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tweet by @Grace_Segers:

"Me, writing an email:

I'm using an exclamation point so you know I'm friendly and excited! But now I'm using a period so that you know I'm not crazy. Here's another sentence with a period as a buffer, proving my normalness. Thanks so much!"

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[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 6 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You think punctuation comes across as critical/blunt, so you just... don't end sentences? I guess it doesn't matter much for texts or social media or wherever, but that reasoning is just... wild.