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Old people on facebook who use ellipsis in place of periods

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  • Salix BabylonikaSalix Babylonika
    https://i.imgur.com/IoGc2jA.jpg
    Not just old people, everyone over 30.

    I don't know why either. One time I asked my mom why she does it and she scratched her chin, looked at the ceiling for a moment, and said "I don't know".
  • MetaFourMetaFour
    For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    and said "I don't know..."
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    perhaps it demonstrates a sense of uncertainty about one's actions on the internet
  • criminalscumcriminalscum
    ...maybe...
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    I find it very tempting to use ellipsis when writing...

    I blame William S. Burroughs
  • BeeBee
    As often as my dad gets distracted mid-sentence, it honestly seems fitting.
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    I use it when I want to define a particular tone to a concluding sentence in a paragraph, or to demonstrate a pause where I am struggling for words when used in the middle of a sentence.
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    also because ur a crotchety ol ferret
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    The former is my sad ellipsis, though. I like my sad ellipsis...
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    Sredni Vashtar said:

    I use it when I want to define a particular tone to a concluding sentence in a paragraph, or to demonstrate a pause where I am struggling for words when used in the middle of a sentence.

    Okay see they do not do that.

    They use it when they want to indicate the beginning of a new thought
  • Princess AlicePrincess Alice
    You are the end result of a “would you push the button” prompt where the prompt was “you have unlimited godlike powers but you appear to all and sundry to be an impetuous child” – Zero, 2022
    I think Myr's talking about people who talk like this...they just use ellipses to separate sentences...I've seen people talk like this before...usually about political stuff...and oftentimes they're vaugely angry and end with exclamation points!!!
  • Obā-sanObā-san

    yeah
  • Sredni VashtarSredni Vashtar
    “I'm surprised. Those clothes… but, aren't you…?”
    I have seen that. It's like this weird misunderstanding of the use of ellipses in quotations repurposed for communication. I suppose it's to make up for the fact that Facebook, on a lot of platforms, doesn't really allow for easy paragraph differentiation, where the ellipsis replaces a paragraph break (or the proofreader P).
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    John Steppling does this on his twitter and the comments to his own blogposts too.

    Which is weird, you'd think Award Winning Playwright John Steppling would have a cursory knowledge of how English works
  • OdradekOdradek
    My dreams exceed my real life
    "Weisman is exactly the typical marketer of this stuff. I glanced at a recent NYTimes article on him (and his new book…seems that dire events only warrant ink if there is a new book being launched) and the Times makes random asides like “scientists estimate../.” without ever telling you which scientists in which study, or anything at all. Just this free floating meme — catch all phrase…..”scientists estimate…”. And then a few examples of poor arab and african countries."
  • Imipolex GImipolex G
    Touch the cow. Do it now.
    Central Avenue said:

    I think Myr's talking about people who talk like this...they just use ellipses to separate sentences...I've seen people talk like this before...usually about political stuff...and oftentimes they're vaugely angry and end with exclamation points!!!

    For some reason I always read this as "what I'm angry about is so outrageous that you should be able to get angry at it too even though I'm apparently leaving stuff out"
  • MetaFourMetaFour
    For once, or maybe twice, I was in my prime.
    Semi-related—Analyze the punctuation in Mark Trail sometime! They never use full stops! Sometimes they use em dashes—But otherwise every declarative sentence gets an exclamation mark! It's a universe where people only communicate in shouts and dramatic pauses!
  • BeeBee
    Shouts, dramatic pauses, and inexplicable poorly-timed monologues on biology and geology.
  • glennmagusharveyglennmagusharvey
    People should support climate change...climate change is good because its too cold here...we just had 15 feet of snow in december.......why cant people wake up and see that we need change!!!!!!!  Teh two parties are broken we need Jill Johnson for president!!!!!
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