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16. I have also read that using punctuation in a text is considered...

Reply to live love laugh (Original post)

Fri Oct 17, 2025, 03:43 PM

Oct 2025

...aggressive. Really?

I am old(er), but about as far from aggressive as it is possible to be.

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A talk show guest just said her kids make fun of people on social media who use punctuation. [View all] live love laugh Oct 2025 OP

That's ok. They will continue to think that right up until the time they need a job... period. lapfog_1 Oct 2025 #1

Wayyyyyy back in the before times, job applications could get tossed niyad Oct 2025 #3

Did it make you want to stick your head Oeditpus Rex Oct 2025 #22

You got it! niyad Oct 2025 #24

Wow I'd expect better from professionals like piblishers! electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #42

Just to amuse (or annoy) myself, I once kept track of every error in a novel niyad Oct 2025 #47

Do NOT Mark Up the Library Books! 😄 electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #49

Not true. Not punctuating text messages is a real thing LearnedHand Oct 2025 #18

A talk show guest just admitted her kids don't understand ornotna Oct 2025 #2

The next with-it fad will be to use punctuation. Hugin Oct 2025 #4

Funny You Say That ProfessorGAC Oct 2025 #40

Interesting! electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #43

I have come to accept its part of the love language... Hugin Oct 2025 #46

Please tell us who this idiot is. niyad Oct 2025 #5

lol wtf LastDemocratInSC Oct 2025 #6

That's really sad PatSeg Oct 2025 #7

Not just young people! Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #8

Those kinds of posts are often voice to text fwiw WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2025 #11

Yes I understand that may be so Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #31

The same people also don't think they need to FoxNewsSucks Oct 2025 #35

Not to mention failing to know Jerry2144 Oct 2025 #30

Ah, yes, the English composition trio of doom . . . hatrack Oct 2025 #38

I have to say, "wow" (and not in a good way)! electric_blue68 Oct 2025 #45

You left out our, are, and hour. My favourite example, of course, is the niyad Oct 2025 #48

There's a word for the kids that don't use punctuation in the future Renew Deal Oct 2025 #9

It's been considered a mark of age for years. The constantly changing grammar of text messaging is fascinating tbh. WhiskeyGrinder Oct 2025 #10

Thanks for this LearnedHand Oct 2025 #19

Sure, but making fun of people is rude and Trump-like. yardwork Oct 2025 #25

I like to sprinkle all my posts with punctuations, almost randomly. hunter Oct 2025 #12

Glad to be "old". Punctuation serves a function: clarity, rhythm. It's oil in the gears, not sand. . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #13

I have also read that using punctuation in a text is considered "aggressive." 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #14

Typical of the state of the country now. yardwork Oct 2025 #26

In a recent TV detective show, using two spaces after the full stop as opposed to one question everything Oct 2025 #15

That would be Elsbeth! MagickMuffin Oct 2025 #17

Correct. And I am old since I do use two spaces between sentences question everything Oct 2025 #44

Well then, lock me up and throw away the key. Xavier Breath Oct 2025 #41

I have also read that using punctuation in a text is considered... 3catwoman3 Oct 2025 #16

"Let's eat grandma..." EarthFirst Oct 2025 #20

And don't forget the all-important Oxford comma Jerry2144 Oct 2025 #32

Well, excuse me for using commas, periods, exclamation marks, and the sort. sakabatou Oct 2025 #21

You are also excused for not abusing apostrophes. GoCubsGo Oct 2025 #36

Well, they don't use actual words, either Oeditpus Rex Oct 2025 #23

Just checked my texts with my kids Bettie Oct 2025 #27

From the same generation that can't read or write in cursive? maptap22 Oct 2025 #28

My youngest Bettie Oct 2025 #29

And just how many jobs out there actually require PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2025 #33

I use semicolons as needed in my SM posts irisblue Oct 2025 #34

Who cares? flvegan Oct 2025 #37

"A talk show guest..."??!! MorbidButterflyTat Oct 2025 #39