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Question for the ladies: Why do you overuse "!"
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I have noticed this minor annoyance while texting women. They always end texts in an exclamation point. It's a bit weird. Why do you guys do this? Is everything really that bubbly and exciting?
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Hell yes!!!!!11!11!1oneoneeleventybillion!!!!
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Because women! Are more! In touch with their emotions!
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Ha. I think it's one of the gender communication differences. Using exclamation points is a way of being more, I dunno, agreeable. Men will just state the facts, period. Women will ask questions? and make interesting discoveries that you might also be excited to know about!
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What, you're asking all 3 of the women here on MacNN?
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Originally Posted by RAILhead 
What, you're asking all 3 of the women here on MacNN?
Yes! Of course! Why not?!
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I am trying to use the semicolon a lot more lately; its use is falling out of fashion.
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I. do. not. overuse. exclamation. points.
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Originally Posted by Railroader
I am trying to use the semicolon a lot more lately; its use is falling out of fashion.
You're falling out of fashion! ;-)
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A while back, in the comic "Zits", Jeremy's mom got to point out to him that "teenage girls emote for a living." It's a really great observation; they really do overemote not just occasionally but frequently. It's irritating most of the time. And unfortunately, just as some guys still think it's funny to belch out the Gettysburg Address at 25, a lot of girls never get into this "being appropriate and contained" thing, so they keep on seeming like 15 year olds well into their 40s. That's really irritating.
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And on to new heights ..... !!!!!!!!!!!
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psot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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Originally Posted by Rumor
pot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
heh. how i read it at first glance over
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Originally Posted by turtle777
And on to new heights ..... !!!!!!!!!!!
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Once more the Sith will rule the galaxy and we shall have peace!
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Originally Posted by imitchellg5
Once more the Sh!t will rule the galaxy and we shall have peace!
Fixed.
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Originally Posted by turtle777
Fixed!
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No! That's fixed!
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Originally Posted by turtle777
+1
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now it's fixed! 
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You guys really need to stop hanging around the vapid crowd...
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Originally Posted by Railroader
Another question for the ladies: Why don't you use the shift key for the first letter of your sentences, but you use it for punctuation?
I. Don't. Know. What. You're. On. About.
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Originally Posted by andi*pandi
I. Don't. Know. What. You're. On. About.
Worst. Sequel. Evar.
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The girls brains are bigger did you know that? The communication is the part that is bigger. So They probably are just more expressive
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Originally Posted by TravisReynolds
The girls brains are bigger did you know that?
That's not true.
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Originally Posted by brassplayersrock²
Why?!
chicken thigh!
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You are all wrong.
Being in touch with my feminine side, I can tell you exactly why girls overuse the exclamation mark whilst texting:
It's because no mobile phone has so far been invented which allows them to dot their "i" characters with little hearts.
That'll be $10 off each of you. Thanks.
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by TravisReynolds
The girls brains are bigger did you know that? The communication is the part that is bigger. So They probably are just more expressive
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Been inclined to wander... off the beaten track.
That's where there's thunder... and the wind shouts back.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
You are all wrong.
Being in touch with my feminine sides, I can tell you exactly why girls overuse the exclamation mark whilst texting:
It's because no mobile phone has so far been invented which allows them to dot their "i" characters with little hearts.
That'll be $10 off each of you. Thanks.
*whistles innocently*
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I like my water with hops, malt, hops, yeast, and hops.
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I hardly ever use the exclamation mark.
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Originally Posted by Doofy
I wonder why she would want saggy brains!!!! ...?
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Originally Posted by Doofy
You are all wrong.
Being in touch with my feminine side, I can tell you exactly why girls overuse the exclamation mark whilst texting:
It's because no mobile phone has so far been invented which allows them to dot their "i" characters with little hearts.
That'll be $10 off each of you. Thanks.
Oh! That's a good point!
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Originally Posted by MacinTommy
I wonder why she would want saggy brains!!!! ...?
They're not so much "saggy" as "bodacious enough to have their own gravity." Saggy wouldn't fill out the shirt nearly as much.
And if she was short on brains, she wouldn't have understood the shirt anyway. 
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Originally Posted by ghporter
And if she was short on brains, she wouldn't have understood the shirt anyway.
LOL, what makes you think she *DID* ? 
Here, fixed for ya:
Originally Posted by ghporter
And if she was short on had brains, she wouldn't have understood worn the shirt anyway.
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So how many ladies have actually responded to this thread? Like, two?
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Yes, two.
andi*pandi and Doofy
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Obviously it's because "!" is phallic. 
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Wasn't this a Seinfeld episode? (I'm serious.)
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That was writing in general. This refers to txt messages, which weren't occurring within the mainstream then.
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I believe it was Terry Pratchett who said that the use of more than one exclamation mark was a sign of a deranged mind!!
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Originally Posted by ghporter
"bodacious enough to have their own gravity."
Oooo, I like that turn of phrase. That's going in the library, I reckon. 
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Originally Posted by Eug
Wasn't this a Seinfeld episode? (I'm serious.)
Yup. "The Sniffing Accountant"
Myra had the baby.
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"It's weird the way 'finger puppets' sounds ok as a noun..."
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Top of the Muffin to You!
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Top of the Muffin to YOU!
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You're adding a false emphasis!
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He has the wrong emfasis on the wrong silahllbull.
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Originally Posted by Railroader
I am trying to use the semicolon a lot more lately; its use is falling out of fashion.
First rule: do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites that represent absolutely nothing. All they do is show that you've been to college.
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Originally Posted by iLikebeer
First rule: do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites that represent absolutely nothing. All they do is show that you've been to college.
I agree, one should never use semicolons; it is better to separate thoughts with periods.
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Originally Posted by Railroader
I agree. One should never use semicolons. It is better to separate thoughts. With periods.
Fixinated®!
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