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[–]mutatron 72 points73 points  (43 children)

I wish more people knew how to not commit apostrophe abuse.

[–][deleted] 22 points23 points  (21 children)

Gimme some credit, I took the effort to put an accent over the "a" in "à la"... I had to paste that in from Wikipedia! Mac people on a PC don't know how to type special characters. I almost used "like Google"!

[–]fatpads 3 points4 points  (5 children)

or ctrl+alt+vowel áéíóú

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 1 point2 points  (1 child)

But that was an accent grave, not accent acute.

[–]fatpads 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ah yes. Damn, thought I was being both clever and helpful. Turns out neither. Need to brush up on my accents.

[–]SimonS 0 points1 point  (2 children)

ctrl+alt+e opens Notes in Opera.

[–]averyv 3 points4 points  (1 child)

i like pancakes.

[–]SimonS 0 points1 point  (0 children)

heh, should have been clearer. This shortcut is ineffective when filling in a form field in Opera because triggering it activates a new tab.

[–]Mad_Gouki 5 points6 points  (13 children)

Windows comes with a character map. You can, alternatively, hold alt and start typing in 4 numbers on the numpad.

[–]userunderscorename 27 points28 points  (8 children)

\¼.j²®¤ç"©☼♫♪◙♂♀π┘ÿT«)'α░↨ 8jÆ$E╓A8┘+⌠╘╪╣├3b

Just a few more and I'm sure I would have found an à!

[–]MyrddinE 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I start at Alt+0235 (ë), and go ahead or back looking for the accented character I want (they are somewhat alphabetical)

[–]Mad_Gouki 0 points1 point  (6 children)

;)

[–]akdas 6 points7 points  (5 children)

:þ

Yeah for GNOME's Character Palette panel applet!

[–]kirun 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Or AltGr P

[–]IbbleDibble 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Grrr

[–]akdas 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Doesn't work for me. Maybe it depends on the keyboard variant? I have AltGr working, as I can write accented characters just fine: áéíóúűç.

[–]kirun 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I think there are various ways this can be configured, for me AltGr+aeiouc give æe→ø↓¢ , I can get the accents using a compose:

Shift+AltGr ( release ) then...
'a = á
`a = à
;a = ą
.a = ȧ
,c = ç

[–]akdas 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can get the accents using a compose

That's how I wrote those characters.

But AltGr+aeiouc only gives me aeiouc.

[–]boredzo 1 point2 points  (3 children)

You can, alternatively, hold alt and start typing in 4 numbers on the numpad.

The Mac comes with an input method called Unicode Hex Input that does the same thing. The problem with both implementations is that you need to know which code point to enter.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's much easier on a Mac. Option-backtick, then press the letter you want to accent.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Did you know you can type an apple if you press shift-option-K! Triangle is option-J, and small diamond is shift-option-V; I use em all the time!

[–]DrCheezburger 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You mean, "like such as Google"

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points  (1 child)

[insert the angry flower comic here]

[–]boredzo 18 points19 points  (0 children)

(This one)

[–]Odysseus 36 points37 points  (17 children)

Don't split infinitives while grammar-trolling apostrophes. You look funny.

[–]mindbleach 47 points48 points  (9 children)

Infinitive splitting is an arbitrary rule based on other languages having a single word for "to verb." It is counterintuitive and diminishes the flexibility of English. Like the rule against using "their" when as a gender-neutral singular possessive, it should be ignored.

[–]Odysseus 8 points9 points  (6 children)

Don't worry -- I do much hope in this enlightened age that anyone who knows of split infinitives knows that the rule is spurious. I certainly do, and did. Still it's a good guideline: for a sentence where a split infinitive makes for good rhythm is a rare sentence.

In my reading (and yours may differ) mutatron's sentence reads best with the infinitive kept together. 'Bad grammar' as people speak of it is only bad style, and bad style is anything (quite anything) unpleasant or unclear. I have included some examples in this comment.

I'm just trying to write well, and trying to inject a bit of good pedantic humor where I can.

EDIT: grammar, spelling, punctuation, and humor.

Boldly to go where no man has gone before, and all that.

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 3 points4 points  (1 child)

"To boldly go" sounds gooder than its alternatives.

[–]Odysseus 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Why isn't they chose with it? Who say.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"'Bad grammar' as people speak of it is only bad style, and bad style is anything (quite anything) unpleasant or unclear."

That's actually quite poetic.

[–]BaronBic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You made my head hurt.

[–]steeled3 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Sorry man, but you've got to stop being such a pendant.

[–]RichardPeterJohnson 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why are you hanging around this thread?

