My go-to formula : memes

[-] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 63 points 2 years ago

I have privacy concerns about this meme

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 26 points 2 years ago

Hm. I wonder what the lack of any sort of punctuation at all says about you.

[-] bready2die 45 points 2 years ago

Fuuuuuuuck I hate how real this is >.<

[-] TheControlled@lemmy.world 38 points 2 years ago

I never understood how human I was until I saw this meme and realized we all basically do this.

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 33 points 2 years ago

WHAT IF I USE ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME?

[-] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 47 points 2 years ago

Old, unhinged, or both‽

That's why I only use interrobangs‽ Keep everyone guessing‽

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 24 points 2 years ago

YOU MONSTER‽

[-] objectionist@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 years ago

dude using interrobangs is a fucking power move

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 years ago

I'm going....to use random ellipses...everywhere. What does it....mean? Idk....but too many people....do it.

[-] AnotherMadHatter@lemmy.world 14 points 2 years ago

Calculon?

[-] jupiter_jazz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 years ago

God I hate it. I pause every ellipses automatically in my head so I'm reading that much slower and it makes me angry.

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 2 years ago

I do it in specific instances where I want to express a pause, like "that was....ok?" I also use it when I want what I'm saying to come off as annoyed. "The shipment was late, again..."

I actually worry about exclamation points because I use them like OPs image, but I always worry people take it as yelling or something lol

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[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 2 years ago

Quickest way to get ignored.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 8 points 2 years ago

It's cruise control for cool.

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 27 points 2 years ago

My autistic brain goes „WTF? Why would anyone do this?“ then proceeds to write incredibly long paragraphs with multiple statements wrapped into one, long sentence, using punctuation just to separate thoughts.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 17 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

All this thoughtful and unambiguous use of punctuation builds in me the irrepressible temptation to foster uncertainty by ending this sentence with nothing but an emphasis

[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 3 points 2 years ago

Hahahaha I like it.

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 27 points 2 years ago

I'm using a question mark because I'm unsure of myself?

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago

I'm ending this with an exclamation point because I like to subvert expectations.

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[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 20 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Kind of just more evidence that reducing human conversation into writing is reducing human communication to at most a handful of perceivable factors instead of the countless ways in which humans (and animals in general) communicate.

In other words, if it wasn’t already obvious the internet is corrosive to humanity.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I agree that text is poor in conveying intent, tone, etc. but text predates the internet by... at least a couple years (I'd have to check)

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago

The oldest written text I've found in three seconds of research in contained in this ancient meme, which is believed to have originated in the early days of the internet. So while it's not enough to disprove your claim, it seems to suggest that text and internet actually started roughly at the same time, possibly building on top of each other.

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

See this is why I love Lemmy. There's always an academic around to point you in the right direction. Cheers !

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[-] areyouevenreal@lemm.ee 6 points 2 years ago

Actually the internet supports audio and video. If anything that's evidence that newspapers, books, and really everything before TV and radio is corrosive to human communication. Well that and text based forums like this are corrosive.

Just because a medium isn't perfect doesn't make it corrosive. The problem here is the way human brains deal with things, not the things themselves. TV and video also cause loads of problems, because people treat them as too real. It's a balance really.

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[-] usernamefactory@lemmy.ca 5 points 2 years ago

TIL every great work of literature is corrosive to humanity. Guess I’ll burn my bookshelf.

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[-] BluesF@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I love emojis for this, although they can certainly come across as cringy.

[-] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago

What about emoticons? Are they cringe too? :/

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[+] pseudo@jlai.lu 16 points 2 years ago

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[-] gentooer@programming.dev 14 points 2 years ago

Dealing with American colleagues feels really weird sometimes. They're either very happy or really not amused.

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 7 points 2 years ago

It is funny to see how cultural differences can affect the use of the same langage.

[-] gentooer@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

I didn't think about that, but English isn't my first language and there are studies out there that say that you think different in languages that aren't your mothertongue. That being said, my English meetings with my British and my Eastern European colleagues still feel a lot more normal than meetings with American colleagues

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 3 points 2 years ago

It is not my mother tongue either but the British, or at least the English, are famous for being phlegmatic where as US-Americans are famous for being enthousiastic. Of course, it impact the way they speak.
But we'll need a british lemming and an american one to cheek on that.

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[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 13 points 2 years ago

And occasionally throw a ~ at the end of a sentence

[-] PatMustard@feddit.uk 7 points 2 years ago

Are you a Windows temporary file name?

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

That's some good nerd humor I tell you hwhat

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 6 points 2 years ago

Remember 🤔 to 🌸 use 🌺 emojis 😏to convey 🚜 your 👔 message 💌 with 🫂 extra 🧀 clarity 🥖and 🍯finesse 🙏

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[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 8 points 2 years ago

I got called out for sending just "ha" too much.

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

I'm the exact opposite. I respond with "ah" a lot.

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago

By our powers combined, we are: a detective

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 7 points 2 years ago

The old Abba

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

I feel seen! And I don't have a problem with it. It's fine. I like writing this way!

[-] expatriado@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

i only use the exclamation mark for happy birthday and congratulations

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 5 points 2 years ago

It is your birthday.

[-] pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago

Happy birthday,

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 years ago

I dislike this

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

I got a new job last year and I wasn't used to people using exclamation points so much. Sometimes I would think I did something wrong because it seemed like they were yelling angrily at me.

[-] superterran@discuss.online 3 points 2 years ago

This is the house style at my job too

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