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Nit: The TL;DR is what is called an introduction.


Yeah that is an odd choice of words.


I don’t think it’s a nit. It’s polite and proper feedback on the misuse of a term. The TL;DR here didn’t really convey anything useful from the rest of the post. So it ought to be rightly called “Introduction”, as you said.


Yep.

TL;DR = extreme executive summary

Intro = introduction

Same number of letters, but different meanings

It's not a big deal, but the armchair lawyer in me cringes and throws an OCD tantrum when spelling, grammar, semantics, and linguistic conventions are abused. "Weight at the busstop" or "u know what i mean thatswut im saying haha he even said it tiwce" :sigh: :meta-sigh:




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