Exclamation marks

luka

Well-known member
I never used to use them they disgust me but because I try and be nice now I always use them. It's a symptom of age. But do you mind if I stop? Can you insert them yourself?
 

luka

Well-known member
I never had to when I was young but as an elder statesman I use them but I hate them. They're gross
 

luka

Well-known member
When you're young and no one cares what you say you just need to be the pure blade, the razor. When you become the authority, the most important thinker of the age, you are concerned about cuttingg people. But this is weakness. I will eliminate the exclamation mark
 

boxedjoy

Well-known member
I use exclamation marks to show my personality! But never consecutive sentences because I don't want people to think I'm crazy. But if I'm worried about seeming stern or unfriendly I finish on one!
 

sus

Well-known member
I never had to when I was young but as an elder statesman I use them but I hate them. They're gross

I had a similar shift the last couple years, it might not be aging but cultural, the norms shifting, the style spreading, its absence coming off colder and callous
 

sus

Well-known member
I use exclamation marks to show my personality! But never consecutive sentences because I don't want people to think I'm crazy. But if I'm worried about seeming stern or unfriendly I finish on one!

This thread freaks me out: feelings I'd presumed were personal, that'd never surfaced but were always there lurking, waiting to be dealt with, waiting for this very moment in time
 
But we need more softness and also more drama. I feel a need to spice things up, be frivolous, and I’m the hardest man here bar version.
 

luka

Well-known member
I've been enjoying the lack of drama. I really got worn out by that constant war of attrition. It was very unpleasant.
 

Mr. Tea

Let's Talk About Ceps
I never used to use them they disgust me but because I try and be nice now I always use them. It's a symptom of age. But do you mind if I stop? Can you insert them yourself?
brb, trawling the entire Dissensus archive for @luka posts with "!" in them...
 

Mellsman

Well-known member
I never used to use them they disgust me but because I try and be nice now I always use them. It's a symptom of age. But do you mind if I stop? Can you insert them yourself?
Absolutely loathe them. They are only OK on emergency signage - - "Beware of rockfalls!".
In other forms of writing they are an admission of failure.
 
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