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  • 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?

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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…