I Stopped Using Exclamation Points and Lost All My Friends
I used to help my mom with her Facebook account. Our weekly tutorials were fraught, ending in either frustration (“No, Lydia, for the last time, you may not poke your father”) or metaphysical musings. (“But what, really, is a wall?”) One particular point of contention was the use of exclamation points. I found them “festive” …