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brunocroh ◴[] No.43633998[source]
I simply don't waste my time reading an AD as an article.

I take this as seriously as I would if McDonald's published articles about how much weight people lose eating at McDonald's.

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juped ◴[] No.43636332[source]
I'm curious if you're willing to say what you (and potentially other people who spell 'AD' like that) think it's an acronym for, by the way.
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brunocroh ◴[] No.43642729[source]
English is not my first language. To me, 'AD' was a shorter way to say 'advertisement' (a really hard word to remember how to spell btw) Is that wrong?
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brunocroh ◴[] No.43642748[source]
I get what you're saying now. I can write it in lowercase, right? It's just that I see people writing it that way, so I end up repeating their behavior without even realizing it.
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1. juped ◴[] No.43643021{3}[source]
I'm actually just curious what people who write that think the "D" stands for! (the "A" presumably being "advertisement")