▲ 143 ▼ So apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades? (lemmy.world) submitted 7 months ago by Bluetreefrog@lemmy.world [M] to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 306 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago (2 children) Leaving out unnecessary characters makes you type faster, that's also why people write u instead of you sometimes permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) My phone keyboard adds so many unwanted periods, sometimes between every word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago* I use Anysoft Keyboard on Android, and it has a toggle for that behavior, which I have off. I don't know which software keyboard you're using, but you might check whether it has such a toggle. permalink fedilink source parent [–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) For those of us who learned to type, typing u instead of you will take longer because of muscle memory. I'm using glide typing on a phone for this and I still had to slow down to type u instead of you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago Well you're used to writing "you" instead of "u" while texting (for the record, I also always write "you"). Similiarly, a lot of people (namely those who grew up with phones), are used to omitting full stops at the end of a message, so if someone does it it must be a conscious decision. See where I'm going with this? (Also it's not like people who use them are immediately sounding passive-aggressive, context matters) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) My phone keyboard adds so many unwanted periods, sometimes between every word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] tal@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago* I use Anysoft Keyboard on Android, and it has a toggle for that behavior, which I have off. I don't know which software keyboard you're using, but you might check whether it has such a toggle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tal@lemmy.today 1 point 7 months ago* I use Anysoft Keyboard on Android, and it has a toggle for that behavior, which I have off. I don't know which software keyboard you're using, but you might check whether it has such a toggle. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] MutilationWave@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 7 months ago (1 child) For those of us who learned to type, typing u instead of you will take longer because of muscle memory. I'm using glide typing on a phone for this and I still had to slow down to type u instead of you. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago Well you're used to writing "you" instead of "u" while texting (for the record, I also always write "you"). Similiarly, a lot of people (namely those who grew up with phones), are used to omitting full stops at the end of a message, so if someone does it it must be a conscious decision. See where I'm going with this? (Also it's not like people who use them are immediately sounding passive-aggressive, context matters) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Phoeniqz@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago Well you're used to writing "you" instead of "u" while texting (for the record, I also always write "you"). Similiarly, a lot of people (namely those who grew up with phones), are used to omitting full stops at the end of a message, so if someone does it it must be a conscious decision. See where I'm going with this? (Also it's not like people who use them are immediately sounding passive-aggressive, context matters) permalink fedilink source parent