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[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I can't get over ironically using stupid lingo, without being good at presenting it as ironic use...so I often seem like a child. I am certainly bad at forming sentences that are not stream of thought (with weird punctuation like parentheses containing clarification...like this...and overused ellipsis...)

[-] Linssiili@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

It's interesting to meet someone else who also struggles with an overuse of parentheses and ellipses (I didn't know what they were called, thanks for that!).

This is a complete shot in the dark, but do you also happen to be on the spectrum? (I have nothing to base this on expect my theory that overclarification could be more common among neurodivergent people)

Edit: ellipsis -> ellipses

[-] Freefall@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

I don't present as on the spectrum, but I was diagnosed with ADHD when I was a kid. I haven't suffered from it much as an adult. I have heard that the parenthetical over clarification and typing as your thoughts would flow naturally is a sign of Autism in particular. I can control it when I focus, but if I am ranting it comes out in force.

[-] MutilationWave@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Add to your knowledge- they are ellipses. A single ... is an ellipsis. Many words that end in "is" are pluralized as "es"

This is pronounced like iss versus eeze.

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