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> Through Trump’s posturing and the mark’s erect body and one-balled bottom, ! has become “aggressively phallic,” and is in bad need of saving. Why -- why -- d

by Doches 3y ago

> Through Trump’s posturing and the mark’s erect body and one-balled bottom, ! has become “aggressively phallic,” and is in bad need of saving. Why -- why -- do contemporary American writers feel the need to inject their political affiliation into every piece they make public? This is a pop-academic essay on the use of exclamations in literature, not a NYT op-ed.

causi 3y ago
The exclamation point is definitely falling out of fashion. It, like capitalizing "ok", is now a marker that the writer is older. Except in formal contexts, when a young person wants to exclaim they don't use an exclamation point, they use capitals. "OK, look, I almost died!" <- Boomer "Ok, look, I ALMOST DIED <- Zoomer
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- otteromkram 3y ago
  Have to disagree with the usage of OK. It's pretty standard usage in American English [1]. I wouldn't say that the user of OK is older;rather, they tend to be, "not dumb." [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK
  - causi 3y ago
    What is "correct" changes over time with how the language is used. Examples of recent changes include dropping the hyphen from double-e words like re-enter and pre-empt and pre-eminent, and growing acceptance of beginning sentences with conjunctions like "and".
  - Lammy 3y ago
    fwiw {U+1F197 SQUARED OK} is capitalized “OK” in every emoji font I’ve ever seen
  - preciousoo 3y ago
    Found the older person!
verisimi 3y ago
I agree - its truly tiresome. But then, if all the media is banging on about Trump + Russian collusion for 3 years, as if there was nothing else, I guess this does impact people.
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doitLP 3y ago
It’s called “identity politics” for a reason: it’s no longer who one votes for but an entire world view about who one is —- and more importantly who one is not and it demands to be constantly displayed and reinforced.

by Doches 3y ago

causi 3y ago

The exclamation point is definitely falling out of fashion. It, like capitalizing "ok", is now a marker that the writer is older. Except in formal contexts, when a young person wants to exclaim they don't use an exclamation point, they use capitals. "OK, look, I almost died!" <- Boomer "Ok, look, I ALMOST DIED <- Zoomer

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otteromkram 3y ago
Have to disagree with the usage of OK. It's pretty standard usage in American English [1]. I wouldn't say that the user of OK is older;rather, they tend to be, "not dumb." [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/OK
- causi 3y ago
  What is "correct" changes over time with how the language is used. Examples of recent changes include dropping the hyphen from double-e words like re-enter and pre-empt and pre-eminent, and growing acceptance of beginning sentences with conjunctions like "and".
- Lammy 3y ago
  fwiw {U+1F197 SQUARED OK} is capitalized “OK” in every emoji font I’ve ever seen
- preciousoo 3y ago
  Found the older person!

verisimi 3y ago

I agree - its truly tiresome. But then, if all the media is banging on about Trump + Russian collusion for 3 years, as if there was nothing else, I guess this does impact people.

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doitLP 3y ago

It’s called “identity politics” for a reason: it’s no longer who one votes for but an entire world view about who one is —- and more importantly who one is not and it demands to be constantly displayed and reinforced.