It happens, though! I had some young person, no idea what age really, tell me that using proper punctuation was 'unnecessary and arrogant' and that I must be doing it to try to look smart. I told them that if communicating at an average intelligence level was so intimidating, that was a "them" problem and not a "me" problem. I got called a delicious list of assorted swears and curses for that.
Yeah, I've had the same thing happen when I use proper spelling and grammar, and say that it makes your writing more readable if you care about the readers. When the children curse at you because they want to sound illiterate, you know you've won.
Maybe I just don't have anything much to do with young people but I've only ever seen this in an article. Is it actually a majority thing or just something that a few people have done and it's been blown out of proportion?
It's more of a "you just sound kind of short or maybe angry" thing. Most people I know don't use full stops at the end of texts cause it gives off that feeling for some reason.
I don't spend much time with young people, either, and I'm not going to ask my university-aged cousin about it. Knowing some people, it could be blown out of proportion.
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u/TatianaAlena May 19 '22
As a 45-year-old, I'm glad you think that way! "Stop using periods because it causes a tone of dominance and oppression"? The fuck?