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[–] [email protected] 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I heard it coined as they use the send button as punctuation.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Mhm, I’ll absolutely do this sometimes, as a stylistic choice. I usually type and text with perfect spelling and punctuation (at least as close to perfect as my brain can get!)

Sometimes, typing in a punctuation-free or texting in a rapid manner like that can make a message come across the way it sounds in my mind.