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Re:A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw by louiereederson on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @11:16AM (#46887671)
i don't know this author but ian bremner does this. it's as if he's conveying what he believes are serious and important thoughts in an unserious and casual way, to make it appear as if the thoughts - which again he probably thinks are brilliant - just come quickly and naturally. it comes across as performative though again not making claims against this author. and yes i am not using sentence case here, but this is not an essay.
Re:A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw by chasd00 on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @11:20AM (#46887732)
> just come quickly and naturally.

Ironically, it would take a lot of effort for me to type without capitalization and also undo capitalization auto-correct. It would not come quickly nor naturally.

Re:A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw by verdverm on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @11:25AM (#46887820)
They may not type it that way, you can select all and lower case all with a few keystrokes in vim. Should this be the case, it lends itself more to the performative nature of the style over clear communication
Re:A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw by fph on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @03:07PM (#46890927)
Vim? It's more likely they have "type everything in lowercase" in Claude.md.
Re:A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw by jasondigitized on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @11:21AM (#46887756)
It's the equivalent of TikTokers who provide hot takes while eating food. It's done to feign being superior and aloof, e.g. "This is so easy to understand and so beneath my intellect, I can tell you about it will I eat these crackers"
Re:A sane but bull case on Clawdbot / OpenClaw by maxkfranz on Wednesday February 04, 2026 @01:23PM (#46889536)
George: To cover my nervousness I started eating an apple, because I think if they hear you chewing on the other end of the phone, it makes you sound casual.

Jerry: Yeah, like a farm boy.