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  • Albatr0ss@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Wait, what have the young’uns reassigned ellipses for?

    Also old here, and use them often as you do.

    • sortofblue@lemmy.nz
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      1 year ago

      Apparently they are seen as rude or awkward. Which… Tough. When I talk I tend to trail off a bit once I’ve gotten the point across and I guess I just do it in text out of habit, too.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
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        1 year ago

        But actual old people use them in a different way that I still don’t understand.

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          1 year ago

          They’re used in quotes to signify that some words have been taken out but that’s about the only other use that I can think of.

          Now that I think about it, I think I use them so much because I’m used to them from reading comics.

          • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
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            1 year ago

            Nah off the top of my head I think it might have been like they do it when they are expecting a reply, so other generations make them think they are supposed to reply or something.

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              1 year ago

              Having been on the receiving end of it from two people professionally, wracking my brains over what their problem was, until I learned how they were actually meaning it:

              The trailing ellipses feels like it’s ‘politely’ avoiding saying the “obvious” conclusion out loud. And if someones avoiding saying it, it’s probably negative. That’s why it’s seen as passive-aggressive.

              To my generation it sounds like, I dunno, saying “Where there’s smoke…”.

              • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
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                1 year ago

                Are you in the younger than normal or older than normal generation?

                  • Dave@lemmy.nzOPM
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                    1 year ago

                    Ok good to know! I tend to avoid … in work emails because I know it can be taken in different ways, I should probably avoid it in other online posts too…