The Way I Post Reveals My Age

[sidney]

I was checking Twitter this morning and I came across a tweet that made fun of 'old people' for using too many ellipses Kind of like this... Apparently, this is a habit old people have when they post... And as I was reading this tweet, I thought about how much I do it at this forum... I think I've always done it... When trying to analyze why I post here with ellipses rather than completed sentences, I think it's because I'm trying to encourage conversation... And ellipses lets people infer the direction you're going or fill in the blanks and then want to add/say something... Because they denote incomplete thoughts...

First, I still post on a forum. Doing that at all sure shows your age. Forums are becoming something of the past don't you think?
Second, I'm posting about a FORTY year old show like it's the most important thing in the world to analyze.
And now third, I write with ellipses...

[HoudiniDerek]

I use ellipses, but I have for years. It was something I enjoyed doing in high school and college because most English professors weren't as used to seeing them.

Forums have definitely declined in favor of other things like Instagram and other types of social media groups. But I'm always surprised by how many young people I see on different types of forums. Maybe they will come back around?

You are young compared to me then because I talk about Lucille Ball, Hogan, Mr. Ed, etc.

[sidney]

Some people just have old souls.

[HoudiniDerek]

Jun 11, 2022 9:13:34 GMT -5 sidney said:

Some people just have old souls.

That's why I try to tell people too.

[amyk]

Well, I may be the oldest or one of the oldest on here, especially if it counts that you were already in high school the first time the show was on TV....and I think the final season was when I was already in college. And yes, I just used an ellipse without even thinking about it. But if this ever switches over to Instagram or some other social media group, I don't think I will likely follow. I don't know how those work and am too old to care I suppose. Also, I hate things like WhatsApp text groups or texts because I don't understand how you are supposed to remember to respond to texts that are further down on the phone. That's why I much prefer email. To me, texts are just for things like "please pick up some milk on the way home" and not for carrying on long in-depth conversations.

But even when I was young, I think I was old. I liked big band music, Frank Sinatra, and Bette Davis movies or James Cagney movies when most people my age were probably into Van Halen or Duran Duran.

[HoudiniDerek]

I don't plan on moving this forum any time soon.

[Bert]

I don't mind people using ellipses, but you know what I do hate? People who try to have the best of both worlds by ending a sentence and also trying to continue a thought, leading to them using only two periods instead of just one, or three. Like this..

Seriously, those people are lunatics.