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@stefan yeah, it's as if #everyone thinks they're #special or something. When, in fact, they are!

Let anyone be their own special self and stop being #buttHurt if that means not being #interested in what you have to say or being a part of your special #club #tribe #group #band #people #whatever

Some want a #discussion others want to be #heard and others want people to do what they're #told

Be #grateful you have a #choice yet, or

#stfu !!

#poem #poetry #poetrycommunity #whatever

Stubbling

Diorama thoughts confuse
The endless madrigal singing,
Dampening with fear, unbounded
Ash and spattered blood endure
The ancient breath of tired earth,
Wreathing in all, oh, it’s so pointless,
Just another dickhead shrimp
On the barbie, sizzling hot amid
The searing brick-veneer landscape,
Drizzled in summered shouts of fun
Beneath the sprinkler, too old for that
Yet not too flabby to stop wanting
What I had. What I fucking had.

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@drmorr @leobm @mhd The difference in #Perl between $#array as the last index of an array and @array in scalar context is exactly one. In other words:

```
scalar(@whatever) == $#whatever + 1;
```

So using $#whatever for the length of array @whatever *is* wrong unless you take that extra step of adding 1.

Fun fact: You can pre-extend an array @foo by assigning a value to $#foo.

Crazy fact: Earlier versions of Perl let you set $[ to a non-zero index value for the start of arrays.