Steve GisselbrechtI understand that sending texts in meticulously capitalized and punctuated complete sentences makes me An Old and the thing is I am 100% fine with that.
Oh dear. I have been Relatable.
Arnaud Launay@stevegis_ssg Don't forget we phone people and leave voice messages too. Text is so 90's.
Emile Snyder@asl @stevegis_ssg ok, I'm not *that* old š
@asl
Excuse me I'm not a *monster*!
Excuse me I'm not a *monster*!
@stevegis_ssg Excuse me to be Very Old and proud of it !
Helen@stevegis_ssg Me too. I have to go back and send a second message if I realise I've missed a word or spelt something incorrectly
RealGene ā£ļøI have wholeheartedly jumped on the edit function.
John Meadows
Charlotte Walker
Pratik Patel@purplepadma @stevegis_ssg @ewdocparris +1 to this. I'm even radical enough to correct my dictation mistakes.
Roadskater, Ph.D.@ppatel @purplepadma @stevegis_ssg @[email protected] Siri loves to play word games with my voice. If I don't doublecheck what she's transcribed when I dictate a text message, it's guaranteed that I will regret not doing so.
Superdave!@stevegis_ssg I'm fine with it, too; Please, people, punctuate correctly! Oh, wait, did I screw it up? LOL!
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Cloud Manul@stevegis_ssg I'd like to join your club, please.
Andreas K@stevegis_ssg Not really, you are using an input method with autocorrect.
I swipe text on my mobile, which leads to a natural preference for full sentences. That's what my keyboard constructs by default.
So there is literally no benefit for me if I'd try to use some magic abbreviation-based code, swiping the whole word, even if it is much longer, is generally faster than picking 3-4 letters.
Sascha Freudenheim@stevegis_ssg My 16 year old kid feels the same way!
Edelruth, PBS Passport HolderIt does mean I'm not frantically editing what you write in my head.
Do you put Road when filling in forms on the internet?
If I put an Rd., I have to go back and 'correct' it.
The internet is forever, afterall.
Edwin Young@stevegis_ssg Dear Sir,
I hope this toot finds you well. I chuckled wryly at the sentiments expressed in your message and wish to extend my heartfelt congratulations.
Yours Cordially,
An Old
Andrew Bartlett@stevegis_ssg I go further and obsessively avoid using the automatically suggested replies and auto-complete.
I may be strange.
Dan Ciruli@stevegis_ssg I appreciate the respect you showed my ilk by capitalizing An Old.
therieau@stevegis_ssg
As a fellow Old, I endorse this.
As a fellow Old, I endorse this.
Kevin Lloyd 
@stevegis_ssg It's about having attention to detail, giving a damn about communicating properly, and making it easier for people to read. It also speaks to character and commitment to the conversation.
Everyday FreethoughtBack in the late 1990s, a friend and I joked that you could tell if you got a non-work email from a liberal arts major because they would actually capitalize the first words of sentences.
Lazy typing was an issue even then.
Michelle (she/her) 
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SeeMoore@stevegis_ssg for whatever reason, my teens insist that placing a period at the end of a sentence is needlessly agressive. For instance: āCome hereā means everything is fine while āCome here.ā means I plan to annihilate them.
Brian Linzy@stevegis_ssg I recently tried sending text messages without the final period to end the sentence. I made it two messages.
House Panther 
@stevegis_ssg Then I must be old too because I really appreciate it when good grammar is utilized. It makes the posts so much easier to read and comprehend when the time is taken. The grammar doesn't have to be perfect, but if care is taken, it makes the post easier to interact with.
Jim Kubicek@stevegis_ssg Same. I hope this is a thing that some day inspires respect and reverence amongst the youth, like fighting Hitler in WWII or attending Woodstock.
Robert Gauld
Dave Gorman's Modern Life is Goodish - Series 5, Episode 4 | Full Episode
Jenny Z., This Puzzle PieceThe thing is, punctuation and capitalization evolved as tools to reduce ambiguity. If you want to be clear, use the tools our ancestors left us. They are mighty fine tools.
@jennyzilliac
I wasn't going to "favorite" this until I saw the hashtags.
I wasn't going to "favorite" this until I saw the hashtags.
I feel we should deduct a point for using an adjective as a noun.
I hate this trend of using words as a different part of speech ("What is the ask?", "Should we increase our spend?", "It is a problem with no solve.")
