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  • @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…