Buckle up boomers... Gen Z has found a new way to mock you! Gen Zers are notoriously inventive when it comes to finding fresh ways to make fun of anyone or anything that is older and, hence, less cool than them. Gen Z is now obsessed with picking apart and meme'ing every comical instance they see in senior citizens.
From the 'millennial pause' phenomenon to debates over how you should wear your socks, Gen Z is merciless when it comes to their ribbing. The latest victim of Gen Z bullying? These three little dots... also known as an ellipsis! Also known as suspension points, suspension dots, ellipses are used to distinguish certain words from a sentence, often intentionally.
According to younger people across the internet, using an ellipsis when texting someone often comes across as rude, sarcastic or passive aggressive. Regardless of whether or not the writer intended this. Asides from the obvious answer of 'generational differences' there appears to be a reason why older generations overuse ellipses... and it's actually a pretty simple reason.
Boomers will commonly overuse an ellipsis because they grew up following different rules for informal communication. Younger people will simply send multiple texts if they want to separate ideas over a message, whereas older people utilised the ellipsis as a way to save space when typing messages.
The shift coincided with the rise in unlimited messaging. Meaning that now makes much more sense to separate your thoughts by pressing enter and sending multiple little messages instead of one long wall of text littered with ellipses throughout. I think this is pretty eye opening information if you ask me, I now know boomers mean well when they "..." me through messages.