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missedthecue ◴[] No.44057775[source]
Why is the new style to avoid capitalization when writing? I see it everywhere now. I can only imagine the annoyance of fighting autocorrect just to format your content like this.
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alabastervlog ◴[] No.44057956[source]
Kids doing weird shit to stand out, like every generation.

It makes reading harder, and with modern tools it certainly isn't any easier to write—with both those things working against it I doubt it'll stick around.

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MalbertKerman ◴[] No.44058096[source]
Somebody just discovered E. E. Cummings and thought "I'm gonna be original just like that guy!"
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1. amanaplanacanal ◴[] No.44058335[source]
I did that in grade school. The teacher wasn't impressed.