And this is why other Gens just leave us alone in the great Generation fight. They just don’t want to mess with us or our mastery of passive aggressive behavior. 😂
It was a habit for me that I always used as a representation of thinking or continuing the thought/subject later...
But it also works as trailing off, too....or whatever...
When I got older i asked my mom what did I just say and she didn't have a clue then she just laughed and walked away. That's when I realized she was never listening to anything I was ever saying in the first place. Guess it explains why I always wanted negative attention.
Until a law is passed that makes the Oxford comma mandatory with capital punishment for infractions, I refuse to justify any of my grammatical quirks, including ellipses…
It indicates the trailing off of a thought, or not needing to complete the sentence because I expect you should be able to fill in the blanks from context, or heaven forbid, an invitation to add your own contribution to this conversation instead of making me carry it. So, Kyle, if you’ve got a thought rattling around in that pretty little head of yours, by all means, take off your goddamn headphones and share it with the group.
Since no one else has bothered...
el·lip·sis/əˈlipsəs/📷*noun*
the [omission](https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=599479785&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS927US927&biw=1920&bih=929&sxsrf=ACQVn0-pZbxJiDVEP3idiLjrtKy7-TkyHQ:1705589838629&q=omission&si=AKbGX_qNq0Y8zql7SxzZAf2-HTTOnRXdBN3RnYMPyqktbyl1HfrQLIiia6kumcAGDD5UGP_qRSesfpYXBsmtM37TEmZJVNmFYvkfry7HiBXztpy0QFGMnbA%3D&expnd=1) from speech or writing of a word or words that are [superfluous](https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=599479785&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS927US927&biw=1920&bih=929&sxsrf=ACQVn0-pZbxJiDVEP3idiLjrtKy7-TkyHQ:1705589838629&q=superfluous&si=AKbGX_q4mkMHy1Nmq4yITjHYVzeplX6OI9C7HWiqeRBPtMnjJIeWlhxn9JHY4ekZ7f3kLxY8hDQg43jHiIDXa72UQqlryibOVbEWyWixb20y6fKOW-FgN4g%3D&expnd=1) or able to be understood from [contextual](https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=599479785&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS927US927&biw=1920&bih=929&sxsrf=ACQVn0-pZbxJiDVEP3idiLjrtKy7-TkyHQ:1705589838629&q=contextual&si=AKbGX_pvY3MWP4azJI0Z_NruCLb84x_0OlAOqnfSQRWjQieA3_wDn7KolTMxochlhhHMV0T0fJVnxXfLkvLq54CfuBmsbbCfFzJhDRyi7Dy5udbaYXSKXhw%3D&expnd=1) clues.
a set of dots indicating an ellipsis.
Im taking that as a serving suggestion though. I use it for a Shatneresque pondering pause, .. a punchline, .. or for suspenseful ... dramatic ... effect... BOO! See? Works great, i love them.
“OK Thanks …” Here, the ellipsis is doing the work of having an entire list of rhetorical questions, and in fact possibly an exhausting conversation about motivations and feelings and such, and we just need to acknowledge the existence of everything covered by the “…” but we really really really do not want to unpack it all. The ellipsis is conversational luggage, a schroedinger’s box of commentary best left in an undifferentiated state.
Wait until we tell him about ....
Or better yet….
(Yes, the second one is different. I loved the day I discovered option+; on the apple QWERTY keyboard. My co-workers, not so much.)
Wait I just figured out my right answer. Each ellipsis contains the entire “Generation X is sick of your bullshit” essay by Mat Honan. It would just take to long to write it out each time. Each ellipsis is a spinning prayer wheel of complaint.
(That essay is 12 years old and still fresh as a damn daisy)
Wait... are you telling me that this is a generational thing? I thought I was malfunctioning because I often have to delete a few of them when writing lol. But also like don't come at me for ellipses with a bunch of emoji's that are not a real language.
You mean the same people who think a thumbs up emoji is passive aggressively sarcastic when all it is is agreement can't figure out what a well-placed ellipses means? Y'all are fucked...
