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Re:AP Style alert: Don’t capitalize internet and web any more by Jedd on Sunday April 03, 2016 @03:39AM (#11415308)
Ask what planet people live on and they'll invariably tell you they live on the Earth.

Whereas in the speculative future, people are unlikely to say they live on the Mars (etc).

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Re:AP Style alert: Don’t capitalize internet and web any more by DonHopkins on Sunday April 03, 2016 @05:21AM (#11415498)
Not necessarily. It's not my planet, monkey boy.

Ming the Merciless sidestepped the issue by labeling his buttons in capital letters. [1]

[1] http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Z9E0myUALKw/UIRPUfNFiBI/AAAAAAAABE...

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