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[-] chronicledmonocle@lemmy.world 7 points 20 hours ago

This is a late-Gen Z/Gen A thing. They don't use punctuation or capitalization anymore. Apparently they view it as too formal or "fake". They relate it to "fake it til you make it" mentality in the workplace.

I know this is a "no the kids are wrong" take, but I just find it infuriating to read. I understand you want to be more genuine and I'm all for that....but if I can't fucking read what you write because it's 28 lines of all lower case, unpunctuated text....that's not a "professional" versus "being genuine" problem. That's broke ass communication.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 6 points 18 hours ago

As a millennial who didn't stop using the internet in 2015 I have no problem reading this. I don't write like that because it's not what I'm used to, but it's fine, it's social media not a professional presentation, chill.

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works -4 points 19 hours ago

It's just called illiteracy, it's not that complicated.

[-] porous_grey_matter@lemmy.ml 2 points 17 hours ago

Not being able to read it is technically illiteracy in that specific context, sure.

[-] Jax@sh.itjust.works 0 points 11 hours ago

Illiteracy is both the inability to read and write. Punctuation is a part of writing, and literacy.

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