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studies show that kids these days interpret texts ending in a period as passive aggressive or something
by smegsicle 3y ago
studies show that kids these days interpret texts ending in a period as passive aggressive or something
- dtech 3y agook.
- smegsicle 3y agocalm down bro it's just what i heard
- kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 3y ago“I’m responsible only for what I say, not what you understand.” – John Wayne
- lxgr 3y agoCapitalization at the beginning of your sentence would have made for an even more dramatic effect ;)
- lwhi 3y agoIt's called full-stopping.
- elcritch 3y agoSure.
- jwells89 3y agoIn a similar vein, ending with an ellipsis (…), while used by many to indicate thought, consideration, or other sort of pause in speech often comes across to younger readers as a sort of passive aggressiveness or shortness of patience.
- Gigachad 3y agoSurely it’s always meant that. It’s just a long pause. I’d think something like “are you serious…” would be pretty universally understood.
- astrange 3y agoIt's interpreted as old person, because there's a class of boomer that ends all their sentences with … and then puts them in the middle of half of them too.
- jareklupinski 3y agoand just when you think you've solved the ellipses and fullstop, someone comes along and hits you with the: ..
- hoosieree 3y agoAerodynamic semicolon.
- hoosieree 3y agoAnd the plain smile emoji is either a normal amount of happiness, or a malicious serial killer dead-eyes rictus. :)