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On the Internet, what is a dead giveaway that someone is actually a kid? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Retrograde 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Conversely, excessive use of grammar in casual Internet discourse indicates a tight-arse

[–] laughterlaughter 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My fellow internaut, I am keenly afraid I will have to disagree. Some of us old folks were raised by less than stellar parents that whacked our knuckles whenever they detected a minimum deviation of perfect grammar.

The wake of the ordeal stuck with us forever.

Ok, more seriously: you type how you type, and as long as you are not trying to impose your own rules on others, you should be fine.

having said that i despise the total lack of punctuation drives me really really nuts why cant you use at least commas periods and question marks you fucks