confession: i don't actually know what the repeated comma ",,," thing means, i've been trying to infer from context and i'm not sure i've got it 100% right
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this is weighing on me because i know how to use ,,,, but i absolutely cannot describe it in words to save my life
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lmk if you figure it out lol
could you maybe give some examples and some near-but-non-examples?
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an element of "knowing sarcasm", maybe? along with "not really wanting an answer" if a question is implied
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i have annotated which of dave strider's lines in this conversation could reasonably have ,,,,.
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note: this is just instinct, and if included, ",,," would definitely change the meaning of some of these lines in some fashion, just not in a way that would break up the conversation
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also i picked a dave strider conversation because dave strider is a perfect source of ",,,," lines, though ironically, i don't think he would actually use it, because he's too earnest for it
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fantastic, thank you. i *think* that is consistent with my sense of it but who knows