Thread by @Lutleyisms

Very excited to announce my Bracket Bracket!

Please sign up and make a prediction in my Bracket Bracket. It will be a stabilizing influence in a chaotic world. challonge.com/ih06n1k2

Previewing first round fights:

(parentheses) vs ⸦cusps⸧

Parentheses are all-timers. I don't know what cusps are but I respect their hustle.

⟬white tortoise shell brackets⟭ vs ⟮flattened parentheses⟯

idk why anyone uses either of these but unicode will not be denied

⌈ceiling brackets⌉ vs ⦑dotted angle brackets⦒

The ceiling function shows up all the time in mathematics. I don't know why angle brackets need to be dotted but I will not deny that they are very pretty dots.

⟨angle brackets⟩ vs ⧘wiggly fences⧙

Angle brackets. Classic. Couldn't do quantum mechanics without them.
Wiggly... fences? It's weird enough that they're wiggly but why are they fences? Fences don't come in wiggly, last time I checked.

«double guillemets» vs ⦇Z notation image bracket⦈

One of these has a fancy sounding name; the other sounds kinda science fictiony to me.

wait wtf somebody actually made a prediction

show yourself you coward

<inequality signs> vs ⦗black tortoise shell brackets⦘

Inequality signs were kinda backdoored into being brackets. Black tortoise shell... I don't know man, pretty heavy.

‹guillemets› vs ⦉Z notation binding brackets⦊

Okay fine... *googles "Z notation"*

[brackets] vs ⧼curved angle brackets⧽

Not 100% sure why brackets aren't the number one seed in the Bracket Bracket. Probably because parentheses have their own adjective. Curved angle brackets... looking sharp.

⟪double angle brackets⟫ vs ⦃white curly brackets⦄

I once considered introducing a usage of double angle brackets in some work I did on higher rank graphs but thought better of it.

⌞lower Quine corner⌟ vs ⦓ inequality sign brackets⦔

Seeding means Willard van Orman Quine and Guillaume Le Bé are unlikely to face each other in battle, but we can dream.

【lenticular brackets】vs ⦍upper ticked brackets⦐

Lenticular is a lovely word. Lenticular. Don't know what these ticks are for but have at it you crazy devils.

{braces} vs ⧚double wiggly fences⧛

Some might think I just wrote "the set of all braces." Others will think "if you're going wiggly fences, go double or go home."

⟦double brackets⟧ vs ⦅double parentheses⦆

Whoa, I'm seeing double here. 16 brackets!

⌜upper Quine marks⌝ vs ⦕double inequality sign brackets⦖

The upper Quine is the alpha Quine but fan-favorite ⦖⦕ look kinda kinky out of order, don't you think?

〔tortoise shell brackets〕 vs ⦋underlined brackets⦌

The tortoise shells are pretty but their spacing throws everything off. Why are we underlining brackets? Hate to end on a downer but these are bad brackets Brent.

And there you have it. 32 pairs of brackets enter the Bracket Bracket. Only one will survive.

Oops I forgot

⌊floor brackets⌋ vs ⦏lower ticked brackets⦎

AKA the Battle of the Bottoms. Still don't know what these ticks are for, but the floor function is upper semicontinuous.

Currently off of 16 predictions we have only one prediction that brackets will win the Bracket Bracket! The tally is:

(5), {3}, ⦕2⦖, ⟦1⟧, ⧘1⧙, ⦑1⦒, ⦓1⦔, ⧚1⧛, [1]

Okay voting is beginning in this extremely important contest. All first round polls end simultaneously but will be added in daily tiers. Predictions can be added and edited until the last day of first round voting. challonge.com/ih06n1k2

( ) vs ⸦ ⸧

⟨ ⟩ vs ⧘ ⧙

[ ] vs ⧼ ⧽

{ } vs ⧚ ⧛

More #bracketbracket polls! The top 4 seeds are handily winning. Will the next 4 be as strong? Predictions can be added and edited until the last 24 hours of round 1. challonge.com/ih06n1k2/predi…

< > vs ⦗ ⦘

⌜⌝ vs ⦕ ⦖

⌞⌟ vs ⦓ ⦔

⌈ ⌉ vs ⦑ ⦒

The #BracketBracket will not be contained! Predictions remain can be edited until the final 24 hours of the first round. challonge.com/ih06n1k2

⌊ ⌋ vs ⦏ ⦎

【　】vs ⦍ ⦐

〔 〕vs ⦋ ⦌

‹ › vs ⦉ ⦊

The final four matches of round one of the #BracketBracket are live! These are the four most evenly seeded matches, not that my seeding has been in any way predictive. You can still fill in your bracket at challonge.com/ih06n1k2

« » vs ⦇ ⦈

⟦ ⟧ vs ⦅ ⦆

⟪ ⟫ vs ⦃ ⦄

⟬ ⟭ vs ⟮ ⟯

Those are all the bras you're going to ket for round one!

