No Stupid Questions

To me, sentences ending in a period feel immutable, and without nuance, but sentences without a period feel incomplete, or up to change. Without periods it is almost a way to say, "this is what I think right now, but I might reconsider." So, it's not that periods are rude per-se, but it may appear that you've made up your mind and are closed off to interpretation. Sometimes I intentionally remove periods or turn it into an ellipsis for exactly that reason. It's just way too easy to misinterpret people's intentions through text for me not to type in a way I think reduces misinterpretation.

As for being associated with older people... anecdotally speaking, my co workers sound like they were taught that there is an immutable, proper way in the world, and so they express themself in that proper way. Nothing wrong with that really! Once I get a feel for their personality, I find it kind of endearing :)

because typing with poor grammer is more common on phones. lol.

If people want to abbreviate their words and phrases when they’re texting or whatever, fine. Skip the capitals and punctuation, fine. But it is never rude to use proper spelling and grammar, even when texting. Your friends need to unplug, read a book, and enrich their fucking brains.

Cell phone grammar is primarily the absense of grammar. The thumbtyping generation has lost the ability to communicate in a precise, concise manner.

Sadly this also reflects other problems like attention deficits and horrible argumentation skills.

I'm not sure if it's part of the reason, but you're sentences are all rather short, therefore the periods and commas are repeated a lot.

Because those of who grew up communicating a lot via the written word stopped feeling beholden to type using classic grammar rules like ending every sentence of every communication with a period no matter what.

The entire purpose of language is to express yourself, and people started noticing that their texts sounded friendlier if they sounded less abrupt, so they started typing that way.

You type according to traditional essay writing rules which is how older people learned to write, younger people learned to focus on producing natural sounding language and conversation.

I guess because people under 20 type like illiterates that if you type correctly, using proper punctuation and spelling and what not, they assume you have to be older.

The idea of periods being rude or something is moronic.

Well, I only know that people who don't end their sentences properly sound like rambling idiots.

no offense, but mature people wouldnt ask this question. its attention-seeking behavior often found in children.

Because old people like me view written correspondence as less disposable. When jotting down personal notes, we don't worry about spelling or punctuation, but writing a letter? You double check that shit so there isn't documentation of how illiterate you are!

Youth grew up with texting. It's designed to be fast and efficient. Sup? OMG 👍 They just need to get the point across, it's not a grammar competition.

Neither is right or wrong, it's just a generational difference.

I am only assume it’s because your written communication is of a higher standard than your contemporaries. Keep it up.

Older people grew up writing less than younger people have, because of texting, so they’re more accustomed to taking their time with the proprieties of grammar. Younger people began using grammar as a tone marker differently from how it had previously been used, so they tend to see a bigger difference between “no” and “No.” as an answer to a question than older people do. For younger people, the latter tends to seem more abrupt and final, which could come across rudely.

The way you type is like any other form of self-expression. If others want to read into it or decide they don’t like it, that’s on them. Type however you like and don’t give it another thought.

This forces my own question

People can tell my age just by my punctuation or lack thereof?

If it makes you feel any better, this is the most 19 year old post ever.