• theonyltruemupf@feddit.de
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    8 months ago

    I hate, hate hate that english news headlines don’t write “and”. It’s barely longer than a fucking comma, what’s the point?

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      8 months ago

      The news used to be printed on paper, and back in those days every extra character would increase costs. These days it’s partly tradition, and partly so the headline doesn’t get cut off in embeds

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        8 months ago

        Isn’t that… Just like… How you write titles and names?

        I think it would look wrong if the title didn’t use title casing.

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        8 months ago

        i vOTE tHAT iF wE wANT tO gET pEOPLE’S aTTENTION wE sHOULD wRITE hEADLINES lIKE tHIS iNSTEAD