• Baron Von J@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    8 months ago

    It’s the explicit inclusion of period where ‘normally’ there wouldn’t be one.

    But given the larger history of textual communication, full punctuation is normal. Texting isn’t charged per character so it’s not like there’s a benefit to leaving it out.

    • ApollosArrow@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      Texting used to be done with a number pad, so going as far as adding a period used to be a statement. Obviously we all have keyboards now, but I’m sure some of that still translates over to today.

    • osaerisxero@kbin.melroy.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      8 months ago

      Texting isn’t charged per character anymore, and only in most places most of the time. And those habits may still persist in other places. My manner of ‘speech’ is very different in front of a keyboard vs on a phone, for instance.

    • Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      8 months ago

      Leaving out unnecessary characters makes you type faster, that’s also why people write u instead of you sometimes

      • Baron Von J@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        edit-2
        8 months ago

        If poetry text
        Is how you commune with friends
        Passive aggressive.

        edit: fixed the formatting, and my keyboard unironically took my double-tap on space to add periods for me! 😅

        • tal@lemmy.today
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          8 months ago

          and my keyboard unironically took my double-tap on space to add periods for me!

          Markdown also permits a trailing backslash to be a linebreak, as an alternative to the two trailing spaces.

          foo\
          bar
          

          yields

          foo
          bar