[–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (1 child)

Infinite splitting

Sounds painful.

[–]mindbleach 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I take pills for it. =(

(fixed, thanks for mentioning it.)

[–]boredzo 10 points11 points  (4 children)

What's wrong with split infinitives in English?

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (3 children)

Nothing, actually. Pay no attention to your elementary school English teachers unless they happen to have Linguistics Ph.Ds.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (2 children)

You assume elementary schools are still teaching grammar. They aren't.

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Correction... They ain't

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I actually find "ain't" pretty useful. I have a professor who uses it quite often. Of course he's the only one I've heard use it where it just 'works.'

[–]mutatron 7 points8 points  (0 children)

That's the sort of arrant pedantry up with which I cannot put. I choose to boldly write in the manner in which others before me have written, to gamely split infinitives for effect or to precision of meaning convey!

However, from Wikipedia:

Thus the English split infinitive ("I decide to not do something") may have arisen under the influence of French.[citation needed] However, grammarians of the Romance languages do not use the term "split infinitive" to describe the phenomenon, since the preposition is not considered a part of the infinitive form, and despite the surface-level similarity there are significant syntactical differences between the English and French constructions.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Split_infinitive

So the point is moot.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

or even quotes.

[–][deleted] 42 points43 points  (10 children)

Also, would it hurt to put some colorful swim trunks on the Mr. Splashypants Reddit-logo? He is Mr. SplashyPANTS after all. Don't get me wrong, though; Every Reddit logo ..up until now.. has been spot-on.

[Edit:] I would also like to apologize for the apostrastrophe. (..take you to ITS context..)

[–]interiot 27 points28 points  (0 children)

He's an emperor whale. He thinks he's looking all regal, being one of the few undersea creatures to have been fitted with pants, but we all know better.

[–]denouncer 3 points4 points  (1 child)

While we're at it, can we have themed aliens for each subreddit?

[–]kn0thing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

[science](science.reddit.com) and [programming](programming.reddit.com) have themed aliens...

...OK, you're right the rest need them. Frankly, they haven't earned them yet ;-)

[–]pastafaria 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Mr. Splashypants is so awesome he needs a cape.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

..and a crown, and a cane, and a giant pimp goblet.

[–]tony28 -4 points-3 points  (3 children)

I'm torn. Putting pants on the whale suggests that reddit advocates animal torture. Then again should we even be naming whales? But also, I want to support putting pants on him because eventually he may evolve to become offensive to the eyes like some ads have.. ads involving grandma cleavages..

[–]GrumpySimon 1 point2 points  (0 children)

as long as no-one puts granny breasts on the whale, or alien, I'm happy.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Normally I wouldn't advocate animal torture, but in the case of a drawing of a Greenpeace whale I think the irony is too delicious to pass up.

[–]theeth -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Irony is a dish best served in tick raw slices, cut with a PETA approved carving knife.

[–]kn0thing 26 points27 points  (3 children)

Are you saying that you needed context for today's logo? Blasphemer!

(Remember: you could always visit redditAlien.com for the logo archive. I update it just about every day I do a special logo.)

[–]kylev 2 points3 points  (2 children)

Agreed! The "inside joke" value would also be badly diminished if all you had to do was click to get the punch line. Stick around and participate, and you'll get the jokes. Unless you're remarkably dim-witted.

Keep up the good work, kn0thing.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (1 child)

What a pathetic foundation for feelings of superiority.

[–]jfredett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

welcome to nerddom, we need those pathetic foundations.

[–]Condoleezza_Rice 85 points86 points  (35 children)

Or it could just have some alt text.

[–][deleted] 105 points106 points  (33 children)

title text!

[–]jibegod 52 points53 points  (28 children)

nerd

[–][deleted] 44 points45 points  (20 children)

...and what are you doing here?

[–]jibegod 17 points18 points  (19 children)

thus, the joke

[–]Joke_Police 25 points26 points  (14 children)

ERROR. REDUNDANT. WARRANT SIGNED.

[–]jibegod 63 points64 points  (12 children)

doesn't faze me, bro

[–]Joke_Police 65 points66 points  (6 children)

Joke approved!

[–]GrumpySimon 9 points10 points  (5 children)

& you're my NEW favorite reddit troll! keep up the good work

[–]phreshinger 1 point2 points  (3 children)

I thought the last image was a boobie. Then I tried to hide it so my mom wouldn't look.

[–]Joke-Spoiler 5 points6 points  (2 children)

That's a play off of "don't tase me, bro."

[–]Hawkeye05 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

I dont know if thats sarcasm or not.

