Comment by t_gamer_kle
1 day ago
34 occurrences of "folk". Remarkably grating affectation. Is something wrong with other nouns for groups of individuals?
1 day ago
34 occurrences of "folk". Remarkably grating affectation. Is something wrong with other nouns for groups of individuals?
I noticed too; I managed to ignore it at first but it eventually became so grating I stopped reading shortly before I reached the end of the article.
I'm not exactly sure of the reason for the overuse but the sheer amount of times it is used feels artificial. Not "artificial" in an "artificial intelligence" sense but perhaps a corporate, "inclusive" thing[1] that may have rubbed off on the author during his time at Mozilla, or a political convention (which is possible considering the large "Fump Truck" text on his Mastodon page).
[1] https://acorn.firefox.com/latest/content/inclusive-writing/o...