Shout out to the semi-colon.

[fromjason@mastodon.social]

I've never once been 100% certain that I used a semi-colon correctly. I’ve been 95% sure. I’ve been a coin-toss 50/50 fuck it-sure. But never bet my socks on it-definite.
Hello, my name is Jason and i’m a writer. Today I--

[xvf17@sfba.social]

@fromjason @SRDas Many feel it’s overused; I don’t agree.

[hwebb@mas.to]

@xvf17 @fromjason @SRDas Shamefully underutilized.

[fromjason@mastodon.social]

@xvf17 how can you overuse that which is useless and useful?

@SRDas

[fromjason@mastodon.social]

Here's the other thing—semi-colons are making a come back, baby!

Millennials overused the aloof stylistic choice of no punctuation and all lowercase letters (grow up Sam Altman).

This new generation is going to punctuate so hard. They're gonna proper noun the fuck out of everything. We're gonna see carets and tildes & maybe some ampersands, too.

Nope. Scratch that. Millennials over used the ampersands with coffee shops and leather hat stores.

[sidereal@kolektiva.social]

@fromjason "I've never once been 100% certain that I used a semi-colon correctly; I've been 95% sure." would have been an amazing place to use a semi-colon.

[fromjason@mastodon.social]

@sidereal AHHHHHHHH

[bloftinsk8@mastodon.social]

@fromjason The went all Cormac McCarthy

[fromjason@mastodon.social]

@bloftinsk8 dude by the way, the opening teaser to your podcast is really good. I'm invested.

[sonnybonds@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@sidereal @fromjason Is it really though? Feels wrong to me. :D

But idk. My teacher in high school said "just don't use them because the chance you're using it correctly is minimal and there's no harm in not using it".

[stevenheywood@mastodonapp.uk]

@fromjason
Shout-out for the en-dash and ellipsis.