? Otherwise surely it's more work to get that character vs just typing "th"

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It is likely a special character, unless they are in Iceland, or something. However, you can just map it to a key. Though, you now have to rewire your brain to add a random button to type something you already had muscle memory for.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    It's mostly the thorn. People are fucking weirdly angry every time they use one.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Because humans are stupid conformist apes with delusions of grandeur.

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    Wow you all are expending way too much mental energy on all of this. Let people be weird. The thorns aren't pricking you.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago

    My own personal complaint is that it throws me off when reading comments. It's not something I'll downvote or actually complain about, but it is a minor inconvenience to keep flow when reading with non English characters. More power to them.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    I'll be honest, 99% i don't even notice the thorn until someone starts tantruming over it

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