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lilORANG
03/22/24 12:52:39 PM
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I see this quite a lot with the boomers I work with. I'll message something like "thank you" and to they'll respond "you're welcome...."

Makes it seem like they want more. My grandma does this shit too. Is this just a boomer thing bc they don't know how to text or email? Anyone else see this?

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Murphiroth
03/22/24 12:53:49 PM
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ClayGuida
03/22/24 12:54:10 PM
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It's...

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MarthGoomba
03/22/24 12:54:14 PM
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My borderline boomer/x dad does it

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ItsNotA2Mer
03/22/24 12:54:25 PM
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Dungeater
03/22/24 12:54:34 PM
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my boomer mom and coworkers do it

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ssb_yunglink2
03/22/24 12:55:22 PM
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I feel like boomers just dont understand the implication of ending a sentence like that. A lot of older people i know will constantly just use ominous ellipses for everything

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josifrees
03/22/24 1:44:19 PM
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Heyits me .when I was 12

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josifrees
03/22/24 1:44:51 PM
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No one remembers when this was a thing like 20 years ago?

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Turbam
03/22/24 1:44:58 PM
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Nothing wrong...with that...it's...fun

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NightRender
03/22/24 1:49:56 PM
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I once got multiple double dots in the same text. Were they full stops with an extra dot, or ellipses with a missing dot? I'll never know.

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KaZooo
03/22/24 1:50:54 PM
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I noticed this. People are stupid af

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Pikachuchupika
03/22/24 1:57:42 PM
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boomgetchopped3
03/22/24 1:59:00 PM
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rexcrk
03/22/24 1:59:03 PM
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People here like to do it too to be funny / get attention Ive noticed.

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Hayame_Zero
03/22/24 2:00:14 PM
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I use ellipses often, but only when it's meant to evoke confusion or trailing off.

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Naysaspace
03/22/24 2:01:55 PM
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dae h8 boomers

i used to work with a woman who would end every sentence with a double-dash.

hello naysa --
please send the po reports --
if you dont do this i will speak to terry and he will fire you --
we all need to make sacrafices for the company --
don't forget your $20 for the social committee --
kind regards hope this finds you well --
karen --

(her name was actually karen and she was fired for misappropriating money about 5 months after i joined her department)

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wanderingshade
03/22/24 2:32:40 PM
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ClayGuida posted...
It's...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZeU5COPFEI

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orcus_snake
03/22/24 3:28:29 PM
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my uncle does this, hes like 56

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__starsnostars
03/22/24 3:30:02 PM
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I think I am going to start doing this...

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Jagr_68
03/22/24 3:44:07 PM
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https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/f/f70c2da5.jpg

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Drunk_Cobra
03/22/24 4:01:17 PM
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I see people at work do this a lot and it constantly weirds me out

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toreysback
03/22/24 4:04:20 PM
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good post...

excellent observation...

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hereforemnant
03/22/24 4:04:49 PM
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Same I'm glad someone pointed this out
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Jerry_Hellyeah
03/22/24 4:56:23 PM
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Yeah, great topic...

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mybbqrules
03/22/24 4:57:05 PM
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My dad does it all the time.

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LoveLikeJazz
03/22/24 4:59:38 PM
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Omg I 100% know somebody like this...

She's a passive aggressive person to begin with, like in person, so when I first started texting her (I used to share an HR office with her so it made sense to share numbers) I kept thinking she was annoyed lmao. In her case I usually read the "..." as an eye roll and then the phone being tossed across the desk. I guess it didn't help that I physically saw her do that with someone else.

And seeing the comment a few above me reminded me that my mom used to be the ALL CAPS typer lol not texting but any email she'd send from her work computer wOULD JUST BE ALL CAPS because she said she uses caps for everything work related. But I'm like, just...give that caps lock button a quick tap and be regular lol nah, she never bothered.

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DrizztLink
03/22/24 5:01:03 PM
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I fucking hate it.

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Evening_Dragon
03/22/24 5:33:14 PM
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It means something different for us than for them. They're trying to be polite.

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Notti
03/25/24 7:37:35 AM
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I used to use them alot. It just meant a pause for me.

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Funkydog
03/25/24 7:44:34 AM
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It's fine...

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RetuenOfDevsman
03/25/24 9:23:02 AM
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I used to work with somebody who did this. It was literally every message on the work IM.

Even my boss used to make fun of her behind her back.

It's perfectly fine to use ellipses, or even end a message with them if there's actually more to come.

But if you're ending THE CONVERSATION, you don't put ellipses...
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WingsOfGood
03/25/24 9:26:14 AM
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I use when grilling someone. For example.

