Comment by throawayonthe
1 month ago
i think i might be missing some reference/joke
obviously it's referencing the left-pad incident[0], and to 'justify' text is another kind of text manipulation[1]; but with the more common definition, i guess it's a joke about justifying something? The Left? idk
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Npm_left-pad_incident
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typographic_alignment#Flush_le...
No, the meaning is straightforward. It's a joke because the audience is assumed to write in a left-to-right script (such as English), such that text is already left-justified by default.