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The Oxford comma is when you have a list of things that have basically one more comma than usual, following the penultimate member of the list.
Oxford: Red, green, and blue.
Standard: Red, green and blue.
... The thing that is missing from the OP sentence, that dramatically alters the meaning, is the word 'with', not a comma.
comma could fix it
i miss eating out, my friends
then it is a plea to a group
... that would substantially change the meaning, away from what the OP themself indicated they meant to convey.
That also would not be a usage of the Oxford comma, as that comma would be doing a different grammatical job than deliniating items in a list.
It would be deliniating a vocative phrase.
Yes, it does... make it into a workable sentence ... but it would not be an Oxford comma.
sure but it works for the sake of the oxford comma ‘joke’
bit of a dead horse but people love it
I genuienly do not understand what you mean.
not everything has to be literal for the joke to land
people love this stupid comma joke