it’s dead simple: lemmy is like 90% nerds
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dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 weeks agoI’ve been using it pretty consistently for several years now. I think something about Lemmy attracts the type of people that use interrobangs, rather than Lemmy creating a culture of interrobang use.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
techt@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’ve been trying to get the semicolon to take off; haven’t had much luck though.
dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
When I was a teenager I used it a lot; irritated the hell outta people for some reason lol
someguy3@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I had an eloquent friend who used them in college. The advice he got from TAs (many were from overseas) was to not use them.
techt@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I got that advice as well – the explanation given to me was that it’s almost always used incorrectly, so just be safe and don’t. However, I like the way it makes writing more closely resemble natural speech; we usually talk in conjoined clauses rather than complete sentences.
someguy3@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes the TAs were wrong.