The Oxford comma is not entirely obsolete. Here is a visual aid*** for situations when the Oxford comma is appropriate, even necessary, to convey the meaning of the sentence:
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***Language Log via FairerScience
This post's theme word is saccade, "a brief, rapid movement of the eye from one position of rest to another." That image induced saccades.
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Oxford University Press didn't drop the Oxford Comma---this is just from an internal style guide at a University of Oxford department that was taken out of context. Some details: http://grammar.quickanddirtytips.com/did-oxford-drop-the-oxford-comma.aspx
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