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Re: I'm just having fun

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Post by rvz »

RagnarD wrote: post #119

When did this writing with no capitalization start to become a thing? I'm seeing it too often now. It's pretentious crap and quickly leads to me thinking that the writer doesn't want to be taken seriously, so why read it?

Most people usually see common scammers writing emails with no capitalization to scam their victims, especially if it is not their first language.

More importantly, tech literate folks in here are tuned to ignore such writing styles as they can figure out writing styles that are from scammers, LLMs and impersonators from dodgy domains.

So, you’re right to question this and I find this trend immature and I assume anyone using it to be in the realm of satire and of unserious character.

Re: I'm just having fun

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Post by cenamus »

minajevs wrote: post #143
RagnarD wrote: post #119

When did this writing with no capitalization start to become a thing? I'm seeing it too often now. It's pretentious crap and quickly leads to me thinking that the writer doesn't want to be taken seriously, so why read it?

in 1925 https://www.bauhaus-bookshelf.org/bauhaus_writing_in_small_l...

> it is inconsistent in language usage to write differently than to speak. we don’t speak big sounds, that’s why we don't write them either

We don't speak big sounds? We also don't speak commas and full stops, but those are still an important part of writing. Trying to get some of the suprasegmental features of speech into low bandwidth text.

Re: I'm just having fun

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Post by [deleted] »

RagnarD wrote: post #119

When did this writing with no capitalization start to become a thing? I'm seeing it too often now. It's pretentious crap and quickly leads to me thinking that the writer doesn't want to be taken seriously, so why read it?

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Re: I'm just having fun

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Post by einr »

RagnarD wrote: post #119

When did this writing with no capitalization start to become a thing? I'm seeing it too often now. It's pretentious crap and quickly leads to me thinking that the writer doesn't want to be taken seriously, so why read it?

This probably has to do with what kind of Internet milieu you grew up in because to me — grown up on IRC and certain late 90s/early 00s web forums — lowercase everything signals a sort of chill, easygoing humility while properly capsing in a casual setting like chat can feel overbearing, pretentious and self-important.

Re: I'm just having fun

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Post by omnicognate »

minajevs wrote: post #143
RagnarD wrote: post #119

When did this writing with no capitalization start to become a thing? I'm seeing it too often now. It's pretentious crap and quickly leads to me thinking that the writer doesn't want to be taken seriously, so why read it?

in 1925 https://www.bauhaus-bookshelf.org/bauhaus_writing_in_small_l...

> as is inconsistent in language usage to write differently than to speak. we don’t speak big sounds, that’s why we don't write them either.

Of all fatuous nonsenses I've heard from design "geniuses" over the years, that might take the prize.

We don't look at spoken words, we listen to them. We add audible prosody (both pauses and intonation changes, in particular) to segment our speech. If we were to optimise our spoken language for lip-readers, we might very well choose to add some extra visible segmentation to compensate for the intonation being mostly undetectable.

You could validly claim that capital letters are superfluous given the presence of full stops (and I would disagree and we could debate that), but this argument that capital letters are bad because we don't speak "big sounds" is absurd.

Re: I'm just having fun

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Post by hofrogs »

GaryBluto wrote: post #149
ChrisSD wrote: post #140

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why do you feel uncomfortable? Why do you think anyone is trying to make you feel uncomfortable?

The author quite literally mentions that part of their motivation to do things is to make people want them to stop, not to mention the deliberate and conscious choice to write the article in lowercase. It's also natural to be uncomfortable because of the various references to sexual fetishes throughout the article.

I don't see any references to "sexual fetishes" in the article.

Re: I'm just having fun

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Post by [deleted] »

disruptiveink wrote: post #132
mnsc wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I read the whole thing without seeing it. But I also fail to see how you marry "pretentious" with not wanting to be taken seriously. So maybe it's me.

If you purposely go into your phone settings and turn off auto-capitalization (which is what the kids do, since they're all typing on their phones), isn't it the very definition of pretentiousness? You're going into extra trouble to signify you're part of a clique, while feigning "laid-backness" and "i dont even care bro". But you do care. You care so much to project your appearance of being cool and that you don't e…

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Re: I'm just having fun

#159

Post by ant6n »

nanolith wrote: post #25

We need more people in this world willing to do their own thing, even if others might find it intimidating or silly. The important thing is to have fun and learn things. Compiler hacking is just as good as any other hobby, even if it's done in good jest. Sometimes, these things become real businesses. Not that this should be the intent of this, but it shows that what some consider silly, others will pay good money fo…

It’s all fun and games, until the funding runs out.

Re: I'm just having fun

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Post by GaryBluto »

hofrogs wrote: post #157
GaryBluto wrote: post #149

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The author quite literally mentions that part of their motivation to do things is to make people want them to stop, not to mention the deliberate and conscious choice to write the article in lowercase. It's also natural to be uncomfortable because of the various references to sexual fetishes throughout the article.

I don't see any references to "sexual fetishes" in the article.

That's impressive considering the article mentions "feminizing" things in big text the moment you load the page.
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