West has gone mad

[Sparktrader]

https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/calls-for-full-stops-to-be-illegal-at-the-end-of-text-messages-its-an-act-of-muted-aggression-c-8309508

[OneMoreFarang]

Stupid. 

[DaLa]

Worse than stupid, worse than mad, I'm struggling to find a suitable adjective. I will STOP at nothing to counter this crazy notion. In fact I'll pull out all the STOPS.

That's the end of my message. All I have to say, FULL STOP. Period.

[Sparktrader]

30 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Stupid. 

Very aggressive. Black eye now. Im offended.

[OneMoreFarang]

1 hour ago, Sparktrader said:

Im offended.

Good! I hope you crawl deep into your cave and don't come out anytime soon.

???? 

[thaibeachlovers]

Tell us something that isn't obvious.

It's not going to end well and there will be tears.

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

An exclamation mark would then be a baseball bat and the recipient would think the sender wants to beat the sh!t out of them.

[richard_smith237]

I find it hilarious when some posters end their statement / arguement with ‘period’... or ‘full-stop’, even funnier when they write it in capitals as if this adds a terminating influence to the debate they now consider closed because they have had their say !!!...  

 

....  Posters who use such ‘worded’ punctuation are dumb PERIOD / FULL STOP....  I rest my case... (yeah, thats another one !)... 

 

Having digressed slightly, this ‘full-stop’ business is just attention seeking wokeism from a failed comedian who has turned to tik-tok for attention....   I wonder how offended she would be at multiple fullstops, as is my habit when writing on a forum... 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[daveAustin]

I think it's meant to be tongue in cheek:
 

Quote

 

Hayley Morris, a comedian from the UK, has called on full stops at the end of a text to be “illegal”, in an amusing TikTok video - leaving thousands divided over the discussion

 

If they were serious, the above would be bizarre. However, I do think smileys should be more liberally used. A simple benign text message can easily be misread depending on one's mood, for instance. Adding one of these ???? when one puts out an intendedly funny but unclear message can save a whole lot of angst. Boomers will likely get uptight with the suggestion though because, well, they are old. FULL STOP. LOL ????????

[daveAustin]

3 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Having digressed slightly, this ‘full-stop’ business is just attention seeking wokeism from a failed comedian who has turned to tik-tok for attention....   I wonder how offended she would be at multiple fullstops, as is my habit when writing on a forum... 

An ellipsis is perfectly legit to be used when you've put your point across and intentionally left the rest of the meaning out... ????

[Baron Samedi]

Late stage socialism.

[Walker88]

"A growing number of Millennials and Gen Z"....whatever that means.

 

There are 330,000,000 million Americans and hundreds of millions of Europeans, Canadians, Aussies, etc., combined.

 

I suspect this is a very small issue for people who don't matter a lick. No need to get all riled up over it.

 

On the other hand, when some 30% of Cult 45ers believe Tom Hanks and HRC run an international cabal that rapes, roasts and eats babies (QAnon), a likely equal number think the 2020 election was 'stolen', and a similar percent prefer autocracy to democracy, then just maybe these are much more significant issues than a couple of whining Gen Zers who live on TikTok.

 

Perspective.

Edited September 22, 2022 by Walker88

[richard_smith237]

6 minutes ago, daveAustin said:

12 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

Having digressed slightly, this ‘full-stop’ business is just attention seeking wokeism from a failed comedian who has turned to tik-tok for attention....   I wonder how offended she would be at multiple fullstops, as is my habit when writing on a forum... 

An ellipsis is perfectly legit to be used when you've put your point across and intentionally left the rest of the meaning out... ????

What have squashed circles got to do with this  ? ????

Edited September 22, 2022 by richard_smith237

[Mac Mickmanus]

10 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

"A growing number of Millennials and Gen Z"....whatever that means.

 

There are 330,000,000 million Americans and hundreds of millions of Europeans, Canadians, Aussies, etc., combined.

 

I suspect this is a very small issue for people who don't matter a lick. No need to get all riled up over it.

 

On the other hand, when some 30% of Cult 45ers believe Tom Hanks and HRC run an international cabal that rapes, roasts and eats babies (QAnon), a likely equal number think the 2020 election was 'stolen', and a similar percent prefer autocracy to democracy, then just maybe these are much more significant issues than a couple of whining Gen Zers who live on TikTok.

 

Perspective.

Full stops 2022 > USA elections in 2020 .

One large step ; one small step for ASEANNOW posters

 

[John Drake]

Maybe they'll get around to being more serious about life when Putin drops a couple of H-bombs on them.

[simon43]

Am I still allowed to use the word 'lard-buckets'?  Or is that considered not PC nowadays?  (I've been out of the UK for 20 years and consider using the phrase "My, you're a bit of a lard-bucket" with foreign tourists that I meet in Samui - I need to use this phrase with almost every Western woman that I meet)

 

Note - no full-stop used

Edited September 22, 2022 by simon43

[Mac Mickmanus]

1 minute ago, simon43 said:

Am I still allowed to use the word 'lard-buckets'?  Or is that considered not PC nowadays?  (I've been out of the UK for 20 years and consider using the phrase "My, you're a bit of a lard-bucket" with foreign tourists that I meet in Samui - I need to use this phrase with almost every Western woman that I meet)

 

Note - no full-stop used

That would be allowed, although it would be considered to be rather rude , just as it always has been 

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 minutes ago, John Drake said:

Maybe they'll get around to being more serious about life when Putin drops a couple of H-bombs on them.

Yes, a Nuclear war would stop people making jokes about full stops  , but TBH, I would prefer the bad jokes to a Nuclear War

[sipi]

Punctuation is over rated.

 

Let's help your uncle Jack off his horse. Let's help your uncle jack off his horse.

 

Let's eat, Grandma. Let's eat Grandma.

[John Drake]

1 minute ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Yes, a Nuclear war would stop people making jokes about full stops  , but TBH, I would prefer the bad jokes to a Nuclear War

You might get both.

[Mac Mickmanus]

2 minutes ago, John Drake said:

You might get both.

No one seriously suggested that full stops should be banned , and its just not going to happen , someone just made a joke about it  

[Sparktrader]

2 hours ago, Etaoin Shrdlu said:

An exclamation mark would then be a baseball bat and the recipient would think the sender wants to beat the sh!t out of them.

Yes!!!!!!

[Sparktrader]

1 hour ago, simon43 said:

Am I still allowed to use the word 'lard-buckets'?  Or is that considered not PC nowadays?  (I've been out of the UK for 20 years and consider using the phrase "My, you're a bit of a lard-bucket" with foreign tourists that I meet in Samui - I need to use this phrase with almost every Western woman that I meet)

 

Note - no full-stop used

Never heard it!!!!!

[NoshowJones]

4 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Stupid. 

If it is not a dot or full stop that is aggressive, then what is? Two or more question marks maybe? But again, being aggressive is not always a question.

[sammieuk1]

Calls for full stops on a text I'm lost...???? 

[GammaGlobulin]

West is Mad, for sure.

Don't go west, young man!

 

 

Horace Greeley knew nothing about punctuation.

 

HERE, is a Full Stop!

 

 

Edited September 22, 2022 by GammaGlobulin