The “cool” stuff now on the Internet is to avoid the man-child stuff of trying to look cool by copying so-called habits of younger people.

I’d say that copying trend is mostly visible in the early- to middle-millennial cohort who are starting to realize that they’re not the center of the world anymore, a boomer-like reaction on a more reduced scale, if you wish.

I spend too much time on the internet. I would strongly argue that using the same style/level of English (punctuation, capitalization, grammar) that a seven year old knows is far more communicative and understandable than using incorrect punctuation and worrying if a full stop means someone is angry.

Perhaps people should just read the content of the message and stop worrying about the set-dressing. "They capitalized, they must be a nerd", "she ended that will a full stop, she must be mad!".

So, people should stop being humans? Are you also offended when you hear that the clothes you wear give off an impression?

> Are you also offended when you hear that the clothes you wear give off an impression?

What am I offended at? Clothes do give off an impression, just like using basic grammar and punctuation.

> Perhaps people should just read the content of the message and stop worrying about the set-dressing. "They capitalized, they must be a nerd", "she ended that will a full stop, she must be mad!".

Aren't you doing exactly that when you complain how people type their messages?