This time my armor was heavily inspired by Elden Ring, including the cerulean and crimson flasks.

I’ve named this iteration Astor the Tarnished.

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    That’s fair, but wouldn’t the more practical conclusion be that we abbreviate long words since that’s the whole goal of abbreviation?

    We also abbreviate short ones I suppose, like “to” to 2 and “with” to “w/”. Really, we just abbreviate things.

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      I guess my beef is not with the abbreviations, but more with the fact that short versions completely replace long ones. I can’t recall the last time I heard someone say words like mayonnaise or influenza.

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        Or brassiere, or automobile, or cellular telephone, or taximeter cabriolet, or tarpaulin, etc.

        This is just how language works.

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          Ok, that’s a good one. I think I might have fallen down with the good old bias: everything before my time is antique and everything newer than my time is an abomination. Thanks for slapping some sense into the old grumpy guy :)