Comment on Why do people see me as far older than 19 when I type the way I do sometimes?/Why do people think full stops are rude?

HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• CatDemons4@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Apparently so. People think the fact that I use proper grammar makes me around forty or fifty.

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  • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨18⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Is your intention to convey a certain tone or win a grammar competition?

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• Godort@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Kind of. There is one punctuation tell that you can typically use to tell if someone is older, and thats if they use ellipsis to separate thoughts rather than line breaks in informal settings.

  Back in the day when you were writing on paper, space was a limited resource, so people that are more used to that will separate ideas with a ‘…’ rather than starting a new paragraph because you can fit more text into a smaller footprint.

  Come the turn of the millennium, digital writing became the norm and people that grew up surrounded by computers tend to use line breaks instead because space is not limited in the same way anymore.

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  • Flagstaff@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    This is the first time I’m reading this sort of thing and I wouldn’t be too sure of it because I’m a millennial who intermittently uses ellipses, haha.

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  • glimse@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I don’t think people use an ellipsis as a pseudo-line break… They use it for pacing. It’s just a pause within the same thought most of the time.

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• Wetstew@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Yes, each generation has words or a style of typing that they grew up or had to adapt to.

  IIRC Boomers and Gen Z use more emoji than Gen X and Y.

  Millenials grew up with keyboards, so they tend to type full sentences, punctuation, shit like that. With Gen X being a toss-up.

  Boomers tend to use formal language, but they suck at distilling their thoughts into something another human person can understand. (Boomer ramblings on Facebook)

  Wish I could find the article that broke it down, but search engine sludge makes any question about generations into links to quizzes.

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• MajorHavoc@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Im in disguise now

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  • Gullible@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Bet the skibidi, my bussin bro

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    • Chef@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      fr fr no cap

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