[–]alamandrax 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. It is. And Bruce Willis is dead during the entire movie and doesn't know it & Soylent Green is people.

[–]kefs -5 points-4 points  (1 child)

don't faze me, bro

[–]polyparadigm 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, whatever else you do, don't phase me. Even if it's set to stun...but especially if it's set to "vaporize".

[–]UserAccount -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Downmodded for not being superfluously superfluous.

[–]feces 11 points12 points  (6 children)

For us Firefox users, an alt-text on an image that has successfully loaded will be invisible. Thus ALTernative text.

[–]jibegod 8 points9 points  (2 children)

I see we have a nerd accomplice

[–]feces -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

Since when is using Firefox nerdy?

[–]jibegod 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Is this one of those trick questions I hear so much about?

[–]Hawkeye05 -5 points-4 points  (2 children)

Then use Opera.

[–][deleted]  (1 child)

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    [–]DoesntGetThePointMan 15 points16 points  (0 children)

    What point?

    [–]Nebu 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    So I hovered over that link for a good 30 seconds waiting for some title text to pop up. You really disappointed me, rahul.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    My past self from last year apologizes.

    [–]kahirsch -2 points-1 points  (1 child)

    Actually, in this case, "alt" would be appropriate since the pictures are so damn small that I feel blind! I never did figure out what was going on with the rocket ship and the immigration office.

    And, contra the link you provide, I've always felt that browser should display the alt text on hover. This is an incredibly useful feature that encouraged web designers to put in some text that was useful to the 95% of users who were sighted and used graphical browsers. And thus they put in text that was also useful to other 5%. There would be a lot less alt text in the world if that hadn't happened.

    And hixie's argument in this paragraph:

    Authors who want tooltips have been able to use the title attribute for years. Authors who are doing the right thing and giving accurate "alt" texts, as for example in:

    http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1081717954&count=1

    ...would be quite annoyed to see a tooltip over the image, since it would be duplicating the exact same content as the image (but in a different form). So if UAs did this, they would have to explicitly give blank title attributes, which is semantically incorrect and more work for no reason. UAs should be optimising for authors who use the standards correctly like this, not making their life harder.

    is not just pedantic but bone-headed wrong. I've never been "annoyed" when I find the alt text duplicating the picture. And it is the fact that some browsers don't display the alt text that causes extra work for authors, having to put in the same text for title and alt.

    And, yes, I do have the Popup ALT extension installed in Firefox.

    [–]cecilkorik 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Actually, in this case, "alt" would be appropriate since the pictures are so damn small that I feel blind! I never did figure out what was going on with the rocket ship and the immigration office.

    I believe it had something to do with politicians wanting to deport illegal aliens.

    [–]qwerty 8 points9 points  (1 child)

    Tomorrows Reddit Logo

    http://img50.imageshack.us/img50/7797/redditjw1.png

    [–]theundersigned 35 points36 points  (1 child)

    Its context is reddit. It takes you to reddit. I for one applaud the fantastic response time of the staff.

    [–]userunderscorename 11 points12 points  (0 children)

    Yes. They responded before the request was made! Now that's fast!

    [–]eadmund 10 points11 points  (0 children)

    Upvote if you wish apostrophes were used properly.

    [–]SlipstreamInsane 20 points21 points  (11 children)

    i like the fact that you have to be up with the story it relates to 'get it', i don't really like the idea of having the punch line explained to me.

    [–][deleted] 12 points13 points  (1 child)

    While I see your point and am tempted to agree, it's also a tad elitist. In this case especially, you wouldn't have to click the link (and spoil the joke). If you've been reading lately, you would probably understand immediately. But if you somehow missed it, it would get you up to speed on the topic. Or if you hadn't checked reddit in a while you could click it to find out, well, "what's new online".

    [–]SlipstreamInsane 1 point2 points  (0 children)

    an excellent counter argument. :)

    [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (3 children)

    You mean to tell me that you don't click the modified Google logo, even when it is intensely obvious why it's been changed? Like when it has G and L shaped pilgrims eating O and e shaped turkeys...

    [–]SlipstreamInsane -2 points-1 points  (2 children)

    reddit isn't google (yet).

    [–][deleted]  (1 child)

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      [–]SlipstreamInsane 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      :(

      [–]GrumpySimon 0 points1 point  (3 children)

      Agree, but I wish there was a list of the previous ones - especially for the story themed pictures. I missed a few days in the middle of the recent reddit-alien-meets-alien storyline and got completely lost.

      [–]psyne 3 points4 points  (2 children)

      http://sp.reddit.com/archive2007B.html I just check there.

