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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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There should be a semicolon punctuation for exclamation and question marks. (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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A difficult part of writing for me is when a single sentence--especially dialogue--contains two tones. It sounds best as a single sentence, but ending with a period, or alternative punctuation, looks wrong. As well as this, using two sentences also looks wrong.

I can't think of a great example right now, but I know I've wanted punctuation that doesn't exist before. I've had moments where it would have been so useful to have a ";!" and a ";?" mark.

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[–] pelya@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I suggest using a ternary operator. At least 10% of Lemmy users will understand this syntax.

[–] spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Please, I'm confused enough about what people younger than 30 are trying to say.

[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

noooo pls don't DRY tun-state-desiccate language with terse-nary cleverness

[–] Klaymore@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago

Probably in programming communities ? people will understand : people won't understand

[–] independantiste@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Elvis operator better