Predictions in the #BracketBracket close in 11 hours. You can still submit or edit a prediction at challonge.com/ih06n1k2

12 hours left to vote in round one of the #BracketBracket.

Barely an hour left! Really hoping at least one of the polls gets randomly invaded by bots.

We've got some great pairings in round two of the Bracket Bracket!

Kudos to top-scorers () and【 】with 83% of the vote in their round one matches. Special congrats to ⦑ ⦒,⦓ ⦔, and ⦕ ⦖, which defied my totally arbitrary seeding to survive into round two.

RIP to the Quine corners, ⌜⌝ and ⌞⌟, and Z notation, ⦉ ⦊ and ⦇ ⦈; I still don't know what any of you are for, but you brought charm and dignity to this competition.

Say goodbye to the wiggly fences, ⧘ ⧙ and ⧚ ⧛; maybe tone it down a little you crazy kids.

Pour one out for the ⌈ceiling brackets⌉, which lost a tough match to the ⦑dotted angles⦒, while their obviously lesser siblings the ⌊floor brackets⌋ had a much easier time versus the ⦏lower ticked brackets⦎.

There will be no ticks in rounds two.

Voting in round 2 of the #BracketBracket begins soon! Let's preview the fights.

(parentheses) vs ⟬white tortoise shell brackets⟭

Let's be honest, tortoise shell brackets are going to be a parenthetical afterthought in the oral history of the Bracket Bracket.

⦑dotted angle brackets⦒ vs ⌊floor brackets⌋

Those ⦑pretty dots⦒ took down the ⌈ceilings⌉. Can they take down the ⌊floors⌋? Probably!

⟨angle brackets⟩ vs «double guillemets»

«These bad babies» trounced some ⦇Z notation⦈, is ⟨bra ket notation⟩ next?

<inequality signs> vs ‹guillemets›

No matter whether it's what you do with it or the size that counts, seems like there's a clear victor here.

[brackets] vs ⟪double angle brackets⟫

Not sure the ⟪double angles⟫ have the personality to take on the classic charms of the Bracket Bracket's namesake.

⦓inequality brackets⦔ vs【lenticular brackets】

⦓ ⦔ looks like Deep Space Nine. What does【 】look like?

{braces} vs ⟦double square brackets⟧

I might suggest you brace yourselves for an upset here, but I wouldn't double down on it.

⦕double inequality brackets⦖ vs〔tortoise shell brackets〕

In the last match of round 2 we have the ⦕messiest entry in the competition⦖ versus a〔tortoise〕

Very excited to begin round 2 of the #BracketBracket!

( ) vs ⟬ ⟭

⦑ ⦒ vs ⌊ ⌋

⟨ ⟩ vs « »

< > vs ‹ ›

[ ] vs ⟪ ⟫

⦓ ⦔ vs【 】

{ } vs ⟦ ⟧

⦕ ⦖ vs〔 〕

May the best delimiters win.

You people really fucked up in round 2 of the Bracket Bracket!

Say goodbye to quantum mechanics, because ⟨angle brackets⟩ lost to some messy nonsense by the name of «double guillemets».

But the ⦕messiest entry⦖ in the competition is no more because a〔tortoise〕just had to make it to round three.

They are survived by the somewhat less messy ⦓DS9 brackets⦔.

In Round 3 we've got

(parentheses) vs ⦑dotted angle brackets⦒

(Parentheses) have been the top scorers two rounds in a row. Can ⦑dots⦒ prevail where ⟨plain⟩ failed?

«double guillemets» vs <inequality signs>

Is this a «culture» vs <science> showdown or is that a lazy framing because I don't actually care about this one?

[brackets] vs ⦓inequality brackets⦔

It's the most orthogonal remaining entry vs the least!

{braces} vs〔tortoise shell brackets〕

Does anybody actually use〔these〕?

Let's start the voting in round three of the #BracketBracket!

( ) vs ⦑ ⦒

« » vs < >

[ ] vs ⦓ ⦔

{ } vs〔 〕

That's it for round three of the #BracketBracket!

Coming soon to a twitter poll near you we've got

(parentheses) vs «double guillemets»

(Parentheses) have been the top scorers in every round so far. «Double guillemets»... have not.

[brackets] vs {braces}

I didn't have to use copy/paste to do this one!

I just can't contain my excitement for round four of the Bracket Bracket!

( ) vs « »

[ ] vs { }

Get ready for the finale of the Bracket Bracket!

It's the top two seeds, finally facing off. Which will be the ultimate bracket, and which will be consigned to the dustbin of punctuation past?

( ) vs [ ]

Unlike that filthy ball toss thing, this March Madness will actually end in the month of March in some time zones.

Congrats to [brackets] on winning the Bracket Bracket!

And another congrats to user BRACKETS on the winning prediction with 28/31 matches correctly called.