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I refuse, with every last fibre of my being, that fucking exclamation mark.


Cool! Just a quick recap: resistance is futile.


Is it ever!


Just look at your own HN page. Throwing stones while living in a glass house.

    Hi there!


Ha - you’re right. I suppose I object to "Hi $FirstName!" becoming the standard in professional communication. Often there’s nothing exciting that follows that exclamation mark, and the comma has been the standard so far.




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