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Well, when we discovered that protons and neutrons had substructure we needed a new word for the triplet particles comprising them, but James Joyce came to the rescue with "three quarks for Muster Mark."

But that's rare.

I would think that postmodernism would collapse under the weight of its ridiculousness. It hasn't yet.

I won't bore anyone with another run-through of my loathing for the singular they, but it's astonishing how many uh people justify it with the exact same arguments, excepting how far back it goes; one person tried to tell me that it goes back to the 11th century, which was Old English.

Judging by Twitter Likes, I have a lot of company.

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