• BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today
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    1 day ago

    Don’t care. I don’t live my life to please others, and I’m not going to stop using periods because some linguistically ignorant doofus thinks texting is the proper arena to create new language rules. Texting is supposed to be casual and fast, and likes to use single numbers, single letters, and emojis to communicate, as well. It’s fun, but it shouldn’t be influencing the language enough that it becomes acceptable in literature, instructional manuals, legal documents, news reports, etc. Now you want to apply a whole new slew of grammar rules to something that was supposed to be NOT THAT.

    Too bad if your precious feelings are hurt by a Passive Aggressive Period, or a Snooty Question Mark. Grow the fuck up.

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      Lol I’m not, I just communicate easily with normal people, and know that when I read texts from ancient curmudgeons, I need to first filter out their poor communication skills.

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        Nuanced writing, with carefully chosen structure, grammar,and vocabulary, constructed to clearly convey the meaning of the writer, hasn’t been considered poor communication skills in previous generations.

        The issue is that younger generations have been poorly educated by MAGA educational policies, and they believe that it is preferable to write like they’re still in kindergarten, and are insisting that the rest of the world dumb down their writing skills to appease poorly educated young citizens.

        Sorry, I’m not going to jettison proper writing skills because you aren’t educated enough to understand proper English. You’re going to have to level up your communication skills, until your English comprehension is properly calibrated, and a Period in a text no longer infuriates you as some sort of Passive-agressive message.

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          19 hours ago

          Not matching your style (and vocabulary, and tone, and grammar, and basic word choices, and, and, and…) to your audience has always been bad communication.

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            WTF? Since when? Text is a quick message between two people. Now I’m expected to be a good enough writer to “match their style,” or I’m a bad person? Why don’t they have to match my style? Who chooses whose style to match? How many more questions do I have to ask before it’s perfectly clear that this was a really dumb take on texting?

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              Now I’m expected to be a good enough writer to “match their style,” or I’m a bad person?

              Nope. Just a bad communicator.

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                Interesting, since I’ve made my living as a professional writer throughout my life, and still do ALL the copyrighting for my business, which is nearly 20 years old, with hundreds of clients, all of who responded to my written marketing and sales communications.

                I’m a good enough writer to raise a family on a single income, but by all means continue to take writing advice from people who think 👁️♥️U is a full sentence.

                Done with Dolts; Dusvedanya Dipshits!

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                  Making a living as a professional writer isn’t as impressive as you’re trying to make it sound, but good for you if it makes you feel accomplished.

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                    Not trying to impress, just demonstrating that I’m good enough to survive by my writing, which is a lot more than nearly anybody arguing with me can say. That’s a stronger argument than “Nuh-uh.”

                    Goodbye children, I have shit to do. Go write the Emoji Dictionary.

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          Nuanced writing, with carefully chosen structure, grammar,and vocabulary, constructed to clearly convey the meaning of the writer, hasn’t been considered poor communication skills in previous generations.

          I believe someone famous had feelings about brevity and wit and whether being pointlessly verbose was good writing.

          The issue is that younger generations have been poorly educated by MAGA educational policies, and they believe that it is preferable to write like they’re still in kindergarten, and are insisting that the rest of the world dumb down their writing skills to appease poorly educated young citizens.

          So now we live in a world where America is the only country on earth?

          Sorry, I’m not going to jettison proper writing skills because you aren’t educated enough to understand proper English. You’re going to have to level up your communication skills, until your English comprehension is properly calibrated, and a Period in a text no longer infuriates you as some sort of Passive-agressive message.

          Again, no one here is furious, we just wonder why you haven’t learned how to text in 30 years. The only anger seems to be from people like you who are upset about being misinterpreted but not upset enough to reflect or change

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            I text every day, and I don’t use single letters, digits, or emojis, because I have an education, and can write like a normal person. You don’t have to communicate that way if you choose, I honestly don’t care at all, but you don’t have the right to insist that I wrote like an uneducated child, just so your weak mind can comprehend it.

            Again, no one here is furious,

            The ENTIRE debate began when someone received a follow-up text with “Great.” instead of “Great!” and was offended that the sender wasn’t more enthusiastic. So yes, there was a level of anger about it.

            I refuse to write stupider, you need to read smarter.

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              Lololol. So you think the people who can communicate more effectively than you, across a broader spectrum of the population, are the ones who are dumber and less educated then you? Somehow you are success while failing to communicate?

              Gain some self awareness. You are being a curmudgeonly prick who is refusing to change.

              The rest of us have gradually adjusted our communications styles over the past 20 years as our communication habits and mediums have changed. We did it through high school, and university, and grad school, and our professional careers. You have been a stick in the mud who has accomplished nothing but being repeatedly misunderstood in that time.

              Grow. The. Fuck. Up.

              There’s some emphatic period usage to get your dick hard.