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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #1

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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #2

what is your definition of IS

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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #3

I still like:

I had dinner with the queen, my sister and my lover.
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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #4

Let's eat, Grandma.


Commas save lives.
D&D teaches all the important lessons in life - the low blow, the cheap shot, the back stab, the double cross. - Jerry Marsischky

Let them trap us. We have our swords. - Elric of Melnibone.

You try to get them to play the game, but all they want to do is play the rules. - Ardak Kumerian

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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #5

Kirk Bauer wrote: I still like:

I had dinner with the queen, my sister and my lover.


Exactly. Only Jamie Lannister is allowed to leave out the Oxford comma.

"Ceci n'est pas une pipe" - Magritte

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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #6

Brad Mortensen wrote:

Kirk Bauer wrote: I still like:

I had dinner with the queen, my sister and my lover.


Exactly. Only Jamie Lannister is allowed to leave out the Oxford comma.


Hey what about many an Egyptian Pharaoh? Or the some ancient Chiefs of Hawaii? Maybe there were more royal incestuousness relationships but these are the ones that come to my mind.
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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #7

jedibcg wrote:

Brad Mortensen wrote:

Kirk Bauer wrote: I still like:

I had dinner with the queen, my sister and my lover.


Exactly. Only Jamie Lannister is allowed to leave out the Oxford comma.


Hey what about many an Egyptian Pharaoh? Or the some ancient Chiefs of Hawaii? Maybe there were more royal incestuousness relationships but these are the ones that come to my mind.


Here you go. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/ae.1980.7.2.02a00050/abstract;jsessionid=F55885DD98505BFE5CB33A4A8EEBE6D5.f04t02


Abstract

Royal incest (mostly brother-sister; less commonly father-daughter) represents the logical extreme of hypergyny. Women in stratified societies maximize fitness by marrying up; the higher the status of a woman, the narrower her range of prospective husbands. This leads to a direct association between high status and inbreeding. Royal incest is a fitness maximizing strategy if the following conditions are met: polygyny, patrilineal succession, and parental control of royal succession. Under those conditions, the genetic risks of close inbreeding are more than accounted for by the production of a highly related male heir who has, himself, access to a large harem. Data from Ancient Egypt, Inca Peru, Hawaii, Thailand, Monomotapa, Bunyoro, Ankole, Buganda, Shilluk, Zande, Nyanga and Dahomey confirm hypotheses derived from the sociobiological paradigm of inclusive fitness. [hypergyny, inbreeding, incest, inclusive fitness, polygyny, royalty, sociobiology]
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D&D teaches all the important lessons in life - the low blow, the cheap shot, the back stab, the double cross. - Jerry Marsischky

Let them trap us. We have our swords. - Elric of Melnibone.

You try to get them to play the game, but all they want to do is play the rules. - Ardak Kumerian

I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend - Faramir

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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #8

Didn't take long for this thread to go off course. ;)
D&D teaches all the important lessons in life - the low blow, the cheap shot, the back stab, the double cross. - Jerry Marsischky

Let them trap us. We have our swords. - Elric of Melnibone.

You try to get them to play the game, but all they want to do is play the rules. - Ardak Kumerian

I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend - Faramir

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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #9

Harlax wrote:

jedibcg wrote:

Brad Mortensen wrote:

Kirk Bauer wrote: I still like:

I had dinner with the queen, my sister and my lover.


Exactly. Only Jamie Lannister is allowed to leave out the Oxford comma.


Hey what about many an Egyptian Pharaoh? Or the some ancient Chiefs of Hawaii? Maybe there were more royal incestuousness relationships but these are the ones that come to my mind.


Here you go. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1525/ae.1980.7.2.02a00050/abstract;jsessionid=F55885DD98505BFE5CB33A4A8EEBE6D5.f04t02


Abstract

Royal incest (mostly brother-sister; less commonly father-daughter) represents the logical extreme of hypergyny. Women in stratified societies maximize fitness by marrying up; the higher the status of a woman, the narrower her range of prospective husbands. This leads to a direct association between high status and inbreeding. Royal incest is a fitness maximizing strategy if the following conditions are met: polygyny, patrilineal succession, and parental control of royal succession. Under those conditions, the genetic risks of close inbreeding are more than accounted for by the production of a highly related male heir who has, himself, access to a large harem. Data from Ancient Egypt, Inca Peru, Hawaii, Thailand, Monomotapa, Bunyoro, Ankole, Buganda, Shilluk, Zande, Nyanga and Dahomey confirm hypotheses derived from the sociobiological paradigm of inclusive fitness. [hypergyny, inbreeding, incest, inclusive fitness, polygyny, royalty, sociobiology]
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Anyone else notice the missing oxford comma?
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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #10

jedibcg wrote:

Brad Mortensen wrote:

Kirk Bauer wrote: I still like:

I had dinner with the queen, my sister and my lover.


Exactly. Only Jamie Lannister is allowed to leave out the Oxford comma.


Hey what about many an Egyptian Pharaoh? Or the some ancient Chiefs of Hawaii? Maybe there were more royal incestuousness relationships but these are the ones that come to my mind.


Dude, don't let facts get in the way of a punchline.

"Ceci n'est pas une pipe" - Magritte

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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #11

Brad Mortensen wrote:

jedibcg wrote:

Brad Mortensen wrote:

Kirk Bauer wrote: I still like:

I had dinner with the queen, my sister and my lover.


Exactly. Only Jamie Lannister is allowed to leave out the Oxford comma.


Hey what about many an Egyptian Pharaoh? Or the some ancient Chiefs of Hawaii? Maybe there were more royal incestuousness relationships but these are the ones that come to my mind.


Dude, don't let facts get in the way of a punchline.


I do what I want. :)
You either discover a star or you don't. You arrogant punk.

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In defense of the serial (Oxford) comma 7 years 1 month ago #12

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