History Main / NoPunctuationIsFunnier

* Ubiquitous in Website/{{Tumblr}} posts. An EnforcedTrope to a certain extent, as tags form a large part of tumblr dialogue (and have even begun to influence how users talk out of tags), and putting a comma into a tag ends it. Hence, a lack of commas. Many tumblr users also have a tendency to capitalise like [[SuddenlyShouting thIS TO INDICATE THEY STARTED TALKING NORMALLY THEN STARTED YELLING]]
* At first, Twitter required posts be in 140 characters each, so no punctuation can mean the difference between a post and a thread. Perhaps even a tiny follow-up post with only a few words in it. Twitter doubled its limit to 280 in 2017.

* Most, if not all of Creator/ProZD's videos are titled like this.

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* WebOriginal/FortniteLoreSociety: Since it's an informal Discord server, many people speak with no punctuation.
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The phenomenon is common on the internet, where people seem to often forget that a keyboard has keys for periods and commas. In that respect, people might also associate punctuation-bereft sentences with those inexperienced with computers, adding another possible source for amusement. It's also used to suggest a silly point of view in an enthusiastic-but-not-too-bright manner, often with AllCaps (another sign of being unfamiliar with computers): HEY YOU GUYS THIS IS THE BEST PAGE ON THE WIKI

* Sans from ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' speaks in all lowercase letters, with haphazard use of punctuation.

* In Literature/DreamHighSchool Corliss rants breathlessly to the protagonist about how she looked up to her in first grade. She does have a comma at the end of her paragraph-long spiel, though.

-->''Back at The New Yorker, [[Creator/JamesThurber Thurber]] tells the story of "the grison anecdote" -- a story about a soap salesman who belatedly spots a grison (a South American weasel-like carnivore) on a porch in New Jersey. Now, Thurber says he commanded [his editor] Ross not to change a word of this piece, but he was obviously asking for trouble. "It preserves the fine texture of the most delicate skin and lends a lasting and radiant rosiness to the complexion my God what is that thing?" says the salesman. Ross, of course, inserted a comma after "my God". He just couldn’t help himself.''

* [[http://youtu.be/loWFypHb48k This newsreader]] learned an important lesson about vetting his Autocue script for proper grammar before making a live broadcast.

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* Queen From ''VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}'' Speaks With Every First Letter In Each Word Capitalised She Rarely Uses Punctuation And She Adds Brackets For Certain Words (Like This) As Well As Adding Colons For Certain Nouns As She Is: A Computer

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* [[AC:BOTH GOD AND THE DEVIL IN [[Webcomic/DinosaurComics DINOSAUR COMICS]] ALWAYS SPEAK IN [[NoIndoorVoice BOLD ALL-CAPS]] WITH NO PUNCTUATION]]

** It's also in ''Webcomic/CucumberQuest''.

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* Ubiquitous in Website/{{Tumblr}} posts. An EnforcedTrope to a certain extent, as tags form a large part of tumblr dialogue (and have even begun to influence how users talk out of tags), and putting a comma into a tag ends it. Hence, a lack of commas.
** many tumblr users also have a tendency to capitalise like [[SuddenlyShouting thIS TO INDICATE THEY STARTED TALKING NORMALLY THEN STARTED YELLING]]
* At first, Twitter required posts be in 140 characters each, so no punctuation can mean the difference between a post and a thread. Perhaps
** even a tiny follow-up post with only a few words in it. Twitter doubled its limit to 280 in 2017.
* [[MemeticMutation what is this i don't even]]
** i'm 12 and what is this
** [[FlatWhat what]]
** [[http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/how-is-babby-formed how is babby formed]]
* ''WebVideo/GameGrumps'': Dan mentions that Arin's infamous texts ranting about ''Film/TheSocialNetwork'' and Creator/JesseEisenberg contain, in Dan's words, "No punctuation. Random capitalisations."
* ''WebAnimation/ZeroPunctuation'' occasionally includes little bits of text (to represent characters talking) in the visuals as jokes. True to the name of the show, these are always in ALL CAPS with no punctuation.

-->''Back at The New Yorker, [[Creator/JamesThurber Thurber]] tells the story of "the grison anecdote" –- a story about a soap salesman who belatedly spots a grison (a South American weasel-like carnivore) on a porch in New Jersey. Now, Thurber says he commanded [his editor] Ross not to change a word of this piece, but he was obviously asking for trouble. "It preserves the fine texture of the most delicate skin and lends a lasting and radiant rosiness to the complexion my God what is that thing?" says the salesman. Ross, of course, inserted a comma after "my God". He just couldn’t help himself.''

-->''Back at The New Yorker, [[Creator/JamesThurber Thurber]] tells the story of “the grison anecdote” – a story about a soap salesman who belatedly spots a grison (a South American weasel-like carnivore) on a porch in New Jersey. Now, Thurber says he commanded [his editor] Ross not to change a word of this piece, but he was obviously asking for trouble. “It preserves the fine texture of the most delicate skin and lends a lasting and radiant rosiness to the complexion my God what is that thing?” says the salesman. Ross, of course, inserted a comma after “my God”. He just couldn’t help himself.''

* Part of Creator/ChristopherWalken's unique style is that he ignores the punctuation in his scripts and just goes with what he likes. Lampshaded to hell and back on an [[Series/SaturdayNightLive SNL]] appearance, where he sang "Tomato/Tomah-toe" without ever actually altering his pronunciation. After all, it was spelled as-normal on the cue-cards.

* Likewise; Twitter requires posts be in 140 characters each, so no punctuation can mean the difference between a post and a thread. Perhaps
** even a tiny follow-up post with only a few words in it.

For some reason, a statement can become a bit funnier if there isn't any punctuation at the end. Compare the following:

* ''Webcomic/AwkwardZombie'', at times.

* ''Webcomic/FeelAfraid'' comics.
* ''Webcomic/HarkAVagrant''
* ''Webcomic/{{Hiimdaisy}}'' often uses this.

* ''Webcomic/PicturesForSadChildren''

* ''Webcomic/QuestionableContent'' makes use of this at times.

* Roast Beef in ''Webcomic/Achewood''. As he's the only character who does it, but does it consistently, it gives him a distinct voice: as though he's speaking kinda quietly and with hell of digressions and every sentence just trailing off no proper endings at all