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[–] 34 points 4 months ago* (8 children)

I had to teach myself to say lol all the time via text and it absolutely helps with tone, so does using emoji which was something else I had to force myself to do. I seem less mature I guess but I don’t come off as a blunt asshole anymore and my conversations go a lot smoother

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I’m afraid I’ve used “lol” so much for so many years that this is exactly how people will interpret my texts if I suddenly stop now.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I have been called weird or passive aggressive for using punctuation in my text messages. Why do we cater to these people? Why do I care about the opinion of someone who takes to heart whether I use an exclamation point or period at the end of a sentence? It should have been their problem to learn to not make assumptions.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago

    Because you're not following social conventions

    It's also up to you to learn to work with others, conversation is a cooperative game. If you don't give enough signs, people don't know the tone you are intending to give over text, because body language and verbal tone is missing. That's the purpose of the informal conventions

    It's your problem to learn too

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    I perceive lol as slightly unserious / childish, but maybe it's because I'm GenX

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