Gen Z hates periods

[Alien826]

This came up on CNN last night and I looked into it. It seems that Gen Zs do get offended by periods. (That's "full stops" to Brits and others, nothing to do with menstruation). Here's a link.

Gen Z Hates The ‘Full Stop’

My reaction? Once, young people were known for brashness, insensitivity and not considering others, but were never accused of being overly sensitive to perceived rudeness.

"Wahhhh! You put a period on a sentence! That's so rude! Booohooo!"

What is going on?

Oh, they also grade the meanings of "OK", depending on how you spell it. Ok, OK, K, Okay, all have different emotional weights.

In the link someone jokingly suggested removing all punctuation and even the spaces between words. Let's try that last one ...

"Thepenismightierthanthesword". Hmmm.

 

[Revoltingest]

So this isn't about women being on the rag?

 

[John53]

Us boomers hate semi colons.

 

[Revoltingest]

"Thepenismightierthanthesword". Hmmm.

Ugh....looks like German.

 

[John53]

So this isn't about women being on the rag?

Classy as usual

 

[Revoltingest]

Us boomers hate semi colons.

I like my colon intact.

 

[John53]

I like my colon intact.

Exactly

 

[Subduction Zone]

Ugh....looks like German.

I don't know. My juvenile mind only saw "The penis" before I cracked up.

 

[Eddi]

I frequently omit full-stops.

It is a bad habit of mine, I never consciously decided to do it, I don't know how or when I began doing this......

Don't know if I'm a member of "generation Z" I am not sure what exactly that is

And yes, I do think they make things sound more final, or perhaps even formal?

 

[Stevicus]

This came up on CNN last night and I looked into it. It seems that Gen Zs do get offended by periods. (That's "full stops" to Brits and others, nothing to do with menstruation). Here's a link.

Gen Z Hates The ‘Full Stop’

My reaction? Once, young people were known for brashness, insensitivity and not considering others, but were never accused of being overly sensitive to perceived rudeness.

"Wahhhh! You put a period on a sentence! That's so rude! Booohooo!"

What is going on?

Oh, they also grade the meanings of "OK", depending on how you spell it. Ok, OK, K, Okay, all have different emotional weights.

In the link someone jokingly suggested removing all punctuation and even the spaces between words. Let's try that last one ...

"Thepenismightierthanthesword". Hmmm.

Future generations may communicate just like the mutants in Beneath the Planet of the Apes

 

[Revoltingest]

I don't know. My juvenile mind only saw "The penis" before I cracked up.

This illustrates the problem with such long
words...jumbled confusion, eg,
"Grossenschwanzenstuckenmittengrabbenkaput"

 

[Secret Chief]

Classy as usual

Suave.

 

[Secret Chief]

Where's the trend going? Don't do periods, never heard of colons, can't spell, despise upper case, don't read....

 

[Revoltingest]

Where's the trend going? Don't do periods, never heard of colons, can't spell, despise upper case, don't read....

It seems that they're not into precision of speech.
Bad idea if they want to get into law or engineering.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

What is going on?

Are you offended?

 

[Secret Chief]

It seems that they're not into precision of speech.
Bad idea if they want to get into law or engineering.

duh and meh

 

[Quintessence]

So... this isn't about menstruation. Disappointed. I was hoping for new news of a cure.

 

[Father Heathen]

Even for Gen Z I'm skeptical that this is actually a thing.

 

[SomeRandom]

This came up on CNN last night and I looked into it. It seems that Gen Zs do get offended by periods. (That's "full stops" to Brits and others, nothing to do with menstruation). Here's a link.

Gen Z Hates The ‘Full Stop’

My reaction? Once, young people were known for brashness, insensitivity and not considering others, but were never accused of being overly sensitive to perceived rudeness.

"Wahhhh! You put a period on a sentence! That's so rude! Booohooo!"

What is going on?

Oh, they also grade the meanings of "OK", depending on how you spell it. Ok, OK, K, Okay, all have different emotional weights.

In the link someone jokingly suggested removing all punctuation and even the spaces between words. Let's try that last one ...

"Thepenismightierthanthesword". Hmmm.

Gen Z grew up largely communicating on social media. Some platforms, like Twitter, have limited space for one’s messages.
So of course they’d come up with their own “dos and don’ts.” And since their communication is mostly done on “messaging platforms” that will include their own “etiquette” regarding punctuation.
It’s like a form of slang rules, if you like. That’s what this article is “studying” basically. The new etiquette rules found in linguistic usage by the youth. Etiquette, mind you, that all generations have formed by themselves over the years, it’s just that now that will include punctuation as well as slang.

My generation did the same using MSN messenger back in the day. Elaborate messages could be sent using very few words and/or emojis. And indeed punctuation played a part. Not to the extent of today but it still played a part in communication.
This is just another form of lingo.
The article overly dramatises it, by the looks of it. Possibly just to make it amusing for the reader

 

[Subduction Zone]

Even for Gen Z I'm skeptical that this is actually a thing.

I have head this from other sources. The period at the end of a sentence in a text is often seen as a sign of aggression. For me it is just the way I was taught to end a sentence.

Bit if any body wants some aggression I will end my post with some..............................................................................................................................................................................................................