You Are in a Box

Re:You Are in a Box by viccis on Monday July 14, 2025 @01:28PM (#44562853)

Tell me you didn't grow up on IRC and AIM without telling me you didn't grow up on IRC and AIM

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Re:You Are in a Box by happytoexplain on Monday July 14, 2025 @02:35PM (#44563683)

I did grow up on IRC and AIM. I use all-lowercase even today in text-messaging. I explicitly undo autocapitalization of "lol", and so on.

But the topic is long-form, published content. Writing styles communicate tone, which may change culturally with generations.

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