Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agoSo apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?message-squaremessage-square311linkfedilinkarrow-up1164arrow-down119
arrow-up1145arrow-down1message-squareSo apparently full stops in texts are 'passive agressive' now. What other unwritten rules for texting have changed over the last couple of decades?Bluetreefrog@lemmy.worldM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 24 days agomessage-square311linkfedilink
minus-squareLEM 1689@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·24 days agoimprettysureancientgreekdidnthaveanyspacesorpunctuationitwasuptothereadertodecipherwhatitsaidmaybethatswrongidk
minus-squareRemember_the_tooth@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·24 days agoThat was easier to read than I thought it would be, but I would have gotten completely derailed by an unfamiliar word.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-224 days agoAncient Greek used all capitals, rather than the parent’s comment all lowercase. That’s more obnoxious to recognize letters in. IMPRETTYSUREANCIENTGREEKDIDNTHAVEANYSPACESORPUNCTUATIONITWASUPTOTHEREADERTODECIPHERWHATITSAIDMAYBETHATSWR EDIT: Oh, and the order of the text was reversed right-to-left in alternating lines: IMPRETTYSUREANCIENTGREEKDIDNTHAVEANYSPACESORPUNCTUATION RWSTAHTEBYAMDIASTITAHWREHPICEDOTREDAEREHTOTPUSAWTI
minus-squarepsx_crab@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoThis must be how reading japanese feel, they don’t space their word and you have to decide yourself, and oddly enough i can read that.
minus-squareLEM 1689@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoYeah it’s readable, but it’s not what’s called cognitively efficient. Your brain has to work much harder. I’m kind of a speed reader, I rely on well structured, well punctuated writing to do so. I often just don’t read poor writing.
imprettysureancientgreekdidnthaveanyspacesorpunctuationitwasuptothereadertodecipherwhatitsaidmaybethatswrongidk
That was easier to read than I thought it would be, but I would have gotten completely derailed by an unfamiliar word.
Ancient Greek used all capitals, rather than the parent’s comment all lowercase. That’s more obnoxious to recognize letters in.
EDIT: Oh, and the order of the text was reversed right-to-left in alternating lines:
This must be how reading japanese feel, they don’t space their word and you have to decide yourself, and oddly enough i can read that.
Yeah it’s readable, but it’s not what’s called cognitively efficient. Your brain has to work much harder. I’m kind of a speed reader, I rely on well structured, well punctuated writing to do so. I often just don’t read poor writing.