Titles

[Jeff_AZ]

It’s not a @Shmebulock comment without at least a 2:1 emoji : word ratio.

[Shmebulock]

Exactly

[DWJoe]

@bebe80

IIRC, when you first started being active, you must have came off this way because I was convinced you were a man…that is until I saw a photo of you in a TR

I had the “oh, you’re female” moment several times in my first few months here, the I saw the TP %female stats and now default to assuming a poster is probably female

@ParkRanger

Most of the time in this forum I try to compensate with extra exclamation points and emojis and hearts!!

I’m not secure enough in my manhood to use more than one emoji in a row

[SJCricket]

Female, but I had to learn the modern texting and social media use of soooo many exclamation points. I probably went years in real life never using one and now it feels aggressive to send certain texts without the softening “!” or a tone setting emoji. Of course that’s with other adults, with my kids I am supposed to lose the emojis and pretty much all punctuation. Oh, and don’t use full sentences – so aggressive.

[sanstitre_has_left_the_building]

I haven’t read the whole thread so this comment may be irrelevant but I always hated those titles. It was so cliquey and contrary to the otherwise hugely collegiate spirit of the forums.

And, yes, I was bitter that I didn’t have one, despite being around here since 2017. In one form or another. Ahem.

[ParkRanger]

@SJCricket

use of soooo many exclamation points

Elaine and Mr. Lippman - Exclamation points

… my sweatshirt!

[SJCricket]

Thanks for the memory!!!

[ParkRanger]

@sanstitre_has_left_the_building

In one form or another. Ahem.

[motherofdaughtersthree]

It is who you think it is, probably.

Welcome back

[ParkRanger]

Oh I would bet my next Disney trip on it.

ETA: Oh I just saw his new thread, so it was never actually a question.

[heathernoel]

@SJCricket

with my kids I am supposed to lose the emojis and pretty much all punctuation. Oh, and don’t use full sentences – so aggressive.

I am in the process of learning these rules.

[DWJoe]

@SJCricket

Female, but I had to learn the modern texting and social media use of soooo many exclamation points. I probably went years in real life never using one and now it feels aggressive to send certain texts without the softening “!” or a tone setting emoji. Of course that’s with other adults, with my kids I am supposed to lose the emojis and pretty much all punctuation. Oh, and don’t use full sentences – so aggressive.

Yeah, when I text my kids I’m supposed to be chill, but not too chill, apparently.

I’m still learning the rules about how quickly I’m supposed to respond to a text. Or not respond

[ryan1]

@SJCricket

I had to learn the modern texting and social media use of soooo many exclamation points.

Hmm. My kids have told me that I should NEVER use exclamation points. Nor periods, apparently.

[ParkRanger]

@DWJoe

when I text my kids

I think kids like to view their parents as hopelessly unhip, so I don’t try too hard to emulate their style.

[SJCricket]

I’m pretty sure the tapback was invented by an engineer who didn’t want to fully text with their mom.

[ryan1]

@ParkRanger

I don’t try too hard to emulate their style

I’ve adopted a few things. Like using “Kk” instead of “Okay” or worse “Okay.”

But…I use proper grammar when texting. Which they find…funny.

[SJCricket]

Um, that’s just K unless you are secretly a girl under age 16.

Oh, and I know that with texting I live in the parent corollary to Vegas’ “the house always wins” in which parent texting is always wrong. I’m cool with that, or should I say Cool!

[eeeevah]

As long as I don’t ever end any of my texts with “love, mom,” I feel like I am ahead on the cool curve.

[sanstitre_has_left_the_building]

Have you noticed that the young people say Ahahahaha rather than Hahahaha.

[sanstitre_has_left_the_building]

@ryan1

I use proper grammar when texting

Me, too. It’s like we’re twins.