What I have noticed is that the period assumes a meaning, despite the traditional syntactical one, depending on the situation. On the article's example a perio

What I have noticed is that the period assumes a meaning, despite the traditional syntactical one, depending on the situation. On the article's example a period means an non-friendly way to answer (like being 'pissed'). In other cases I've noticed that the period assumes the meaning of talking seriously (since it's more formal to use it). In other cases I've also seen having the meaning of sureness (like when we end a sentence with the word 'period'). In a nutshell: the period has a meaning of completeness; what I've said ended just there. In a informal conversation, where period is not required or it's not traditionally used, using it acquires a meaning. And this meaning is completely dependent on the people and the subject involved. I love these subtle differences in the way we communicate. I'm not only not against it, as many people are, but I also nourish it. It's more fun, more clever to do this way. Why not to say it: more humane. I love language hacking...