Comment on Arkansas: No need to age verify kids working in meat processing plantsComments−knacky3yAK is the abbreviation for Alaska. Should be AR for Arkansas.−robarrOP3yOP here, I am not an US native but it still is inexcusable. I cannot edit the post anymore, so thank You for posting the correct abbreviation.−bobbylarrybobby3yFunny, based on the context I read “AK” as Arkansas. If headline had mentioned oil drilling I probably would have read it as Alaska.−dang3ySo many readers know neither of those abbrevs that I think we should just take a prefix of the title (since it's too long to make HN's 80 char limit). I've done so now.
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AK is the abbreviation for Alaska. Should be AR for Arkansas.
OP here, I am not an US native but it still is inexcusable. I cannot edit the post anymore, so thank You for posting the correct abbreviation.
Funny, based on the context I read “AK” as Arkansas. If headline had mentioned oil drilling I probably would have read it as Alaska.
So many readers know neither of those abbrevs that I think we should just take a prefix of the title (since it's too long to make HN's 80 char limit). I've done so now.