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So how’s it going?

  • @sortofblue
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    311 months 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.

    • @DaveOPMA
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      111 months ago

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

      • @sortofblue
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        211 months 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.

        • @DaveOPMA
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          211 months 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.

          • flashmedallion
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            11 months 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…”.

            • @DaveOPMA
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              111 months ago

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

              • flashmedallion
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                211 months ago

                I think im getting older than normal lately.

                • @DaveOPMA
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                  211 months 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…