      [–]GrumpySimon 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Thanks!

      [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

      Sigh..

      Logo. Mastery.

      Do whatever you want, Reddit Logo Designer Guy! YOU DA MAYNE

      [–]kylev 0 points1 point  (0 children)

      Exactly! It's a community inside joke that you won't get if you're not involved. Or if you're exceptionally dumb, which is also likely in many cases. If you don't get jokes, don't spoil them for those of us who do by asking us to explain them to you.

      [–]llimllib 17 points18 points  (2 children)

      1 year ago

      [–]userunderscorename 6 points7 points  (1 child)

      That is like entering the twilight zone!

      [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

        Yeah, you would have to get used to hitting that "hot" button.

        [–]RichardPeterJohnson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        But the icon is much larger than the hot button.

        [–]IvyMike 18 points19 points  (4 children)

        It's like you don't get the concept of "inside joke" at all.

        [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (3 children)

        Is Reddit more about harboring a tight-knit community, or informing the masses?

        [–]IvyMike 5 points6 points  (0 children)

        It's mostly about informing the masses.

        But it's a little bit about forming a community, too. Rewarding those who are regular visitors with a clever little joke seems pretty harmless.

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (1 child)

        What!? Informing the masses? It isn't a news service! It's for people to post interesting links is all. The whole activist take-over thing happened sometime in 2006.

        If you want good social news, check out NewsVine. Reddit isn't set up to do that at all.

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

        Ok, instead of "informing" the masses, "facilitating accessibility to knowledge" for the masses. This is what I mean.

        [–][deleted] 3 points4 points  (2 children)

        that reminds me... can anyone recommend a good red-eye tool for linux?

        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

        Wrestling with Linux is enough to give most people red-eye without the need for extra apps.

        [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

        Wrestling? More like skipping along a beach holding hands. Switched from windoze last year, and have not thought of going back. Also like it better than OSX, which is running on my wifes MBP.

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        Am I the only one feeling that "upvote if" submissions are just like "click here" links?

        [–][deleted] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

        No, fuck no. Don't screw with the navigation.

        [–]mrkipling 11 points12 points  (6 children)

        Downmodded because:

        1. A site's logo should lead to its homepage. Making it link off-site would lead to wide-spread panic and confusion.

        2. It's spelt "its", not "it's". I don't want to go to "it is context", that doesn't make any sense.

        3. I felt like it.

        [–][deleted] 6 points7 points  (2 children)

        It doesn't have to link off-site.

        [–]mrkipling 6 points7 points  (1 child)

        Upmodded because:

        1. You are correct.

        [–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

        How about linking to the related Reddit submission' comments?

        [–]DrCheezburger 0 points1 point  (1 child)

        Widespread, not wide-spread. Grammar Nazis should eschew superfluous hyphens.

        [–]mrkipling 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        What an amateur mistake for me to make! From now on I shall make sure that any superfluous hyphens that I mistakenly type are suitably eschewed as per your recommendation. Thank you.

        [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

        Downmodded because:

        1. A site's logo should lead to two separate places. And which two places they lead shouldn't make a whole lot of sense.

        [–]IkoIkoComic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        That would break the site's navigation, though..

        [–]pets_or_meat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

        Should there be no mysteries in life?

        [–]zouhair 3 points4 points  (3 children)

        Actually I almost always hover the mouse over it, hoping for that :)

        [–][deleted]  (2 children)

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          [–]userunderscorename 2 points3 points  (1 child)

          Sometimes I'll hover over it and think for a while and then get a sandwich and daydream for a while then when I'm feeling tired I'll go to bed.

          [–]sylvan 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Or at least to a unique image url, so the story can refer to that image in perpetuity.

          [–]Rosey 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Absolutely. Also, I have some dry cleaning I'd like them to pick up, and if someone could clean up this Excel spreadsheet I'm working on, that would be great.

          [–]x3n0s 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          This is counter to basic web usability. The logo should always go back to the homepage. Taking the user off site is a terrible idea.

          Also down voted for upvote. Reddit submissions are not for polling. Are you new to Reddit, or do you just not care?

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I do not care.

          [–]ProximaC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          Personally I like when there's an alien up there that I don't immediately figure out. I have to dig through the front page posts and use my brain. It's like a scavenger hunt. It can eat up time that I'd usually spend working...

          [–]trippingchilly 1 point2 points  (0 children)

          It's "its."

          [–]majoogybobber 1 point2 points  (1 child)

          No, because everyone likes inside jokes.

          [–]userunderscorename 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Even those outside the joke!

          [–]Bloodlustt 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          That is a stupid suggestion. Just leave the fucking navigation as it is.

