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Re:Gen Z Netiquettes by yummypaint on Sunday February 05, 2023 @07:11AM (#34664253)
capitalization conveys essentially no information in itself, so it would be a waste to continue mindlessly using it when it could be encoded with additional information. Part of what we are seeing with evolving norms is the fat being cut from written english. is our completely redundant capital chatacter set REALLY being used to its fullest extent right now?

An "idiot" does things without knowing or considering why. People choosing to break old capitalization rules to better communicate are a step above those who can't handle that the english they learned in grade school no longer exists.

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Re:Gen Z Netiquettes by flumpcakes on Sunday February 05, 2023 @09:29AM (#34665161)
Your message was literally harder to parse without capitalization.
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Re:Gen Z Netiquettes by shortcake27 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @01:11PM (#34667188)
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.

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Re:Gen Z Netiquettes by flumpcakes on Sunday February 05, 2023 @04:14PM (#34669489)
> 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.

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Re:Gen Z Netiquettes by shortcake27 on Sunday February 05, 2023 @06:56PM (#34671264)
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.

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Re:Gen Z Netiquettes by c-cube on Monday February 06, 2023 @07:13AM (#34676252)
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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