Facebook interaction

Another facebook user:

I used to eat superfoods but I had to stop. The capes kept getting caught in my molars.

Allegra Sloman

Allegra Sloman damn you polyester

Allegra Sloman
Allegra Sloman Me typing this has made me realize something about capitalization and punctuation on social media. I normally type to a formal English standard; caps in the beginning, periods at the end, a collection of punctuation in the middle. But when I’m feeling in sync with another commenter I drop all the punctuation because I’m a) acknowledging informality and b) saying that I trust the other person to say what I’ve just written *with the correct intonation*. And I don’t even know you. This is very bizarre, and thank you sir.

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Allegra

Born when atmospheric carbon was 316 PPM. Settled on MST country since 1997. Parent, grandparent.

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