#vortex-atom

[alexyar]

@vortex-atom replied to your post:i wish i was someone’s cat

I’m really incredibly sorry but this is appearing below a v degen petplay thing on my dash and I just

and i am sorry that such things appear on your dash

[somnilogical]

Replying to this post, vortex-atom said: doesn’t and/xor mean the same thing as [i]or

Yes, they are logically equivalent. I have not yet found a standard way to notate an inclusive or that I would expect most people to understand. If I write “A or B”, people may think I meant A xor B. As in the sentence “Would you like A or B or both?” If I write “A and/or B”, people may think that I consistently use “or” to mean xor or that the statement is redundant. If I write “A and/xor B” anyone who knows what operations “and”, “/”, and “xor” represent can figure out what “and/xor” does. If someone does not understand what “and/xor” stands for, they will fail to understand in an obvious way. The same cannot be said when people fail to synchronize with my intention that “or” be interpreted as the inclusive or! If I say “I would like to date Eunice or Georgina.”, my trusty friend Haruhi may assume that the “or” was not inclusive. Then it is likely she would only talk with one of the two about how honest, kind, intelligent, and sexually attractive she thinks I am. And what a travesty that would be! --- When there are exactly two sets unioned, “and/xor” flows better in my mind. I will write “Would you like to eat lemon squares and/xor paddle this canoe?”  When there is more than two objects unioned and I think that that “or” is used inclusively is evident from context, I use “or”. As in “Sofi is going to purchase a skirt or a dress or some leggings or some socks.” When there is more than two objects unioned and I do not think that that “or” is used inclusively is evident from context, I use a construction like “Sofi is going to purchase at least one of the following collection of items {a skirt, a dress, some leggings, some socks}.” --- The names “Eunice” and “Georgina” were generated by pressing the “Another” button next to the “Girl’s name” row on the website http://www.randomnames.com/ and selecting names I liked. “Sofi” is the name of Sofi (@sigmaleph), my girlfriend. Haruhi generated herself.

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