This is a 2-in-1 question, I suppose. I type the way I do. I’ve always typed this way, but I’ve noticed when interacting with people (not on here) that people always think I’m far older than 19. They think I’m in my forties or fifties.

Also, I tend to type using full stops, which people may think are rude. When I’m typing a full sentence, though, I end it with a period. If I say, “He’s being an asshole,” (with a period), I mean that as a fact, not out of anger. It just happens to be ended with a period since it’s a sentence.

    • lud@lemm.ee
      52·
      19 hours ago

      There is absolutely no difference between “no” and “No.”. Both can be understood perfectly well.

    • lazylion_ca@lemmy.ca
      1·
      16 hours ago

      It made everything clear back when everything was hand written or done on a type writer. This mattered as paper wasn’t infinite.

      Much of modern communication is done in bubbles on screens, so the punctuation doesnt matter as much as it used to.

      That said, run-on sentences and word salad are quite common which makes for some entertaining yet stroke inducing screenshots.

      The so-called “rules” of language arent actually rules. They are observations. Language use has greatly evolved over time, and schools teach the rules as they know them, forgetting that even a hundred years ago, it was different.

    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
      13·
      19 hours ago

      Or … If you can’t understand it unless they spell it out for you, there may be a deficiency on your end.