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where does using no caps or punctuation to indicate that you aren't serious come from

GelzoGelzo
edited 2011-11-06 01:42:28 in Webspace
Pony Sleuth
you know like this

i've used it before and i've seen other people use it

i thought it was an imitation of dave strider from homestuck but i see people using it who i don't think read it
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  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Well, it seems logical.

    ALL CAPS MEANS HYPEREMOTIONAL STATEMENT

    no caps means serious statement.
  • gentlemanorcusgentlemanorcus
    i tend to use nocaps for deadpan or mocking statements

    CAPS LOCK ARE FOR HAMMY STATEMENTS
  • Wicked223Wicked223
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    i just do it because I'm occasionally too lazy to press the shift key.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    ^that too
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    And by serious you mean not serious?

    I don't want to get confused by "Today is not Opposite Day." bullshit.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    sorry, meant "serious tone" like deadpan stuff, yeah
  • GelzoGelzo
    Pony Sleuth
    Well I guess I've been reading it wrong this whole time.
  • DarkDecapodianDarkDecapodian
    Clean your room little Billy
    I thought it was because people who don't use puntuation or capitalisation tend to be absolute assclowns with opinions varying from asinine to horrifying. Bonus points for horrible spelling.
  • ChagenChagen
    edited 2011-11-08 09:39:00
    [tɕagɛn]
    I use no punctuation to indicate that my words are supposed to be read in a "so shocked/bewildered that all I can do is talk in a blank and flat tone" voice.

    Except for my last sentence in a whole post. I never put a period on the last sentence
  • IcalasariIcalasari
    No rainbow star
    ^ I rarely use a period on the last sentence before a line break/end of the post
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    I thought I was the only one!

    However, I only do it when writing in English. In Spanish,my grammar is always impecable
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    bullshit and slander
  • nohaynicklibrenohaynicklibre
    Kichigai birthday!!
    yo hescribo como los puros anjeles,
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    >Yo en vez de "io"

    eres una puta vergüenza >:|
  • NyktosNyktos
    a little muffled
    i use it as like a flat what type of deal
  • ForzareForzare
    Till shade is gone, till water is gone, into the Shadow with teeth bared, screaming defiance with the last breath, to spit in Sightblinder’s eye on the last Day.
    i use it as like a flat what type of deal
  • EvergreenEvergreen
    This thread makes me think of the TVT forum user Commander Obvious, who does it as a sort of affected persona, essentially passive trolling...
  • All NinesAll Nines
    edited 2011-11-08 19:01:06
    Has friends besides tanks now
    What my clone and Nyktos said. Well, I don't think I've ever posted like that, but I'm pretty sure that's how you're supposed to do it.
  • FrodoGoofballCoTVFrodoGoofballCoTV

    Edward Estlin Cummings was a poet who wrote like that (no caps).  In the early days of computers a lot of systems had no lower case.  But I suspect this dates from more recent times, because ALL CAPS IS SHOUTING, all lower case is the opposite.

    Personally, i sometimes wonder if it might be better if we didn't capitolize first - person pronouns.

  • Naas_HumanNaas_Human
    Heheh "Cummings".
    This thread makes me think of the TVT forum user Commander Obvious, who
    does it as a sort of affected persona, essentially passive trolling...

    Have you seen him when he's actually serious? He's rather insightful during the rare occasions he is...
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    for a wild and loose definition of insightful, at any rate.
  • SchitzoSchitzo
    They're somethin' else.
    I actually like Commander Obvious. He's quite chumly.
  • Naas_HumanNaas_Human
    edited 2011-11-09 03:54:02
    @Juan_Carlos: Did you see his talk about anti-psychiatry, and whenever his cynicism really shows?

    I guess for me, it's less about him being insightful, and more of the cynicism.
  • ShichibukaiShichibukai
    edited 2011-11-09 04:37:02
    Thane of rum-guzzling and necromancy

    Commander Obvious is obfuscatingly awesome and even more so when he's serious.  I have him to thank for a good introduction to SHAFT. (not shafting, you dirty f**k.)


  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Meh, I am too busy being realistic to empathize or sympathize with cynicism.

    Also, if you want a SHAFT intro, you might as well watch Madoka and get it over with, really. Or the monogatari series, if you liked Twilight. 
  • ShichibukaiShichibukai
    Thane of rum-guzzling and necromancy
    Sayonara Zetsubou-Sensei, ftw.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    go away. only blackmoon gets to like that >:|
  • ShichibukaiShichibukai
    Thane of rum-guzzling and necromancy
    Deeaaal with it. :D
  • Wicked223Wicked223
    edited 2011-11-09 14:55:12
    We Played Some Open Chords and Rejoiced, For the Earth Had Circled the Sun Yet Another Year
    Maria Holic > Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei
  • ShichibukaiShichibukai
    edited 2011-11-09 15:03:13
    Thane of rum-guzzling and necromancy

    "Maria Holic revolves around a lesbian high school girl, Kanako Miyamae, who is scared of boys and breaks out in hives if a boy touches her."

    Hmm...

    I don't know how to react.

    ....

    ,,,

    Brb nosebleed

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