| ▲ | flumpcakes 2 hours ago | |||||||
Not addressing the content directly but a note on the formatting: I find it extremely hard to read sentences by people that refuse to use normal formatting/grammar. Why is there no capitalisation? I've seen this before and it's just confusing and jarring. Clearly this is done on purpose but I don't know why an author would be so anti-reader. | ||||||||
| ▲ | msub2 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||
My take is that it stems from the way we chat with others online, where we might be freer with our formatting as we type out messages in IRC/Discord/wherever. It's meant to convey "down to earth"-ness or speaking plainly, which I find fitting given the content of the post. | ||||||||
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| ▲ | strken 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
I hate it when people do this. I refuse to write Bell Hooks or E. E. Cummings without capitals. Even though it's vanishingly unlikely, I hope they both read this from beyond the grave and think about what they've done to reading comprehension. Given the spread of the AI infection and how it's changing the perception of grammatically correct writing, I imagine the allergic reaction that is writing in all lowercase will only grow worse. | ||||||||
| ▲ | Waterluvian 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||
I hate it. It’s so much harder for me to read when they opt out of using some of the tools in their written language toolbox. My understanding is that it’s basically just a newer fad. | ||||||||
| ▲ | eterm an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||
It's a signal they want to put out that they don't respect the rules of grammar. They'll grow out of it and one-day look back and cringe, as we all tend to do eventually. It's really hard to read. There's "text-transform: capitalize;" which puts things in Title Case but unfortunately that is also hard to read for body text. ( That Was a Trend Too For a While If You Remember. ). | ||||||||