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I feel like periods mark the end of a sentence. So I use them all the time, even in text messages. I've had people get actually angry with me for doing it.
by RandallBrown 6y ago
I feel like periods mark the end of a sentence. So I use them all the time, even in text messages.
I've had people get actually angry with me for doing it.
- dtech 6y agook.
- Rusky 6y agoText/instant messages have evolved their own norms, as all language does. To many people, periods have a different meaning there. See e.g. https://www.npr.org/2020/09/05/909969004/before-texting-your-kid-make-sure-to-double-check-your-punctuation https://www.npr.org/2020/09/05/909969004/before-texting-your...
- klmarket 6y agoSo again, people below 20 dictate what everyone else must do. It's a race to the bottom.
- dqv 6y agoIt's pretty common with people I know born from 1980 and beyond. Of course, it gets more common the closer their year of birth is to the aughts. But I guess you are right, everyone doing it today was under 20 at some point.
- oytis 6y agoAs someone born in the late 80s I've only heard about it from the press. I really sometimes omit periods in one-sentence text messages, but sometimes I don't, and it wouldn't come to my mind to ascribe any semantics to this. My personal nitpick is people writing a stream of one-sentence messages without punctuation instead of a longer structured message - that definitely carries the connotation of unstructured thinking to me - but it doesn't have much to do with full stops per se.
- dqv 6y agoUnstructured messages in a serious place is annoying, yes, but in a water cooler area it can set a more relaxed tone. It's a cultural thing and I'd never force someone to endure my style of communication in a place where it's not welcome.
- Afton 6y agoIt's just a different convention. I don't see how that makes it a 'race to the bottom'.
- mixmastamyk 6y agoAngry? "Eff Off" buddy.