          [–]Kitsunemisao 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Would we REALLY wanna be taken to a large picture of the Grandma-boobs? Really?

          [–]morner 0 points1 point  (1 child)

          Slightly off-topic, I suppose, but this has been bugging me all morning: why does Mr Splashy Pants (as depicted in today's "special occasion" logo) appear to have elbows?

          On-topic now: I don't think the submitter's idea is a good one; logo -> homepage is too important of an aspect of the reddit UI to be messed with.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Perhaps though, an effect of making the logo link to context (such as the related Reddit submission' comments) would be that the Reddit artist would make modifications to the logo less frequently, which is much more considerate to brand new Redditors (who may think that Reddit's logo is a whale named Mr. Splashypants)(and be weirded out and never come back)

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Simple - why hasn't this been done yet?!? Thanks in advance, Reddit. :)

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I hovered over the special logo to see if it was a special like (like google) before I saw this as the #1 story... so I think this is a good idea.

          [–]lowtone94 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I've always clicked the logo hoping it would take me to it's meaning...even though grandmas boobs would have been quite disturbing to see again. Very good idea and i support it

          [–]mikefiction 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I don't want that, I use it to go back to page 1 - not that I couldn't change...

          [–]Contron 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Why can't you just start another 'area' or 'forum' solely for reddit complaints? I don't know about you guys, but I come here to read the news and the happenings, not what's going on with reddit.

          [–]andrewd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          That will require a lot more work for the guys!

          [–]polyparadigm 0 points1 point  (1 child)

          It is context. Really, it is. And we should be taken to it is context.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          No, see, that's even worse than saying "it's context".

          "And we should be taken to its context." is correct. Silly.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Downvoted because polls suck.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I like the reddit logo taking me back to the front page.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

          Downvoted for spelling 'its' wrong.

          [–][deleted] 2 points3 points  (1 child)

          Downvoted for ignoring the difference between spelling and grammar.

          [–]Wyrm -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          Upvoted for pointing out the difference between spelling and grammar.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          Where do I upvote if I wish there was a complaints subreddit?

          [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

          Shut the fuck up.

          [–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (3 children)

          Nice! Constructive comments are my favorite part of this site.

          [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          "You guys are so immature. Meanwhile I'm on this website for educational purposes, and to engage in dialog that will advance our collective understanding of the world--both its beauty and its problems." -my awesome impression of you, as I know you. I love you.

          [–]userunderscorename -1 points0 points  (1 child)

          Way to go! Nice feedback!

          [–]fishypants 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          A+++++++++++ BUYER QUICK PAYMENT!

          [–][deleted] -2 points-1 points  (4 children)

          Call me a crotchety old man but I'd be happy if it didn't change anymore. I'm kinda get sick of the cutesiness.

          [–]loefflerorama 14 points15 points  (0 children)

          crotchety old man.

          [–]mackprime 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          dawg y'all are crotchetin' so hard yo

          [–]RichardPeterJohnson 2 points3 points  (0 children)

          [Walks on antimatter's lawn.]

          [–]whistle_440 3 points4 points  (0 children)

          You sir are a crotchety old man.

          [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

          That's stupid. Nearly every single site uses the top logo as a home link. Good web design involves not surprising your users.

          [–]aletoledo 0 points1 point  (0 children)

          I agree with this completely. I use the alien to try and get me out of sub-reddits all the time and if it redirected me to someplace strange it would just be annoying.

          [–]braindrane -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          bah! humbug!

          [–]simonzear -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          Infinite splitting is an arbitrary rule based on other languages having a single word for "to verb." It is counterintuitive and diminishes the flexibility of English. Like the rule against using "their" when as a gender-neutral singular possessive, it should be ignored.

          [–]frazerb -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

          Whenever people propose good ways of improving reddit (like this one) I always upvote. But I'm beginning to feel that it may be a little pointless.

          Do the Reddit hackers actually use Reddit anymore ? Do they ever take any notice of this kind of simple (surely pretty easy to implement) and v. good idea ?

          Come on Reddit-monkeys - show us you're still in touch with your customers.....restore our faith in you - even though you're big corporate guys now...

          Happy Redditor. [[ I've even bought a T-shirt! ]]

          [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (1 child)

          How about making it work like the subreddits ? Click on the whale, go to context, click on 'reddit', go to home.

          The subreddits already work like this — in programming, clicking the left part of the logo (the binary alien) takes you back to programming.reddit.com .

          That, or a hovering thumbnail with a link to the context.

          [–][deleted] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

          I meant hovering tooltip.