devilgate
devilgate

Us old types are told that youngsters don’t like punctuation. Full stops in texts sound angry, etc. But I find an unpunctuated message incomplete. You’re left hanging, waiting for the rest. I just got a message at work that said:

Great

Great what? Balls of fire?

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starrwulfe
starrwulfe
@devilgate

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…Scott?

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devilgate
devilgate

@starrwulfe Yes! Good one. And now I've got The Rocky Horror Picture Show in my head. Which is good.

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starrwulfe
starrwulfe

@devilgate oh man!! Now I do too! (I was referring to Doc Brown in the Back to the Future movies who always goes “Great Scott!” whenever he lights upon something dreadful… but TRHPS references work too, so

I guess we do the time warp in both cases!

😜

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devilgate
devilgate

@starrwulfe Nice one! I knew there were other uses, but only that one came to mind. It’s just a jump to the left.

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