EvilFonzy comments on Why so serious bro

[–] EvilFonzy@lemmy.world 38 points 2 weeks ago (4 children)

I had a younger guy at my job ask me if I was mad at him once because I used punctuation in a Teams message. Nah, bro, I'm just in my 40s.

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[–] ImminentOrbit@lemmy.world 19 points 2 weeks ago

Go harder and use a semicolon next time.

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[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 8 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Pretty common. Experimentally, it seems the implicit formula many use for IM is something like

Fewer than K words + a period = probability P(deliberately curt) = 50%, where K is at least 5, and P increases logarithmically as K approaches 1.

Which is how, to someone using this formula internally, “Great.” can denote exasperation, “Thanks.” can imply strained manners, and so forth 🤷

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[–] CultLeader4Hire@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Texting people who never experienced talking to other humans is really exhausting

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[–] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 6 points 2 weeks ago

I remember when I started encountering somewhat younger adults verbally spell out chat acronyms like “lmao” and “rofl.” I thought it was hilarious, but eventually realized there had been a social shift. Interactions had become online-first, and for some younger people that was basically all of it, and I wasn’t sure how I felt about that.

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