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Obviously, this kid's going places ...

The ellipsis feels sarcastic btw, if you did not understand where the downvotes are coming from.

Apparently younger people find ellipses come across as passive-aggresive… which is often not what the older writer is trying to convey.

https://www.purewow.com/tech/why-do-boomers-use-ellipses

Thanks for taking the time.-

As someone who uses ellipsis often, but certainly never with sarcasm in mind, this was fascinating and shocking to me to learn this. I also want to appreciate @bluestein’s graceful response to the misunderstanding.

Least I could do :)

PS. Honestly also both fascinated and shocked to learn about the new use that ellipsis is finding. Color me surprised.-

I wonder if it has anything to do with the joke format, "that's a nice tie... not." which sets up the victim and then delivers a gut punch. Perhaps it has conditioned a skepticism towards ellipses.

I didn't interpret your comment as bad will, but I'm glad this opened an interesting conversation about language!

(You know, I humbly accept the downvotes and all, but ...

... I really meant it in good faith: If he is tackling these sort of problems from his bedroom ...

... what can we expect of him futher down the road?)

Hopefully he'll automate something that will improve the quality of life for everyone.

Cynical prediction, he'll just make fun YouTube projects. And probably have better working conditions for himself.

How old is he?

yupp

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