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For the visually impaired it is a Twitter screenshot from Dani Donovan, ADHD Comics, @danidonovan

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the ADHD urge to use parenthesis in every sentence (because every thought comes with additional bonus content)

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[–] SquirrelX@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Are they still called footnotes if they take half the page? (I prefer parentheses though)

[–] Lamedonyx@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

Pratchett would say yes.

Yeah, it's short for "a foot of notes" and the term was coined when the standard page length was 24 inches^1^.

Footnote^1^This isn't true.

[–] kakes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

House of Leaves thinks they are.