My go-to formula : memes

[-] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 62 points 7 months ago

I have privacy concerns about this meme

[-] FaceDeer@fedia.io 25 points 7 months ago

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

[-] bready2die 43 points 7 months ago

Fuuuuuuuck I hate how real this is >.<

[-] TheControlled@lemmy.world 38 points 7 months ago

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

[-] nieceandtows@programming.dev 32 points 7 months ago

WHAT IF I USE ALL CAPS ALL THE TIME?

[-] PainInTheAES@lemmy.world 45 points 7 months ago

Old, unhinged, or both‽

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

[-] qprimed@lemmy.ml 23 points 7 months ago

YOU MONSTER‽

[-] objectionist@sh.itjust.works 9 points 7 months ago

dude using interrobangs is a fucking power move

[-] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 37 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

Calculon?

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

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 3 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

Quickest way to get ignored.

[-] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 8 points 7 months ago

It's cruise control for cool.

[-] son_named_bort@lemmy.world 27 points 7 months ago

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

[-] Klear@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

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

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[-] haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com 27 points 7 months 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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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 7 months ago

Hahahaha I like it.

[-] BmeBenji@lemm.ee 20 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago

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

[-] DragonOracleIX@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 months ago

What about emoticons? Are they cringe too? :/

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[+] pseudo@jlai.lu 16 points 7 months ago

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[-] gentooer@programming.dev 14 points 7 months ago

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

[-] pseudo@jlai.lu 7 points 7 months ago

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

[-] gentooer@programming.dev 5 points 7 months 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 7 months 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 7 months ago

And occasionally throw a ~ at the end of a sentence

[-] PatMustard@feddit.uk 7 points 7 months ago

Are you a Windows temporary file name?

[-] EdibleFriend@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

That's some good nerd humor I tell you hwhat

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 6 points 7 months ago

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

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[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 8 points 7 months ago

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

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

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

[-] caseyweederman@lemmy.ca 3 points 7 months ago

By our powers combined, we are: a detective

[-] KeenFlame@feddit.nu 7 points 7 months ago

The old Abba

[-] ummthatguy@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

i only use the exclamation mark for happy birthday and congratulations

[-] Default_Defect@midwest.social 5 points 7 months ago

It is your birthday.

[-] pipariturbiini@sopuli.xyz 4 points 7 months ago

Happy birthday,

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago

I dislike this

[-] AgentGrimstone@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months 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 7 months ago

This is the house style at my job too

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