I find that I slip into the same habit sometimes – specifically, when I’m typing something where perfect grammar will come off as overly formal, but I’m stressing a bit over what level of informality is appropriate. It taxes the frontal lobes, which means that my thoughts are disjointed in a way that ellipses just make sense with. I think it’s so widespread among older people because when they were first introduced to instant messaging, they weren’t sure how they would come off, and then it became a habit. But that’s just me guessing.
The boomer ellipsis drives me nuts. It gives me a very ominous feeling, like something is being left unsaid that I’m supposed to extrapolate. The only time I use an ellipsis in text is when I want to indicate that the thought is incomplete.
Around here, the same kind of demographic often replaces the ellipsis with ‘,’. It’s both mind-boggling and fascinating, raising so many questions that I’m neither mentally prepared nor qualified to ponder.
My dad does this so much and I asked him about it once. He said he thinks it makes everything sound very chill and low pressure. I think it makes everything sound passive aggressive, or like it’s a loaded statement🤦♂️
Yeesh, this is boomer stuff? I’m an elder millennial and use them all the time. It’s like a forced pause or an uhm, so reading something reads more like speech.
What’s with the boomer ellipsis? It’s so consistent among the older folks I see. I don’t understand why every sentence needs to be trailing off.
Good for gramps though! Power to him.
My dad is genX and uses it the same way. I have explained it to him multiple times that it’s like sighing at someone.
They got their old man sigh in text form
I used to have a boss like that, he’d toss in an ellipsis at the most inappropriate locations.
It made all his emails appear sarcastic. Leave it to a guy who focused primarily on decorum instead of substance to send an email like
“Good job…”
and not know how that reads.
I find that I slip into the same habit sometimes – specifically, when I’m typing something where perfect grammar will come off as overly formal, but I’m stressing a bit over what level of informality is appropriate. It taxes the frontal lobes, which means that my thoughts are disjointed in a way that ellipses just make sense with. I think it’s so widespread among older people because when they were first introduced to instant messaging, they weren’t sure how they would come off, and then it became a habit. But that’s just me guessing.
My mom does it all the time. I asked her about it once, and she said it’s a habit while her thoughts catch up. Basically, a text version of ‘umm’.
The boomer ellipsis drives me nuts. It gives me a very ominous feeling, like something is being left unsaid that I’m supposed to extrapolate. The only time I use an ellipsis in text is when I want to indicate that the thought is incomplete.
Around here, the same kind of demographic often replaces the ellipsis with ‘,’. It’s both mind-boggling and fascinating, raising so many questions that I’m neither mentally prepared nor qualified to ponder.
that’s not a boomer thing…
You never know when you need to use them…
Wondering that as well actually. Why don’t their sentences ever end?
Oh, shit. I do this all the time…
My dad does this so much and I asked him about it once. He said he thinks it makes everything sound very chill and low pressure. I think it makes everything sound passive aggressive, or like it’s a loaded statement🤦♂️
Yeesh, this is boomer stuff? I’m an elder millennial and use them all the time. It’s like a forced pause or an uhm, so reading something reads more like speech.
Yeah, same here as a younger milenial… Not as often as that post, but pretty often 😅
You have them in comics a lot, I wonder if…
Younger millennial, same…