Lefty being smart... And not at all
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The grammatical error here is the two sentences in the top tweet separated by a comma instead of a period. She could have at least used a colon.
Also, if you want to avoid awkwardness like this then change the order of the items in your list. Don't add a comma that doesn't belong there.
What’s wrong with an Oxford comma?
It's unnecessary and superfluous. We add commas between the items in a list so that we don't need to put the conjunction between each item in the list, so the comma is taking the place of "and" or "or." But then we do add the conjunction between the final two items in order to indicate the end of the list, so to put a comma there as well is redundant. It's like writing "and and."
Both work. And the level of kvetching about an Oxford comma is a low testosterone, woman level argument.
The function of punctuation is to convey a specific meaning. Not to be “technically correct” and while making socially retarded arguments.