> Statements like “no one” are silly because they are easy to disprove and then get into “well maybe you do, but I don’t; therefore…”
You know exactly what the intended meaning is, because it’s a common idiom. For example, “nobody goes there anymore.” This is pseudopedantry just like intentionally misinterpreting phrases of the form “this or that” as nonexclusive disjunctions is. It can be used humorously, but taken seriously it’s just tiresome.
Re:Why Is Markdown Popular?
by tanseydavid on Friday October 28, 2022 @02:34PM
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I have to disagree strongly with this response.
I do not think the post you are replying to, intended any sort of humor and I also think they made a correct and important point. I would have posted if they had not already done so.
Statements like “no one” are silly because they are easy to disprove and then get into “well maybe you do, but I don’t; therefore…”
There are lots of tables in markdown. I’m not sure how you definitively know if they are made by hand or cut and pasted from a helper tool.
Anyway, it’s a dumb argument to make. The beauty of markdown is that if you don’t understand something, just don’t use it. It’s not like there are many tables in blog posts or comments any way.