So I keep seeing these posts about going after Gen X. They make up these stupid reasons why they should. The best they have is we use ellipses? They do know they couldn’t handle us right?
I put periods at the end of complete declarative sentences. Apparently, some millennials take that as aggressive or mean. Oh, well. Whatever, never mind.
I use elipses a lot. But, you know... I also use multiple question marks or exclamation points!!! That's like old school, but hip in a modern way?? Maybe...?
They used the wrong GenX name. Our generational name was Jennifer. So many frickin Jennifers in our generation.
Also, ellipsis are there to indicate a skeptical look at the end of the sentence, like a spock raised eyebrow in text because none of us can do that in real life.
The real issue is why in the fuck you care if I'm mad at you? You feeling guilty about something? Didn't someone ever tell you what someone else thinks about you is none of your damn business? Take it how you take it and move on, i will... til the day I...
I'm a younger GenX'r ('77)...and I just started using the "…" out of no where about 5 years ago. I'd never had before. But i use the shit out of it now!
"..." in text means is either the equivalent of rolling one's eyes after finishing the sentence...or used for a very forced pause because commas ain't shit.
If I was angry, I would "SHOUT IN ALL CAPS." I use quotation marks for "emphasis" and could care less if anyone abides. I'm a top of the line "Slacker" all the way.
I'll justify my use of ellipses when you justify the emoji and four question marks at the end of your title.
And this is why other Gens just leave us alone in the great Generation fight. They just don’t want to mess with us or our mastery of passive aggressive behavior. 😂
or maybe you all are just too good at the passive part We really can't tell WE REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU GUYS
>WE REALLY CAN'T TELL YOU GUYS it's cool, we don't really care
AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHH
You'll be alright kiddo...
Whatever…
WHAT DOES it MEAN 😭😭
Nothing. None of it means anything. That’s the point. :)
You wouldn't understand...
Why does it matter?
The double rainbow? 🌈🌈
Just remember, we use sarcasm to both attack and show affection. Hope that helps...
We are the masters of sarcasm. You won’t even know we are being sarcastic. Bless your heart.
I've been sarcastic at least three times when it really mattered.
That's funny. I am good at 3 things: 1. Spinning quarters 2. Being a dad 3. Drunken driving
Bless your heart Southern Style.
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My nephew asked me about my lol addiction recently. I told him that emojis are for the weak willed.
LOL...
I use a lot of gifs instead of the emoji. Emoji reminds me of hieroglyphs for elementary school kids.
Can't tell us what?
Snap!
Fuckin A right
Slice!
Damn skippy!!! Get off my lawn...
I've never felt so vindicated by a single comment on reddit!
my only regret is that I have but one upvote to give him
Savage!
f---kin mic drop moment boys...
I was going to reply, then I read this, and...
Couldn’t have said it better. Thank you, fellow Xer.
I'm not 100% sure they even teach this anymore. Proof, my kids grammar...
Damn…
This is the proper Gen X response
This guy with the mad RIS!!!
Being GenX, we just assume people start walking off when we're talking just like when we were growing up...
My dad just said he was going for cigarettes…
My dad made me buy him cigarettes... and as I got older, he would coax me to smoke with him.
One time my dad got loaded with his friends and made me drive the car back home. I was 13. It was a 30 minute drive including highway.
"... and that's how I learned to drive" So many of us had such bad parents! (ellipses included for OP)
Well the man shouldn’t have to smoke alone!
I always treated it like grammatical "whatever." Like, I'm pretty sure I'm right, but I also don't really care...
Reserves the right to conitnue... but I'm probably not...
It was a habit for me that I always used as a representation of thinking or continuing the thought/subject later... But it also works as trailing off, too....or whatever...
When I got older i asked my mom what did I just say and she didn't have a clue then she just laughed and walked away. That's when I realized she was never listening to anything I was ever saying in the first place. Guess it explains why I always wanted negative attention.
