• osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org
    7·
    2 months ago

    It’s the explicit inclusion of period where ‘normally’ there wouldn’t be one. In texting or DMs it would normally be assumed that one-liners wouldn’t contain punctuation except to enhance effect, so the inclusion of the full stop is being read as a 😐 or exaggerated neutrality

    • mesa@piefed.socialEnglish
      1·
      2 months ago

      I don’t know anything about texting then. I would have been happy they responded.

    • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
      21·
      2 months ago

      It’s the explicit inclusion of period where ‘normally’ there wouldn’t be one.

      But given the larger history of textual communication, full punctuation is normal. Texting isn’t charged per character so it’s not like there’s a benefit to leaving it out.

      • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org
        2·
        2 months ago

        Texting isn’t charged per character anymore, and only in most places most of the time. And those habits may still persist in other places. My manner of ‘speech’ is very different in front of a keyboard vs on a phone, for instance.

      • ApollosArrow@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        Texting used to be done with a number pad, so going as far as adding a period used to be a statement. Obviously we all have keyboards now, but I’m sure some of that still translates over to today.

      • Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        0·
        2 months ago

        Leaving out unnecessary characters makes you type faster, that’s also why people write u instead of you sometimes