Now Punctuation Is a Microaggression: Young People Find the Period "Intimidating" and a Sign of "Anger"

We need a mid-level world war to toughen these little shrill pansies up and thin out the ranks of those who can't be toughened.

So apparently all sentences must end with a :) smiley face, or these little sissies will start cutting on themselves :( :0

If you're the type of person that needs every message to be perfectly grammatically correct, it turns out you might not be putting forward the vibe you think you are.

According to linguists, the use of punctuation - specifically full stops - is intimidating to a lot of young people, because it comes off as a sign of 'anger' in social media messages.

By 'young people' we mean Generation Z, that cohort of TikTok users born after 1995, who have grown up messaging over text and social media platforms where correct punctuation isn't often used.

"If you send a text message without a full stop, it's already obvious that you've concluded the message. So if you add that additional marker for completion, they will read something into it and it tends to be a falling intonation or negative tone," tweeted Leiden University's Dr Lauren Fonteyn.

The left has won. They have destroyed society. The younger generations will be the last to live in civilization, because they are incapable of maintaining it, and have been taught to be active opponents of it.

posted by Ace at 04:22 PM

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