# What would you make of this writing?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-make-of-this-writing/546037>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 9, 2010, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-make-of-this-writing/546037 "2010-07-09T00:07:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Electric\_Warrior](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee7513/32.png) [@Electric\_Warrior](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electric_Warrior)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-make-of-this-writing/546037/41 "2011-08-17T21:40:53Z")

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I could probably find several articles on the general topic of language as a way of identifying oneself within one’s community, but I think people choose to type this way because it _is_ unique to a certain subset of people and creates a sense of unity. I look at it as just a more extreme version of the way people who post on this board call themselves Dopers and make references to squid, pie, bacon, and 1920’s style Death Rays.

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**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-make-of-this-writing/546037/42 "2011-08-17T22:33:10Z")

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Before I read Earl’s second post I thought young, uneducated, white female.

Some of the subject matter (dogs having to poop, missing family members, loving life, God and homies) simply doesn’t seem like something a guy would post.

Other than that it made my head hurt and I only skimmed it enough to get the gist.

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**Author:** ![Lasciel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e79b87/32.png) [@Lasciel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lasciel)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2011, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-you-make-of-this-writing/546037/43 "2011-08-17T22:57:03Z")

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I have a strong suspicion that the last entry is likely to be “lyrics” from something, or intended to be read as such. They have that same _stream of I really didn’t want to know what was in your consciousness_ vibe to them.

Those others, I feel ashamed to admit it, but I could read them just fine. They look like the majority of Fb posts, as far as I could tell. Maybe a little more or less religion and god depending on where you’re at, but the writing isn’t any better or worse than most of what I see there.

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