Punctuation is awesome because there are so many different ways to manipulate how people read something that you just wrote. For example, take the question mark '?'. When reading something with a question mark placed at the end, I always finish the sentence with a rising tone while I'm reading it in my head. Here are some more examples of cool punctuation.
The double question mark '??' is used when you want to make the question that someone asked seem more imperative or even rushed.
Use the compound question mark '?!' if you want to automatically make a person seem crazy or confused.
The colon ':' is sophisticated. Only English majors and editors know exactly when to use it, which I guess makes the semi-colon ';' only semi-sophisticated.
The ampersand '&' is for lazy people and companies looking to save money on neon signs by avoiding the two extra characters in order to say the same thing.
I sometimes use a double-period '..' if I want to trail off a thought instead of ending abruptly with a single period. I think it's pretty useful..
The dash -- is probably the rudest of all punctuation marks. You use it when you want to completely interrupt a train of thought and add information into a sentence. It's like your asshole friend who keeps interrupting you while you're telling a story so they can include minute details you chose to exclude.
There is a host of other useful forms of punctuation yet to be discovered or implemented. I will post more of them when I imagine them up.
