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Re:The window for great-grandmothers is closing by enobrev on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @04:56PM (#39844496)
I no longer read anything in parentheses for this exact reason. It seems people tend to write their "live-edits" and "related thoughts" in parentheses rather than spending a moment to figure out what they want to say and writing it clearly. I've found skipping anything within parentheses tends to improve my understanding while reading.
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Re:The window for great-grandmothers is closing by thiht on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @06:49PM (#39845561)
This is my take on writing as well, I consider everything in parentheses as optional. If I want to write something in parentheses, I try to reconsider: either drop it, or write it without parentheses.
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Re:The window for great-grandmothers is closing by ironmanszombie on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @06:29PM (#39845375)
Really? You don't read anything in parentheses? I think that would be harder to do (I'm joking, don't take it seriously) than actually reading the parenthetical information.
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Re:The window for great-grandmothers is closing by codetrotter on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @06:35PM (#39845422)
> I think that would be harder to do than actually reading the parenthetical information.

You must be joking, right?

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