buru5,
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i typically hate exclamation points. i would be ok with them being removed from human memory.

rootcompute,
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@buru5 Then how would the most annoying people in the world express excitement

jake4480,
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@rootcompute @buru5 makes me think of this. I think about this more than I should due to its accuracy

buru5,
@buru5@mstdn.games avatar

@jake4480
@rootcompute

question marks have a purpose, indicate a question. periods indicate the end of a sentence. exclamation points are very weird in this context; a specific punctuation mark to signify a specific emotional response? why not other weird punctuation for other emotions?

jake4480,
@jake4480@c.im avatar

@buru5 @rootcompute that is so true. It's the only punctuation that comes with an emotion. Go figure 🤣

rootcompute,
@rootcompute@mastodon.social avatar

@jake4480 @buru5 I'm just going to leave this here

https://progressivepunctuation.com/

buru5,
@buru5@mstdn.games avatar
rootcompute,
@rootcompute@mastodon.social avatar

@buru5 @jake4480 I'm all for new things that make the English language more hostile and unwieldy

buru5,
@buru5@mstdn.games avatar

@rootcompute
@jake4480

i wonder what the punctuation mark for "responding to a rootCompute" post would look like, maybe a little square with squiggles in it?

rootcompute,
@rootcompute@mastodon.social avatar

@buru5 @jake4480

I get a lot of "???"s lately

(But I like this idea lol)

spinning_bird,
@spinning_bird@mstdn.games avatar

@rootcompute @buru5 @jake4480
I read somewhere that using periods in a chat makes you seem insencere. (Or a study found out that is how people perceive it)

Exclamation marks on the other hand are received positively (I forget which way exactly), at least as long as it's a reasonable amount.

I'd say considering how common emoji are these days, the exclamation mark was way ahead of it's time.

jake4480,
@jake4480@c.im avatar

@spinning_bird @rootcompute @buru5 this is interesting.. Yeah, its weird - the way things look and feel when read, even on here- it does have a whole different feel if you leave a period off the end of a post.

buru5,
@buru5@mstdn.games avatar

@jake4480
@spinning_bird @rootcompute

i have never once used an emoji.

jake4480,
@jake4480@c.im avatar

@buru5 @spinning_bird @rootcompute really! I probably use em too much hahaha

jake4480,
@jake4480@c.im avatar

@rootcompute @buru5 interrobang! Question comma 🤣 hell yes

rootcompute,
@rootcompute@mastodon.social avatar

@jake4480 @buru5 I actually laughed out loud when I read this one. In hindsight it solves the problem from the above twitter post

https://progressivepunctuation.com/mark/#elrey

jake4480,
@jake4480@c.im avatar

@buru5 what?!?!! (🤣)

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