Shoutouts. They’re a way of letting people know you’re thinking of them enough to let other people know you’re thinking of them. And all too often, they are misused. There is an increasingly alarming growth of people ignorant to when the shoutout is appropriate. To remedy this epidemic, I have compiled a list of when a shoutout is appropriate, and when it is not. Please note it with due consideration.
Appropriate:
- Award acceptance speech
- Talk show interview
- Sports game
- Red carpet premier
- Rock concert
- Podcasts
Inappropriate:
- Funeral
- Wedding
- Toilet
- Surgery (either doctor or patient)
- Government office acceptance speech
- Vice Presidential Debate
