what GIVES with THE caps?

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04 Oct 2007, 9:30 pm

I've been seeing a lot of posts with a word in the title of the post as all caps.

Or the whole title of the topic being with the fist letter of each word being a capital letter as if it's the title of a copyrighted work like a movie or song or something.

Just wanted to know why.

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04 Oct 2007, 9:31 pm

For EMPHASIS.

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04 Oct 2007, 9:33 pm

I see. So when someone asks, "Are you WATCHING Pushing Daisies?" do they mean to ask instead of watching it, they could be listening to it?

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04 Oct 2007, 9:34 pm

I dunno, I guess.

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04 Oct 2007, 11:21 pm

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DW0uM8pd964[/youtube]

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04 Oct 2007, 11:24 pm

random and infinitely unhelpful.

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05 Oct 2007, 12:57 am

I like people to know that my threads have a title.

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05 Oct 2007, 11:42 pm

digger1 wrote:

I see. So when someone asks, "Are you WATCHING Pushing Daisies?" do they mean to ask instead of watching it, they could be listening to it?

they could. but i did not in that case. (saw this post after i already answered you on my Pushing Daisies thread.)

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06 Oct 2007, 1:46 am

digger1 wrote:

random and infinitely unhelpful.

Actually, it is to do with people who use the internet being young and petty, missing big issues. And proper spelling and grammar being one of those issues.

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06 Oct 2007, 2:30 am

i DON'T know. WHY don't YOU TELL me?

Personally, I think it's some sort of code the prisoners use to get secret communiques past the Nazi guards.

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06 Oct 2007, 2:46 am

werbert wrote:

i DON'T know. WHY don't YOU TELL me?

Personally, I think it's some sort of code the prisoners use to get secret communiques past the Nazi guards.

BECAUSE OF COURSE THEY MIGHT NOT HAVE JUST ACCIDENTALLY HIT THE CAPS LO... dammit I accidently left the caps lock on.

I thought caps lock was used to by Easterners in an attempt to undermine and destroy Western civilization.

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06 Oct 2007, 2:51 am

I think typing in all caps (or in all lowercase) just shows how uneducated people are. And if you're looking at the keyboard as you type, it's not that hard to check the message afterwards... :roll:

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06 Oct 2007, 3:04 am

Lightning88 wrote:

...just shows how uneducated people are.

That's the most logical thing I've ever heard.

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06 Oct 2007, 9:03 am

I have used caps to emphasize a point...

though I have also been conscious of it appearing like I am SHOUTING!! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !! !

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06 Oct 2007, 11:21 am

Danielismyname wrote:

Lightning88 wrote:

...just shows how uneducated people are.

That's the most logical thing I've ever heard.

Oh. wow.

Yeah, Pink "We don't need no education." Floyd? I guess they were just super uneducated.

Not, you know, trying to SAY anything.

FU** EDUCATED. i am systematically UN-educating myself on purpose so as to be able to speak in my TRUE Voice.

but hey foo' if you wanna be blind and educated then go ahead and limit f**k youself, but me, well true dat, is all about da un f*****g, feel me?

(and daniel, thanks for the monotone sarcasm.)

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06 Oct 2007, 8:40 pm

At first glimpse of this threat title "what gives you the craps" came to my head. :lol:

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