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The ellipsis feels sarcastic btw, if you did not understand where the downvotes are coming from.
by neontomo 2y ago
The ellipsis feels sarcastic btw, if you did not understand where the downvotes are coming from.
- Bluestein 2y agoThanks for taking the time.-
- sharp11 2y agoAs someone who uses ellipsis often, but certainly never with sarcasm in mind, this was fascinating and shocking to me to learn this. I also want to appreciate @bluestein’s graceful response to the misunderstanding.
- Bluestein 2y agoLeast I could do :) PS. Honestly also both fascinated and shocked to learn about the new use that ellipsis is finding. Color me surprised.-
- neontomo 2y agoI wonder if it has anything to do with the joke format, "that's a nice tie... not." which sets up the victim and then delivers a gut punch. Perhaps it has conditioned a skepticism towards ellipses. I didn't interpret your comment as bad will, but I'm glad this opened an interesting conversation about language!
- anotherevan 2y agoApparently younger people find ellipses come across as passive-aggresive… which is often not what the older writer is trying to convey. https://www.purewow.com/tech/why-do-boomers-use-ellipses https://www.purewow.com/tech/why-do-boomers-use-ellipses