thanks for coming, that was quick

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

Sounds perfect Wahhhh, I don’t wanna
allthingslinguistic
huffylemon

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this is so cute 🥹

allthingslinguistic

Wonderful example of the Boomer Ellipsis as a feature of casual handwritten style from the pre-internet era (probably pre-boomer as it's OP's grandpa, but currently primarily associated with boomers since the earlier generations were less likely to be online).

I bet this person is of an era with the man named Don who unlocked the stylistic use of ellipsis for me in Because Internet and I wish I'd known about this other example to cite it as well! But here's the section where I talk about other examples I found, for the sake of having them in the same place:

drop in tech sessions, sending his very first email.  The man, Don, says to West behind the camera, "First time I ever typed a thing in my life." Then he pauses and asks, "Something I use a lot of times, when I'm writing by longhand, is rather than normal punctuation, when I get to the end of a thought, I go 'dot dot dot.'" He gestures to the computer: “Is that just period, period, period? When West says it is, Don turns back to the keyboard and triumphantly types dot, dot, dot. Don's expression of triumph contrasted sharply with the bafflement that I heard from younger Internet People about separation characters, so I took the hint and went searching for more longhand. Where I ended up was postcards. One particularly fruitful source was a book of scanned postcards sent to Ringo Starr by the other three members of the Beatles. John Lennon and Paul McCartney tended to write longer messages with relatively standard punctuation, but George Harrison's shorter messages read, in transcription, almost exactly like a text fromn a Pre Internet Person. A postcard sent to Starr from Harrison in 1978 has a whole five dots:   Lots of Love fron Hawaii.....  George+OliviaALT
linguistics
jamaicanblackcastoroil
mortalityplays

I know you have all probably seen the esims for gaza posts circulating. Some of you have probably looked at them and thought maybe you should help out, but have weighed up the daunting process of signing up for something you're unfamiliar with vs. the gut-wrenching scale of the things people are going through on the ground right now, and you've put it off or questioned whether it will make enough of a difference vs. some other future kind of activism you could put that $6+ towards. I'm not calling you out or scolding you, it is natural to feel conflicted and ambivalent about the multiple calls for aid that you are seeing on social media.

but consider this: what would you do if you suddenly had to leave your home? how would you cope? how would you begin to plan where to go next, or figure out what to do to take care of yourself? most likely you would reach reflexively for your phone.

telecoms access is not a petty luxury in 2024. a loaded esim means the ability to call family members and find out where they are and whether they're safe, and whether they need anything you can provide for them. it means access to maps and regular updates on the situation unfolding around you. it means you can look up whether it's safe to drink rain water, or how to tie a type of knot you've never had to think about before, or how to treat an injury without medical supplies. it means the ability to tell people outside the situation what you are seeing, what you are feeling, what you are thinking. it is an absolutely crucial resource. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

many many people have observed that internet access is changing the way the world understands genocide. internet access is life or death, and it is shaping modern history in front of you. and it starts at $6 for 7 days.

please, please visit gazaesims.com and spend 5 minutes and $6 to change the way this plays out for everyone.

meh-tahuman
thlayli-rah

I work at a restaurant and nothing will ever beat the time this woman threw an absolute hissy fit at brunch because we ran out of home fries and all we had were french fries, she yelled at me, she demanded to speak to my manager, and when she’s in the middle of complaining, my manager just stopped her and went “hey do you want a hug?” and this woman went “what?” and my manager was like “you just seem super upset about the shape of these potatoes and I thought maybe you needed a hug” fucking hysterical, I got to watch a human blue screen in real life, absolutely the best way to shame someone for their nonsense I’ve ever seen

meh-tahuman
rainboas

my upstairs neighbor is so loud and annoying and all he does is yell and play video games but right now he's explaining the civil war and like the entire history of slavery and the prison industrial complex to some guy in overwatch voice chat so

rainboas

"and like yea technically we ended slavery but it still happens which is why black people are incarcerated disproportionately more than any other race. damn dude I haven't played this game in forever when did they add this new mercy skin" I swear to God like I'm paraphrasing but this is whats going on