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PassportPanicFuuuck · 18/01/2026 12:49

Why... do some... people... write everything... in a sort of... stream of... consciousness... way like this... instead of using... actual... punctuation...? Does anyone else... find it... really... annoying?

Surely it also takes longer to type?

(Yes, I know I'll probably be sent off to Pedants' Corner.)

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PassportPanicFuuuck · 18/01/2026 13:25

oviraptor21 · 18/01/2026 13:12

I like ellipses ... but usually at the end of sentences. It kind of signifies that I'm undecided or still thinking about what I've written ...

Edited

Oh absolutely. As you say, it signifies something unspoken. No problem with that at all. It's when it means bugger all that it irritates me intensely.

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oviraptor21 · 18/01/2026 13:12

I like ellipses ... but usually at the end of sentences. It kind of signifies that I'm undecided or still thinking about what I've written ...

PotteryChuck · 18/01/2026 13:12

I love a well-placed ellipsis...

DizziLizzy · 18/01/2026 13:10

I... like... using... them...who does it hurt......