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0 pointsflumpcakes3y ago0 comments

Your message was literally harder to parse without capitalization.

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shortcake273y ago· 3 in thread

There’s a beautiful irony in claiming people who don’t use capitalisation are idiots/lazy, followed up by complaining that you struggle to parse a sentence without capitalisation.

Your views say far more about your own intelligence/laziness than anyone else’s.

flumpcakesOP3y ago

> followed up by complaining that you struggle to parse a sentence without capitalisation.

Grammar and punctuation exists for a reason. Try reading a book without any.

shortcake273y ago

Why are you moving the goalposts? The comment is specifically referring to capitalisation, not all grammar, and punctuation wasn’t even mentioned.

I have absolutely zero difficulty parsing uncapitalised text. Most of my communication is and has been uncapitalised for the past 20 years. Including in professional context (Slack, git etc). If you’re struggling, it’s because you’re lazy, not because it’s difficult.

c-cube3y ago

IRC is not a book. It's spoken language in written form, not written language. There's not always full sentences or paragraph structure. Seems like this distinction has escaped you.

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