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> But the thing is? Falling doesn't have to be dangerous Every time you use a question mark in place of a comma? A kitten dies.
by pmg102 7mo ago
> But the thing is? Falling doesn't have to be dangerous
Every time you use a question mark in place of a comma? A kitten dies.
- pasquinelli 7mo agoquestion marks for non-questions drive me crazy. when i read them i hear an annoying tone, that's all. makes me vomit.
- windowliker 7mo agoIt reads like NPR sounds.
- OJFord 7mo agoI hope you appreciate the irony of your distaste for people's mis-punctuation while also Altman-casing your objection.
- pasquinelli 7mo agothat's not actually irony. i'm not bothered by only using lowercase. hey, do you know that just because i don't like something you do, it doesn't mean you're bad, or even that i'm saying you're bad?
- lioeters 7mo agoLike in some English-speaking regions of US, Canada, maybe Australia, they end every sentence with a rising intonation like a question? Or some people, perhaps with insecurity about who they are, end their sentences weakly without determination and final authority, so it sounds like a question - like seeking approval of those around them? And then there's the "TED Talk candence" as another comment phrased it, often heard in corporate presentations or speeches, the patronizing tone of engaging with your audience like kindergardeners, asking them a non-question only so the speaker can spoon-feed the answer?
- smallarmsdealer 7mo agoTED Talk cadence speech and now I guess writing thanks to AI is SO cringe