this post was submitted on 18 Nov 2023
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tweet by @Grace_Segers:

"Me, writing an email:

I'm using an exclamation point so you know I'm friendly and excited! But now I'm using a period so that you know I'm not crazy. Here's another sentence with a period as a buffer, proving my normalness. Thanks so much!"

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In one short comment you've made me go from vaguely appreciating a friendly, prompt and punctuated reply to a review, to making every exclamation punched message smell like sweet sticky corporate sarcasm.

Thanks. I'm a new me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

In my case, it was less sarcasm and more depressed resignation. But a lot of the job involved pretending to be happy. Which sucks.