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Posted: 9/6/2024 12:54:41 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: As do I. I still love that they chose #metoo  Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I still call #, pound, not hashtag.  As do I. I still love that they chose #metoo Back in the day we had several youngins miss conference calls because they didn't understand the instruction to push the pound key after they entered their passcodes. Hilarity ensued. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 12:55:36 PM EST
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I don't use the modern vernacular.
Gen X here and coolness peaked with my generation, it's been all down hill ever since. My wife is getting in the Halloween mood and so we watched "The Craft" the other night and it struck me that my generation had Nancy Downs as our "goth girl" and Gen Z has the lame "Wednesday Addams" that I saw on a ceral box not too long ago. Sort of sums up everything for me and so I'll stick to my grunge music and devil may care Gen X coolness. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 12:55:57 PM EST
[#3]
Quote HistoryQuoted: OP is not the Skibidi Sigma Rizzler. Well scooby dooby doo to you too |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 12:57:42 PM EST
[#4]
Quote HistoryQuoted: OP, you're not alone in your inability to keep up with this inane bullshit. I was informed by my wife the other day that using a period in a text is a form of passive aggressiveness. It's utterly stupid. I'm middle aged and I write for a living. I use proper punctuation. Get the fuck over it. I think the best part of all is that when I use voice to text with Android Auto, my truck automatically adds in periods. I use a capital letter at beginning of sentence and period at end in text.  |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 12:59:47 PM EST
[#5]
Quote HistoryQuoted: eclipse ment mad...what? 
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Posted: 9/6/2024 1:58:47 PM EST
[#6]
My old boss who is also a friend use to do that with texts. I didn't read it as mad, but I did read it as like "but wait there's more" or something. Like I would text her "I'm going to fire Bob for farting on my phone and giving me pink eye. Is that ok with you?" and would get "That's fine..." and then nothing. Like wtf am I supposed to do with that answer?
When I finally asked her about it she had no idea she was even doing it.  If I ... at the end of a text it means something. Not anger though or etc though. Probably "here's my short answer but hold on because I'm typing something longer. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 2:19:08 PM EST
[#7]
It's means something is left unsaid and has the implication that the other person needs to fill in the blanks. So it isn't always mad, but it's is asking for the other person to fill in the blank and therefore is often a form of passive aggression.
Eg [me] hey I'm going to be home late [wife] again... Anyone think wife is happy? She's definitely mad in that text. ETA, homework, what's this mean' [me] you ok? [wife] fine... |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 2:22:43 PM EST
[#8]
Never heard that. Don't care. I am the boomer to gen alpha, and I will utilize that at every opportunity to bully them.
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Posted: 9/6/2024 2:59:27 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: I still call #, pound, not hashtag. Hell, I call that a number sign, and I still put the dollar sign before the number. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:01:22 PM EST
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:06:40 PM EST
[#11]
In all my years of reading "..." has always only been used in a quotation, to eliminate parts of a sentence or quote that are not relevant to the point being made.
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:09:32 PM EST
[#12]
Word, totally, ya se what I'm sayin?
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:12:18 PM EST
[#13]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Other words my kids say that I had to figure out meanings were... That's cooked...(I guess this mean it's good) That's fire....(Means good too?) That's clapped (means bad) He's selling (I guess this means he's sucking. Mostly in terms of sports...e.g. Joe sold the game) I dunno...where are the clouds for me to yell at. Never heard any of these. Daughter did just inform me of Boogie or however it's spelled. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:15:06 PM EST
[#14]
I tried to keep up to stay connected with my daughter, but I stopped listening to these folks when they said the thumbs up emoticon was aggressive and scary.
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:15:49 PM EST
[#15]
Blocked and reported.
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:41:48 PM EST
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I tried to keep up to stay connected with my daughter, but I stopped listening to these folks when they said the thumbs up emoticon was aggressive and scary.  I have not heard that either. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:43:37 PM EST
[#17]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Blocked and reported.  
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:44:51 PM EST
[#18]
When I was a kid if a single girl in the neighborhood got happy it meant that she got pregnant. Whoops!
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:45:12 PM EST
[#19]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My old boss who is also a friend use to do that with texts. I didn't read it as mad, but I did read it as like "but wait there's more" or something. Like I would text her "I'm going to fire Bob for farting on my phone and giving me pink eye. Is that ok with you?" and would get "That's fine..." and then nothing. Like wtf am I supposed to do with that answer? When I finally asked her about it she had no idea she was even doing it. If I ... at the end of a text it means something. Not anger though or etc though. Probably "here's my short answer but hold on because I'm typing something longer. Correct ... means more to follow. It's a place holder. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:47:43 PM EST
[#20]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's means something is left unsaid and has the implication that the other person needs to fill in the blanks. So it isn't always mad, but it's is asking for the other person to fill in the blank and therefore is often a form of passive aggression. Eg [me] hey I'm going to be home late [wife] again... Anyone think wife is happy? She's definitely mad in that text. ETA, homework, what's this mean' [me] you ok? [wife] fine...  
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:51:20 PM EST
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Luckily, "ect." still means "etc."... (as for "ment", well...) For all I know, etc could now be neuspeek for evade the cops, or end the chat. 
