Where are they-who-hate-us-for-our-whitespace? Are "they" really that stupid/petty? Are "they" really out there at all? "They" almost sound like a mythical caste of tasteless heathens that "we" have invented. It just sounds like so much trivial nitpickery that it's hard to believe it's as common as we've come to believe.
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