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[Underwaterbob]

[huffdaddy]

[Globutron]

Some people don't use a keyboard as much as others. Others have a broken pinky. Some people have a broken shift key. Some people genuinely just find it not worth the effort when talking informally.

Only pedants come along and think 'hmm, you missed a capital T there... your IQ MUST be below 89, and you MUST have finished school when you were 16 or younger'.

In fact I'm a pedant, and I don't even do it. So antagonists would be a better word.

Not that I'm having a go at you about the post, Just explaining. Sometimes I am lazy, and I very often don't bother capitalising country names.
Sometimes unfamiliar words feel unnatural on the keyboard to me, and it takes a split second of thought to put a capital on it, so I won't bother.

And so on. I think it's a little unnecessary to call people dumb for it. How about less experienced on a computer than the average modern human?

[Globutron]

In fact looking, on my instant messenger I have used a SINGLE capital letter, apostrophe, full stop, hyphen and so forth.
Yet I don't think about adding them when I speak on here.

Does that make me dumb in some scenarios, but not others?

[Underwaterbob]

I come from the world of MOOs where improper grammar and punctuation got you railed on, and could actually result in miscommunication because of the nature of it. Too bad they've all pretty much died out except for a token population on LambaMOO.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lambdamoo

[seonsengnimble]

[Underwaterbob]

[seonsengnimble]

[huffdaddy]

[huffdaddy]

[Globutron]

I was never told of this common courtesy... When I come on Dave's I see someone posting, then people replying with outright disrespectful and rude remarks of accusation and assumption. Why should I be courteous enough to make my writing look a bit prettier?

[huffdaddy]

[Globutron]

Oh yes I hate that. It's why I've filtered out my online community of friends from about 400 to 30 - which is essentially all my in-life friends, also online.

One may be a typo, but a type implies an attempt to press the shift, and missing it. Whereas I will happily not capitalise words, such as countries on here (occasionally thinking about it and going back to correct, but not always or often), but capitalise most everything else.

Anywho, I heard on a BBC show a while ago that the English language was predicted to go under a whole reform in which typin lyk dis wud bcome more valid in society.
It's ridiculous but will probably happen knowing my luck.

[Underwaterbob]

What happens in 20 years when the texting generation rules the world?

[Globutron]

Just another note on the topic before I disappear from it - I remember when I was somewhere around the age of 15-17 I was a typer of doom like the cool kids do.

My best friend then complained about it and said it made him not want to talk to me. Within a month or so I was typing pretty much ideally (more lax now than back then) to suit his needs, and before long I was correcting his mistakes as a Nazi.

I don't think the lack of capitals should be directly proportioned to ones intelligence, basically. I mean, I'm a complete retard and I type just fine.