For those of you who don’t know what that is, well, you should probably just stop reading now because this is going to be boring for you. But it’s short!

If you want to know, Wikipedia can explain it to you here. They call it a “serial comma.” I don’t.

First of all, I have no idea why there’s even a debate. It’s a comma. USE IT.

Second of all, it’s just more consistent that way. If I’m making a list and I include a comma before each thing in the list after the first thing (my my, wasn’t THAT an awesome example of poor sentence construction?), why on earth would I break that pattern for the last thing?

And therein lies my argument. For consistency’s sake, just use the damn thing. I think it resolves more ambiguity than it creates. ESPECIALLY if we would all just agree to use it in all lists everywhere, all the time.

Of course, since I can’t even count on most people to type “to” instead of “2″ any more, I’m probably preaching to an empty church. Or a church of lazy assholes.

In other news, I’m starting my own religion. It’s called “Don’t be an asshole.” That’s the main rule and premise of the religion. The mission statement, if you will. The only catch? Since I’m like the Jesus of this little example, I (and only I) get to decide what constitutes “being an asshole.” I don’t promise to be fair or just. I don’t promise to be consistent. I do promise to count “stupidity” as “asshole.”

You’re all on notice. If you read this blog, you’re probably automatically in “Don’t be an asshole.” Don’t make me kick you out of the kick ass party at the end.