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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2013-01-06 03:26 pm

[ SECRET POST #2196 ]


⌈ Secret Post #2196 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2013-01-06 09:50 pm (UTC)(link)
The ending every opinionated sentence with a question mark bugs me the most. It looks passive aggressive as fuck and everyone does it.

(Anonymous) 2013-01-07 03:24 am (UTC)(link)
Pure speculation, as I haven't noticed this being a big trend in the corner of Tumblr I frequent, but there may be a technical reason for the question marks (or at least it may be where they originated.)

In order to make it possible for people who aren't following you to answer a post, you have to phrase it as a question, i.e., end the post with a question mark. BUGS THE SHIT OUT OF ME.

(Anonymous) 2013-01-07 05:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I recall discussions in communication theory classes in college, that girls are rewarded for asking questions from a young age, in a way that boys are not. It continues to adulthood, when women tend to put inflections on statements so as to imply a question, because that's what's rewarded.

One of my coworkers does it, and it drives me up the wall. I want to shake her and say "You have a PhD! You are smart! Just SAY what you want to say, and stop with the 'if you think, if it's okay, if if if..."