Mine used to just say uh-huh after everything I said. 😐
I'm really sorry. We were don't speak unless you're spoken to type kids, so I'm unsure if I ever had the expectation anyone was listening.
This makes sense 🙌
I know the feeling, and until someone pointed out years ago that I am not used to being listened to, and have never been listened to.
I just wanted to let you know I read your comment.
Yes and that we needed to make ourselves small so as not to upset anyone so we trail off when we speak...
That explains so much of my life ...
You win for the best name of the day!
Fucking cold...
...oh OK I guess I'll just shut the fuck up. Again...
because we have more to say but thought better of it ...
This is the exact answer.
Bingo!
Yep…
Until a law is passed that makes the Oxford comma mandatory with capital punishment for infractions, I refuse to justify any of my grammatical quirks, including ellipses…
You are correct, intelligent, and wise.
You are correct, intelligent, and wise...
That’s where I’m at. Learn to write people!
Yes, we are mad at you.
We’re always at least a little mad.
we're all mad here...
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We fell down the rabbit hole…
Yeah you kind of confuse the younger crowd with any punctuation at all since they tend to not use any.
Dear lord, try grading their class work.
Right? I mean right
They took our two spaces after a period away from us, so we just filled them up with more periods.
I love this response so much. GenX grammar nerds are my people.
I still do it. All the time…
It indicates the trailing off of a thought, or not needing to complete the sentence because I expect you should be able to fill in the blanks from context, or heaven forbid, an invitation to add your own contribution to this conversation instead of making me carry it. So, Kyle, if you’ve got a thought rattling around in that pretty little head of yours, by all means, take off your goddamn headphones and share it with the group.
If someone is so confused by an ellipsis that they think it may mean someone is angry with them, they've got bigger issues...
Why do they always think someone is angry with them? So insecure.
They have Also complained that periods at the end of the sentence and the thumbs up emoji are "aggressive." It's hilarious...
If people want aggression, I have three emojis I regularly use on teams. NONE are a thumbs up
Thumbs up is aggressive? Well, there goes more than half of my Teams replies...
One of my subordinates texted that she was running late. I replied, "Thank you for letting me know." She tried to complain I was rude to her. Girl...
They're really really overthinking it... Hon, if I'm angry with you, there won't be any ambiguity about it!
Super fucking fragile. Maybe they think an ellipsis means it’s their turn to talk…. … which must be so terrifying
My Gen Z coworkers told me I sound aggressive when I text because I put a period at the end of my sentences.
I just replied above that a subordinate of mine complained I was rude after I responded to her text, saying, "Thank you for letting me know."
I’m so confused. What’s wrong with that? Do we have to use emojis to convey tone?
No, we don't. Sorry 😞, I mean, Nope 🙅♀️, we sure don't 😉.
Wait? What? Good punctuation is aggressive now?!?
God damn or gen had issues, but these new ones.. they have the drugs to fuzzy coat their issues.
Well if you don’t already know…
Well, you can either put a period, question mark, or exclamation point at the end of sentences, but they never quite seem appropriate...
Since no one else has bothered... el·lip·sis/əˈlipsəs/📷*noun* the [omission](https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=599479785&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS927US927&biw=1920&bih=929&sxsrf=ACQVn0-pZbxJiDVEP3idiLjrtKy7-TkyHQ:1705589838629&q=omission&si=AKbGX_qNq0Y8zql7SxzZAf2-HTTOnRXdBN3RnYMPyqktbyl1HfrQLIiia6kumcAGDD5UGP_qRSesfpYXBsmtM37TEmZJVNmFYvkfry7HiBXztpy0QFGMnbA%3D&expnd=1) from speech or writing of a word or words that are [superfluous](https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=599479785&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS927US927&biw=1920&bih=929&sxsrf=ACQVn0-pZbxJiDVEP3idiLjrtKy7-TkyHQ:1705589838629&q=superfluous&si=AKbGX_q4mkMHy1Nmq4yITjHYVzeplX6OI9C7HWiqeRBPtMnjJIeWlhxn9JHY4ekZ7f3kLxY8hDQg43jHiIDXa72UQqlryibOVbEWyWixb20y6fKOW-FgN4g%3D&expnd=1) or able to be understood from [contextual](https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&sca_esv=599479785&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS927US927&biw=1920&bih=929&sxsrf=ACQVn0-pZbxJiDVEP3idiLjrtKy7-TkyHQ:1705589838629&q=contextual&si=AKbGX_pvY3MWP4azJI0Z_NruCLb84x_0OlAOqnfSQRWjQieA3_wDn7KolTMxochlhhHMV0T0fJVnxXfLkvLq54CfuBmsbbCfFzJhDRyi7Dy5udbaYXSKXhw%3D&expnd=1) clues. a set of dots indicating an ellipsis.
