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I don't think the implication was that millennials do this!!!!!! Rather they might say "Sure thing!" or "of course!". Though I wonder how much is trying to be
by Oxidation 4y ago
I don't think the implication was that millennials do this!!!!!! Rather they might say "Sure thing!" or "of course!".
Though I wonder how much is trying to be "chirpy" and how much is preemptively avoiding seeming abrupt or rude, particularly as most millennials have been fairly junior in the workforce until quite recently, meaning that they are often "talking upwards".
- nerdponx 4y agoIt's meant to convey emotional sincerity with positive connotations, compared to the un-punctuated and often sardonic or sarcastic chatroom and text message writing that millennials were the first generation to grow up with. In that writing style, a period "." means you are serious enough to use punctuation, but in a negative way: you are annoyed or upset. A "!" means that you are also serious enough to use punctuation, but trying to convey earnestness or something positive. People love to psychoanalize the millennial generation from a distance. Why not ask some millennials why they do it?
- Oxidation 4y agoWell, I am a millennial. Zero is a distance, admittedly[.!]