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1. dredmo+(OP)[view] [source] 2021-12-30 13:23:51
Y10K proofing. It's a practice of the Long Now Foundation:

https://longnow.org/ideas/02013/12/31/long-now-years-five-di...

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2. Anon10+B1[view] [source] 2021-12-30 13:41:39
>>dredmo+(OP)
Regardless of what it's for, writing 5 digit years is the kind of choice that makes your writing "ooze pretentiousness" just like choosing to use hundred dollar words last seen a century ago.
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3. mlyle+0R[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-12-30 18:40:57
>>Anon10+B1
Nah. It's a little conceit. It's a small dash of eccentricity to add spice to an unusual point. It invites one to ask the question, "why do you habitually use 5 digit years?"

You, on the other hand, are veering directly into ad-hom and that's not nice. We can talk about how we like to use language without calling out other peoples' language choices.

4. bdowli+gf1[view] [source] 2021-12-30 20:52:52
>>dredmo+(OP)
Poe's Law in action. Any elaborate parody not clearly marked as such will be taken seriously by someone.
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5. kragen+MQ1[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-12-31 00:59:21
>>Anon10+B1
I venture to aver, you pusillanimous chop-logic, that upon undertaking to investigate the situation in greater profundity, you would in all likelihood discover that you are taking the entire thing entirely too seriously!
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6. dredmo+Pm2[view] [source] [discussion] 2021-12-31 06:39:33
>>kragen+MQ1
Rule 00005!
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