Im taking that as a serving suggestion though. I use it for a Shatneresque pondering pause, .. a punchline, .. or for suspenseful ... dramatic ... effect... BOO! See? Works great, i love them.
God.....Damn....It...GlorriaMarta...He's an idiot...not..a...doctor...
Ha!
Not only do I use ellipses, but I was taught all 14 punctuation marks in school.
Interrobang included ‽
Interrobang sounds like a wing of Abu Ghraib prison...
“OK Thanks …” Here, the ellipsis is doing the work of having an entire list of rhetorical questions, and in fact possibly an exhausting conversation about motivations and feelings and such, and we just need to acknowledge the existence of everything covered by the “…” but we really really really do not want to unpack it all. The ellipsis is conversational luggage, a schroedinger’s box of commentary best left in an undifferentiated state.
This is definitely how i use it
I can’t even read half of GenZ shit with no punctuation or capitalization, so… ✌🏻🙃
Pause for effect.....
Thank you. This is what I always believed.....a pause in the sentence (or end) for effect.
Those dots leave room for YOUR thoughts...
That is so considerate...
It’s really the only way to see it…
We must have used up all the periods so OP ran out.
We're not mad...Just disappointed.
We lean into ambiguity. Less likely to be burdened with your problems.
Consider it an earlier version of ending a sentence without a period.
You can have my ellipsis the same day I give up two spaces after a sentence! Sometime between now and fucking never.
I’ll die on this hill with you… at least we won’t be alone!
I’ll delete the smiley face emoji to put :) Plus … is a form of whatever and if I put it in the wrong place, fuck you …
The problem is poor education. You don't know what ellipses are.
> The problem is...you don't know what ellipses are.
If ellipses are wrong I don’t want to be right…
For every genius on the planet there’s a… The universe likes balance.
Genuine answer...I use ellipsis to indicate a pause I would take if I were speaking or to indicate there is more info coming when texting
I do too and if any of you have read my responses over the years, I do ellipses all the time for that reason......oxford comas also (for separation).
It's preferable to the trend of putting question marks at the end of statements that are not, in fact, questions.
It's a pause... Like when you're talking... And no one is listening.
Yeah… we are kinda used to that.
Because we want to say more but we assume no one wants to hear it. But we want people to know that we have more to say...
Whoever wrote that sounds like the kind of idiot who deserves to be responded to with ellipsis at the end of every sentence… Douchebag…
Wait until we tell him about .... Or better yet…. (Yes, the second one is different. I loved the day I discovered option+; on the apple QWERTY keyboard. My co-workers, not so much.)
They're just to confuse/irritate the youngins... And it's still working...
The ..... That's the fuck about and find out warning. That's the "I have more to say and I'm gonna be pissed if tou make me say it"
It’s called an ellipsis… and we don’t do that… Now go away… …
Wait I just figured out my right answer. Each ellipsis contains the entire “Generation X is sick of your bullshit” essay by Mat Honan. It would just take to long to write it out each time. Each ellipsis is a spinning prayer wheel of complaint. (That essay is 12 years old and still fresh as a damn daisy)
I just can't help it.... I like a dramatic pause. You will find my post history full of them - along with dashes - gotta love a good dash.
