Hi! My name's ArBe (ˈɑːbiː), short for Argon Beryllium.
I'm a:
English isn't my first language, and while I'm
fairly confident in my ability to use it, I realise
the way I construct my statements may not be the most
natural. This definitely isn't helped by my (former)
obsession with overt, unnatural verbosity as a comedic
device, the use which used to be intentional, but has
kind of become a habit.
This brilliant post
by @dcoles
summarises some other issues I have with writing better
than I ever could.
TL;DR: If you notice me speaking in a strange manner, it's either unintentional or meant to be comedic.
Please recognise these for what they are: scraps of contextless information and mostly arbitrary, but situationally useful little tools of abstraction.