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:52:51 PM EST
[#22]
This smells like some sort of FecesBook or Retardeddit shit.
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:54:19 PM EST
[#23]
I use it for a pregnant pause.
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Posted: 9/6/2024 3:54:43 PM EST
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I tried to keep up to stay connected with my daughter, but I stopped listening to these folks when they said the thumbs up emoticon was aggressive and scary. 
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:01:54 PM EST
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: It's means something is left unsaid and has the implication that the other person needs to fill in the blanks. So it isn't always mad, but it's is asking for the other person to fill in the blank and therefore is often a form of passive aggression. Eg [me] hey I'm going to be home late [wife] again... Anyone think wife is happy? She's definitely mad in that text. ETA, homework, what's this mean' [me] you ok? [wife] fine... She needs to calm down? |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:02:08 PM EST
[#26]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This smells like some sort of FecesBook or Retardeddit shit. 
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:02:14 PM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I call that thing a number sign. A pound sign is £ to me. not currency, weight - once upon a time. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:03:28 PM EST
[#28]
It doesn't mean mad, it means disappointed.
Kharn |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:04:44 PM EST
[#29]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I use it for a pregnant pause. 
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:15:08 PM EST
[#30]
It doesn't even mean "mad" when taken in that context, it means "pausing to collect myself because that was stupid".
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:16:27 PM EST
[#31]
Quoted: I thought ... ment ect. For example, I am going to Walmart, running errands... My 19 year old says ... means you are mad. Is he right? If so when did this change occur? Also if so, that is stupid. I know, 57 year old shouts at clouds. WTF do these sentences even mean? |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:22:27 PM EST
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I still call #, pound, not hashtag. #metoo |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:22:44 PM EST
[#33]
Quote HistoryQuote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I use it for a pregnant pause. https://media1.tenor.com/m/56yCyMnAfjwAAAAd/bad-movies-rule-bmr.gif It's when you want to...you know...pause for effect of delivery. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:24:10 PM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: #metoo Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I still call #, pound, not hashtag. #metoo Because the kids would never figure out what an octothorpe is. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:25:07 PM EST
[#35]
Huh?
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:29:54 PM EST
[#36]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Social media has ruined the lives of so many people. -he said, on social media. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:35:32 PM EST
[#37]
… is so fetch
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:39:11 PM EST
[#38]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I still call #, pound, not hashtag. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:40:45 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Why are you furious? We're going to need online counseling in here. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 4:56:53 PM EST
[#40]
I use it as a soft break in a sentence… when there’s more to be said, yet the initial statement was sufficient.
Or without saying more, though there’s still more that can be said - and is easily understood as such… Meatloaf again, yay… Works great all on its own too. “We’re having meatloaf tonight” … Yeah, I know what : ; and - and () are for. But … is fucking versatile. Eta: The new generations are just overly sensitive pussies who read far too much into things. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 6:41:44 PM EST
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Posted: 9/6/2024 6:59:10 PM EST
[#42]
Funny, my generation younger wife asked me last week to stop using "..." because apparently to her
it doesn't mean mad, it means roughly "this is obvious and you must be dumb to not notice it." Everything I paused/trailed off in thought apparently I was insulting her, lol. Clearly, though, the meaning of ellipsis has changed from what us Xers and older knew it to be. |
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Posted: 9/6/2024 8:10:34 PM EST
[#43]
Welcome to the era of brainrot.
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:27:30 AM EST
[#44]
Quote HistoryQuoted: … is so fetch 
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Posted: 9/7/2024 7:46:30 AM EST
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I told my 19 year old I was posting the topic on AR15 to see if I was right He said it is a sounding board for old people.   Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: Ask your 19 year old to write etc. in long form. Or spell it out loud. I told my 19 year old I was posting the topic on AR15 to see if I was right He said it is a sounding board for old people. Ask him to spell board. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 8:03:11 AM EST
[#46]
I hadn't heard that one, but I've been corrected for replying Ok. Apparently that means you're
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Posted: 9/7/2024 8:03:52 AM EST
[#47]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I still call #, pound, not hashtag. Its a sharp, damn it . . . . Also, ellipses have a space between the periods, and it means that there is more which will remain unwritten. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 8:06:29 AM EST
[#48]
Quote HistoryQuoted: What happens if you add a fourth period? It means that the unwritten part ends the sentence. It is the ellipses with a period at the end. |
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Posted: 9/7/2024 8:26:54 AM EST
[#49]
I'm not mad, I'm just... ANGRY!
 
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Posted: 9/7/2024 9:29:00 AM EST
[#50]
Apparently someone decided that the three periods (...) means they were/are mad. Other folks think that the three periods (...) at the end of the sentence or statement means etcetera/and so on/and shit like that. Sort of like when someone decided that the old "OK" sign made by creating a circle with your thumb and forefinger with the other three fingers pointing upwards meant "white power" or something like that.... (it was a trick because I used four periods)
Maybe I'll just switch to three commas,,, or semicolons,,, but watch out if I use three apostrophes''' ...,,,''' |
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