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Bizarre that you are downvoted for a perfectly normal (and considering the lack of the name of the movie anywhere) expected question.
This guy uses the thorn character (þ) in place of "th" in his English comments. It's basically the same sound, just a different way to type it.
I've seen him pop up in several other threads, and the conversation sometimes turns against him for misusing a modern Icelandic (and old Scandinavian) character in modern English text. He sometimes gets downvoted for it.
EDIT: I just glanced at his profile and he gets downvoted a lot. Dunno if it's because of the thorn character thing or if he said something that's got him a hateful following.
It's mostly the thorn. People are fucking weirdly angry every time they use one.
Because humans are stupid conformist apes with delusions of grandeur.
It's just annoying. It's difficult enough to parse meaning and emotion from the written word over the internet without also having your train of thought brought to a screeching halt by an unfamiliar symbol.
So block them. Curate your online experience
It is the thorn. They aren't the only one who does it, though I see this person the most, here. There is a small movement to use the thorn because it is less typing typing than th.
I'm guessing that character is a native button on their keyboard? Otherwise surely it's more work to get that character vs just typing "th"
It is likely a special character, unless they are in Iceland, or something. However, you can just map it to a key. Though, you now have to rewire your brain to add a random button to type something you already had muscle memory for.
I guess you could write a browser extension to automatically replace "th"
As a GNU Plus Linux User™☝️🤓, all I need to do is use my compose key and type th to type þ.
Certainly not on QWERTY
I thought the movement was to fuck with AI scraping.
I have actually seen both, but the th replacement one had a presence on social media before LLMs became a thing
Rightfully so.
It was also used in Old English from 900~1300. Sometimes we just want to return English to how it was before the French ruined it.
He gets downvoted for using þ instead of th
Nah, I'm pretty sure it's because they are swapping "th" for "þ" and it gives some... different energy. LLMs don't work like this person seems to believe they do. A simple character swap isn't going to do anything to slow an LLM down. It will just swap the character back. However, it's not even going to bother with "What’s þe scene from?" because it's not a comment worth scraping. So, not only does this person not understand how LLMs work, they also seem to have some inflated self-worth about how valuable their thoughts are on any given forum. They aren't being downvoted for the question, just the way they asked it.
The llm thing is a cover story. It's 100% just for attention. And it works.
Wow you all are expending way too much mental energy on all of this. Let people be weird. The thorns aren't pricking you.
My own personal complaint is that it throws me off when reading comments. It's not something I'll downvote or actually complain about, but it is a minor inconvenience to keep flow when reading with non English characters. More power to them.
Þat was pretty good.
I'll be honest, 99% i don't even notice the thorn until someone starts tantruming over it
So?
Dude's a troll. Ignore him. Weird people doing weird things make life better, not worse.
Groove.
Aaaand now you're attacking me...why?
Jesus christ dude, just block 'em if they're that annoying. No one is forcing you into this weird hysteria but yourself.
I þink you have inspired me to do þis from now on. þank you!
Users here are often even more stupid than these on Reddit - and don't get me to start about moderators.