• Baron Von J@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    It’s the explicit inclusion of period where ‘normally’ there wouldn’t be one.

    But given the larger history of textual communication, full punctuation is normal. Texting isn’t charged per character so it’s not like there’s a benefit to leaving it out.

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      2 months ago

      Texting isn’t charged per character anymore, and only in most places most of the time. And those habits may still persist in other places. My manner of ‘speech’ is very different in front of a keyboard vs on a phone, for instance.

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      2 months ago

      Texting used to be done with a number pad, so going as far as adding a period used to be a statement. Obviously we all have keyboards now, but I’m sure some of that still translates over to today.

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        2 months ago

        Fair point, for T9 typing I can see that. I wouldn’t expect millennials and zennials to have dealt with T9 much, though.

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        2 months ago

        If poetry text
        Is how you commune with friends
        Passive aggressive.

        edit: fixed the formatting, and my keyboard unironically took my double-tap on space to add periods for me! 😅