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Wanting to end all text communications with ellipses ...
I know a couple people who do this and their texts always seem far more dramatic and loaded than they mean.
"Hey, thanks for doing xโ - me
" You're welcome..." - them
Uh oh - me internally.
we should talk...
can you buy mangoes....
Oh my god, yes.
I've even talked with people who're like;
This..is an example sentence...just to tell you..something.
Usually you see that with older people not used to texting or someone who's first language is not english. But you see so many of that, it makes you wonder. I think they're trying to make it look like they're processing their thoughts as they're typing?
I don't expect people to be Charles Dickens here, but jesus, I'd rather someone take their time getting a thought out than for me to see a poorly written draft of it.
Oh hey, can you try to explain why you want to do that? I'm always confused by it because unless you mean to end on a dramatic pause, these are just regular sentences and those usually end on a period (or nothing/smiley, if you're an internet person
I think it's just a desire to indicate some uncertainty about something (like - I'm not an expert, my opinion on whatever could change with time or new information). A full stop seems arrogant somehow.
I realise it's not a good impulse and mostly resist. Mostly ...
(that last one's nothing to do with the above reasoning, it's just a line from Aliens that's stuck in my head).
Thanks for the input, I know my reply is plenty late x.x
I totally get the "a full stop seems arrogant, which is why, unless I write formal mails for work or such, just skip the full stop in short one-sentence-answers or if a linebreak makes for better reading because my two or three sentences pertain to different topics.
It annoys me to no end when people do that. At least you are self aware and can stop this nonsense.
You hate doing math?