I’ve decided to stop using the exclamation point to express authentic excitement. Not out of a lack of zealous or glee, but because I believe its effectiveness and popularity peaked in the 70’s with the School House Rock Song “Interjection.”
Now, with the online thesaurus (putting more useful language at our fingertips) and cute little animated icons, we should find a different use for it. So, from now on, if you see an exclamation point in something I have written, know that I mean it sarcastically.
i’m cracking up! i’m equally liberal with my !!! and my 🙂 (which i read somewhere is a sign of passive agression — or was it narcissism?)
i always go back and take out my exclamation marks…oh yeah, the…