"Oh wow! You thought this was a good post....."
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RetuenOfDevsman
03/25/24 9:27:17 AM
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Naysaspace posted...
dae h8 boomers

i used to work with a woman who would end every sentence with a double-dash.

hello naysa --
please send the po reports --
if you dont do this i will speak to terry and he will fire you --
we all need to make sacrafices for the company --
don't forget your $20 for the social committee --
kind regards hope this finds you well --
karen --

(her name was actually karen and she was fired for misappropriating money about 5 months after i joined her department)
Was it just on IM or was it email too? Kinda sounds like one of those canned signatures. Lots of people use a canned signature that has their name, job title, phone number etc, and they'll just end the message with "Thanks," or "V/R," etc, with the signature following.
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Thompson
03/25/24 9:36:44 AM
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i remember this message board...........it was long ago so i forget when...........but anyhow there was one person there............for some reason they used a lot of ellipses.........for ending their sentence maybe........it was hard to tell........and they did it a lot.........and they never used paragraphs.......or capital letters.........which made their messages a chore to read if they became long..........and they always were super long.........so I always skipped reading their messages.........but I developed this partyl funny image in my mind..........whenever they had a lot of ellipsess..........they were literally were frozen..........like unable to think..........and with a vacant smile too.........

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WingsOfGood
03/25/24 9:43:34 AM
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I was in a coffee shop, running away from home when I heard the news.......... Our hero, Jecht, gone........ Vanished into thin air! My dad must have been his biggest fan. I knew how sad he'd be...... Heck, we all were that day.......... 'Zanar,' I says to myself. 'What are you thinking?'........ I went running straight back home........ We sat up talking 'bout Jecht all night.......... My dad and I never talked so much....... Whoa......... Didn't mean to reminisce,....... folks........... Anyway......... Ten years later,............ the Jecht Memorial Cup tournament is today!......... The two teams that have won through to the finals are.................of course, the Abes from A-East, and the Duggles from C-South. I know there's a lot of people out there today to see the star of the Abes! In just one year,........... he's become the team's number one player!........ He's Jecht's blood, and the new hope for blitzball! What kind of super play will he show us today? Will we see his father's legendary shot? I don't think I'm the only one excited here, folks!............
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Gamespoht
03/25/24 9:46:02 AM
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And this upsets you because...

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ooger
03/25/24 9:52:12 AM
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When you read their e-mails, just pretend you are playing FF7 on PS1.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e04ba8f0.png

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Pikachuchupika
03/25/24 10:00:25 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
I was in a coffee shop, running away from home when I heard the news.......... Our hero, Jecht, gone........ Vanished into thin air! My dad must have been his biggest fan. I knew how sad he'd be...... Heck, we all were that day.......... 'Zanar,' I says to myself. 'What are you thinking?'........ I went running straight back home........ We sat up talking 'bout Jecht all night.......... My dad and I never talked so much....... Whoa......... Didn't mean to reminisce,....... folks........... Anyway......... Ten years later,............ the Jecht Memorial Cup tournament is today!......... The two teams that have won through to the finals are.................of course, the Abes from A-East, and the Duggles from C-South. I know there's a lot of people out there today to see the star of the Abes! In just one year,........... he's become the team's number one player!........ He's Jecht's blood, and the new hope for blitzball! What kind of super play will he show us today? Will we see his father's legendary shot? I don't think I'm the only one excited here, folks!............

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Junthor
03/25/24 10:12:21 AM
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RetuenOfDevsman posted...
I used to work with somebody who did this. It was literally every message on the work IM.

Even my boss used to make fun of her behind her back.

It's perfectly fine to use ellipses, or even end a message with them if there's actually more to come.

But if you're ending THE CONVERSATION, you don't put ellipses...

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Newave
03/25/24 10:17:33 AM
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if younger people truly hate it that much... I'll start using it just to annoy them...

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WingsOfGood
03/25/24 10:19:42 AM
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Newave posted...
if younger people truly hate it that much... I'll start using it just to annoy them...

oh you will, will you.......
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Newave
03/25/24 10:25:07 AM
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WingsOfGood posted...
oh you will, will you.......
perhaps.....

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Smashingpmkns
03/25/24 10:26:24 AM
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A lot of Gen X and elder millennials do that shit too. It's the worst

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argonautweakend
03/25/24 10:27:32 AM
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If I am going to send a "you're welcome...." it's basically because I came through when other people wouldn't or couldn't, sometimes in a joking manner.

If my best friend called me and woke me up at 7AM asking for a ride to work, I may give them a "you're welcome...." partly as a joke.

Boomers text a lot of weird stuff and I am never sure why or how it comes about.
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Yazarogi
03/25/24 10:29:12 AM
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brestugo
03/25/24 10:41:51 AM
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Fortunately, haven't seen it....

But I don't text any boomers.....

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wanderingshade
03/25/24 12:34:18 PM
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Smashingpmkns posted...
A lot of Gen X and elder millennials do that shit too. It's the worst

There was a user on the gaming board who always posted with ellipses. I believe he thought it conveyed a calm tone or something. He never stopped.

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SauI_Goodman
03/25/24 12:35:24 PM
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The post in the op was used correctly. Wtf op

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