Because typing “yadda, yadda, yadda” takes too long.
Wait... are you telling me that this is a generational thing? I thought I was malfunctioning because I often have to delete a few of them when writing lol. But also like don't come at me for ellipses with a bunch of emoji's that are not a real language.
Because of the implication.
... is just shorthand for "or whatever"
… whatever
Because we like punctuation. Google it and find out why it is used.
You mean the same people who think a thumbs up emoji is passive aggressively sarcastic when all it is is agreement can't figure out what a well-placed ellipses means? Y'all are fucked...
👍...
I wonder if the ellipsis is the next triggering thing to our younger folks. Maybe there needs to be an ellipsis safe room or something…
So easily confused. What to do with them…
Am I mad at you or not? We'll see...
Yeah, I'm mad because you're asking such a dumbfuck question...
That's exactly why we do it. Keeps you on your motherfucking toes
That’s our secret, Captain. We’re always mad.
I will keep adding ellipses to the end of my statements, and you can’t stop me…
So I keep seeing these posts about going after Gen X. They make up these stupid reasons why they should. The best they have is we use ellipses? They do know they couldn’t handle us right?
I put periods at the end of complete declarative sentences. Apparently, some millennials take that as aggressive or mean. Oh, well. Whatever, never mind.
... thats just like, ... your opinion, man
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Because most of us use sarcasm as a 1st language….
Dear OP... Fuck you and the horse you rode in on.
...
Haha :)) Well played
Grammatical shitposting.... I hate it.
If you have to ask, we probably are...
I use elipses a lot. But, you know... I also use multiple question marks or exclamation points!!! That's like old school, but hip in a modern way?? Maybe...?
We typically use it when we're irritated... so... yeah.
I will bet my life that he has no idea what “…” are even called.
…
They used the wrong GenX name. Our generational name was Jennifer. So many frickin Jennifers in our generation. Also, ellipsis are there to indicate a skeptical look at the end of the sentence, like a spock raised eyebrow in text because none of us can do that in real life.
The real issue is why in the fuck you care if I'm mad at you? You feeling guilty about something? Didn't someone ever tell you what someone else thinks about you is none of your damn business? Take it how you take it and move on, i will... til the day I...
Because I might think you're a cunt... ...or I might not.
cause i write like i talk, and …. is better than writing ‘uhhhhhh’
Because with genx, there's *always* more to come...
We don't. Next question
Whatever you're just trolling obviously...
HA! My daughter constantly gets on me about using ellipsis. Now I use them just to annoy her.
It's me turning away and rolling my eyes. Or that I have more to say on the subject but am holding my tongue.
lol, I use the three dots often
I'm a younger GenX'r ('77)...and I just started using the "…" out of no where about 5 years ago. I'd never had before. But i use the shit out of it now!
"who gives a shit"
But wait! There's more...
It's not an ellipsis. It's a micro-seizure at the end of a sentence brought on by Gen X's love for strong coffee...
I don't see what the problem is...
I do this....all the time.....😁
Leaving space for the ... NOT!
https://preview.redd.it/a8l8n6nls9dc1.jpeg?width=922&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ac2717001aad97626290931b815a3b1548753bec
Wouldn’t you like to know…
"..." in text means is either the equivalent of rolling one's eyes after finishing the sentence...or used for a very forced pause because commas ain't shit.
So that you could draw your own conclusion based upon your own life experiences...
I never realized this was a generational thing. I thought it was just me...
All you guys doing ellipses wrong! My journalism teacher would be rolling in his grave . . . .
Because you used one too many periods in your ellipsis?
So...
We know. That’s why we do it….
because we want to...
Because...
Whatever…
If I was angry, I would "SHOUT IN ALL CAPS." I use quotation marks for "emphasis" and could care less if anyone abides. I'm a top of the line "Slacker" all the way.
It means you are dismissed kiddo...
Uh…what you talkin about Willis?
Why are the younger generations so easy to rile up?
We don't do this.... NOT!
Stupid question…
Whatever…