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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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[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

are you envisioning it as a lighter exlamation, question ??

[–] HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's just an exclamation or question mark combined with the purpose of a semicolon; Not quite ending a sentence, but also changing the tone midway through. It's situational, but I'd absolutely find it useful.

[–] HubertManne@moist.catsweat.com 2 points 1 month ago

ok I think I get it. seems as valid as using double question marks or exclamation marks which is kinda common.