Solid advice! I’ve never regretted more coffee or a good lunch. Maybe a walk outside if the weather’s nice.

If I did the math right, that means Scrooge has a net worth of 300 quadrillion dollars. Now that’s a lot of hooch.

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The spicy McClure’s are amazing! Easily my favorite pickle.

This is one of the few Twilight Zone episodes I’ve seen and it always stuck with me, probably due to my own love for reading.

The book (The Terror) by Dan Simmons is even better! It’s a book I picked up due to the cover art and texture and I ended up loving the story. Great wintertime spooky story.

Wow, you really weren’t kidding

These are good examples. I suppose I should have clarified that I’m used to seeing ellipsis in literature, but not in interpersonal communication.

I suppose that’s what threw me off. It just doesn’t feel like a natural way to communicate.

That’s interesting. Adding a space before the exclamation mark would just make me think it’s a typo and not an intentional punctuation choice.

And the the use of the ellipsis is something I’ve recently seen in some work correspondence, and to me it came off as sarcastic, not ominous. Which was strange as the sender is usually very polite. So this makes a lot more sense if it’s a generational thing.

I still don’t understand it though. If not sarcasm, ominous ending, or an interruption, what does an ellipsis signify and why not just use a period?

Do it! I made the plunge and have zero regrets. Everything works, it’s fun, and I get to annoyingly pester friends, family, and strangers about the benefits of open source software!