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I have a habit of beginning nearly any other thing with 'So'.

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[โ€“] andrew_s@piefed.social 12 points 1 week ago (7 children)

Wanting to end all text communications with ellipses ...

[โ€“] Nytefyre@kbin.melroy.org 3 points 1 week ago

Oh my god, yes.

I've even talked with people who're like;

This..is an example sentence...just to tell you..something.

Usually you see that with older people not used to texting or someone who's first language is not english. But you see so many of that, it makes you wonder. I think they're trying to make it look like they're processing their thoughts as they're typing?

I don't expect people to be Charles Dickens here, but jesus, I'd rather someone take their time getting a thought out than for me to see a poorly written draft of it.

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