Andrew Wippler@stevegis_ssg if you could only learn to use proper sentence structure.
×× × ××× ā¢ Hanan Cohen@stevegis_ssg Actually š
What defines people as Old is not how they format their texts but that they complain about "kids these days". I hope I will never get Old.
Michael Sokolov@stevegis_ssg if I just learned that what do they call me an elder
Jan Eden@stevegis_ssg "makes me An Old"`ā "is symptomatic for my membership in a certain demographic cohort"
"the thing is I am 100% fine with that" ā "I am fine with all the implications of said membership"
"the thing is I am 100% fine with that" ā "I am fine with all the implications of said membership"
The Long Tail@stevegis_ssg Well they tell me I'm old fashioned,
And that I'm part of a dying breed,
I'd say I'm living in real good company.
And that I'm part of a dying breed,
I'd say I'm living in real good company.
NatalyaD@stevegis_ssg I accept not everyone can spell and capitalise perfectly (disability, poor education, capacity), but for me it's an access thing as it helps me and others understand me if I'm mostly clear.
Properly capitalised sentences are easier to read for many.
Arosano@hachyderm š®š±š©š°@stevegis_ssg Shouldnāt there be a comma before the last and?
@stevegis_ssg Mine aren't perfect from a typo perspective, but I do feel bad about it instead of saying just deal with it...
Leon Cowle@stevegis_ssg it me! šÆ. preach!
Tim Hare@stevegis_ssg May I quote you elsewhere?
Dave Ackley@stevegis_ssg One must also double-space after full stops.
Deane Barker@stevegis_ssg I used to not respond to my daughters unless they used correct punctuation and capitalization. But I eventually gave up.
Carl Johnson@stevegis_ssg Clarity in communications is vastly underrated today.
Josh Ourisman 
@stevegis_ssg @jetton youāre, uh, missing a few commas thereā¦
Ugh (āughā)@stevegis_ssg @jetton As a fellow old, I super appreciate any time I donāt have to re-read something 12x to figure out the sentence ā just because commas are uncool or something.
Choobs@stevegis_ssg you are my brother.
I become quite irked by people who write as if they're navigating a Nokia 3310 keypad while they're using a full sized keyboard.
NeonkAaa@stevegis_ssg
ohwellhellyeah i agree with you buddy itis completely tru and wise people here have a look at this wonderful person indeed that is important to put some markers when you try to describe your point maybe now it is more suitable to use emojis or something o tempora o mores
ohwellhellyeah i agree with you buddy itis completely tru and wise people here have a look at this wonderful person indeed that is important to put some markers when you try to describe your point maybe now it is more suitable to use emojis or something o tempora o mores
BogDrakonov@stevegis_ssg Iām glad Iām not the only one that does this.
The Sage Grouse@stevegis_ssg I'm with you. Long live The Old!
Ben Fulton
ChrisM@stevegis_ssg Also being able to type a thought without using three letter acronyms or abbreviations makes me "laugh out loud."
Ducky@stevegis_ssg my teenager regularly mocks me for doing this. š
The Cadence Collective@stevegis_ssg we don't do it so much when we're typing quickly with a qwerty keyboard, but in braille once we start our instincts lead the way.
@stevegis_ssg @Estrella This reminds me of the existence of A LOT of articles talking about how you shouldn't end texts with a period because it's considered passive-aggressive. I have never felt like I could relate to a group of people less. But a new one comes out every couple of years.
> Though periods can still signal the end of a sentence in a text message, many users will omit them (especially if the message is only one sentence long). This tendency now subtly influences how we interpret them.
> Because text messaging is a conversation that involves a lot of back-and-forth, people add fillers as a way to mimic spoken language. We see this with the increased use of ellipses, which can invite the recipient to continue the conversation. The period is the opposite of thatāa definitive stop that signals, as linguistics professor Mark Liberman has explained, āThis is final, this is the end of the discussion.ā For some, this can appear angry or standoffish.
https://qz.com/1169792/theres-a-reason-using-a-period-in-a-text-message-makes-you-sound-angry
@stevegis_ssg Makes you an old what, exactly? :) I use a Screen Reader so if you used a non-standard Emoji character or some other symbol, I might have missed it.
Robin Frost Has Moved@stevegis_ssg I'm right with you friend.
Vee@stevegis_ssg Ditto.