ALL CAPS IS NOT AT ALL ANNOYING [AND MAKES YOUR WRITING BETTER]

by Mike Lisboa on Nov 15, 2010 9:56 PM MST

PRO TIP:

WHEN YOU TYPE THINGS IN ALL CAPS, IT ENHANCES READABILITY AND LIKABILITY OF THE SUBJECT MATTER. ALL CAPS IS A COMPLETELY ACCEPTABLE, AND IN FACT, PREFERABLE MODE OF ONLINE SPEECH. IT LENDS ITSELF NICELY TO THE NUANCES OF THE WRITTEN WORD AND IN NO WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM TAKES AWAY FROM WHATEVER POINT YOU ARE TRYING TO MAKE. PLEASE CONTINUE WRITING YOUR FANPOSTS AND HEADLINES IN ALL CAPS WHENEVER POSSIBLE.

IF YOU'VE MADE IT THIS FAR WITHOUT GOUGING YOUR EYES OUT, PLEASE REC AND USE PROPER CAPITALIZATION TECHNIQUE GOING FORWARD.

THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF EVERYONE'S EYEBALLS.

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lol

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by Alex Laugan on Nov 15, 2010 10:08 PM MST reply actions

TRUE

by shawndy on Nov 15, 2010 10:13 PM MST reply actions

I liked your post!

I did. Just poking fun at the fact there were 2 consecutive ALL-CAPS headlines in the FanPost section.

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by Mike Lisboa on Nov 16, 2010 7:14 AM MST up reply actions

JUST REMEMBER -- THERE'S A REASON THEY'RE CALLED THE "UPPER" AND "LOWER" CASES

PLUS ALL CAPS, IN ITALIC, IS EXTRA-SUPER COOL AND KIND OF EUROPEAN-ISH, DON’T YOU THINk?

by suns68 on Nov 24, 2010 5:38 PM MST up reply actions

Recc'd, by the way.

by suns68 on Nov 24, 2010 5:39 PM MST up reply actions

It's a hard habit to break

You want people to notice the things you wrote and in nervous desperation you jab the caps lock key.

Tired of crying

by PurpleTears on Nov 15, 2010 10:19 PM MST reply actions

YOU ARE SO RIGHT, MIKE!! REC'D!!!

"One defends when his strength is inadequate, he attacks when it is abundant."
~Sun Tzu

by East Bay Ray on Nov 15, 2010 10:29 PM MST reply actions

MY CAPS IS STILL BROKED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

by AcucracK on Nov 15, 2010 10:31 PM MST reply actions

ALSO, WHEN YOU NEED TO E-MAIL IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE BUT DON’T KNOW IT, JUST TYPE IN CAPS. THE POINTY-HAIRED BOSS DID IT, AND IT PRESUMABLY WORKED, BECAUSE HE’S A GENIUS.

by 8472species on Nov 15, 2010 10:56 PM MST reply actions

DAMN...AND I WAS JUST GETTING GOOD AT THIS ALL CAPS THING....

Funny Stuff, Mike & Recced just because I hate “ALL CAPS”

STAT may be gone but the Suns will rise....!

by Daryl Ray on Nov 16, 2010 8:01 AM MST reply actions

pssshh…. whatever you say e.e. cummings.

Founding member of the Remember Chucky Brown Society.

"You know, what do we have to lose? Why not root for us?...For us, it's just going out there and having fun and balling." - Channing Frye

by Genesius on Nov 16, 2010 10:38 AM MST reply actions 1 recs

REC'D MIKE! PRAISE JEBUS!!!

Extend J-Rich! He's one of the most underrated shooting guards in the game!

by EricSun89 on Nov 16, 2010 11:25 AM MST reply actions

NOT REC'D, WHO CARES?? NOT FUNNY. TRY AGAIN

by Pick1Team on Nov 16, 2010 2:19 PM MST reply actions 3 recs

Hm.

All you people responding with mean comments really fucking suck.
Obviously the post isn’t well thought out or well written. It doesn’t take a dumbass to realize that. Why rip this guy up, when all he’s doing is giving the same shitty opinion(s) that most of the regulars on this site give, albeit with better vocab and vernacular..?

…

So when someone comes on here making their off-base ideas public just don’t read it, laugh to yourself and keep it moving, or comment rudely and come across as an asshole like a lot of you did, however, if you choose the latter you really fucking suck.

by Pick1Team on Jul 30, 2010 12:34 AM PDT actions

Emphasis, mine. Hypocrisy, his/hers.

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by Mike Lisboa on Nov 16, 2010 9:22 PM MST up reply actions 6 recs

This should be green.

"If the Suns can shock the world
Goran Dragic is the name."

by Dragic_is_Magic on Nov 17, 2010 7:54 PM MST up reply actions

Done.

Auntie Em: Hate you, hate Kansas, taking the dog.
Dorothy

by haremoor on Nov 17, 2010 10:05 PM MST up reply actions

Why? I do. I thought it was. He could but why bother

RIP Seasons of Discontent

by Scott Howard on Nov 17, 2010 12:53 AM MST up reply actions

I CARE!!!!

I REALLY CARE!!!
I CARE SO MUCH I’M BOLDLY ITALICISING THIS AND RECC’ING!!!!

Auntie Em: Hate you, hate Kansas, taking the dog.
Dorothy

by haremoor on Nov 16, 2010 3:49 PM MST reply actions

Italics?

You clearly know what you are talking about. Remind me to never question your opinion or logic ever

by NashtySUNS on Nov 16, 2010 9:51 PM MST up reply actions

Think how much I would know if I could mess with the fonts, sizes, and colors.

PURE, UNADULTERATED GEEEEEENIUS!!!!!

Wile E. Coyote

Auntie Em: Hate you, hate Kansas, taking the dog.
Dorothy

by haremoor on Nov 17, 2010 11:56 AM MST up reply actions

I LOVE MY CAPLOCK KEY!!!!

I LOVE IT SO MUCH, IT’S BROKEN OFF.

Luckily, I have newer laptop in which the caplock key is still attached.

If you say anything, I'll thump you again.

by noonoo on Nov 16, 2010 7:25 PM MST reply actions

LOL

I AM A NEW MEMBER BUT HAVE BEEN READING BOSTS FOR A WHILE. I FOUND THIS FUNNY. LOLOLOLOLOL. THAT IS ALL

by NashtySUNS on Nov 16, 2010 8:39 PM MST reply actions

Caps lock:

It really is the cruise control to cool.

Leads/ties blown by the Diamondbacks bullpen in '10: 41

by Jdub220 on Nov 16, 2010 9:37 PM MST reply actions

THAT IS FUCKING AWSOME

"I feel younger almost every year. I feel like I'm getting better every year. I feel like the season gets easier for me the last two years." Steve Nash

by 2NASHTY on Nov 20, 2010 2:33 PM MST up reply actions

FINALLY SOMEONE GETS IT RIGHT!

SCREW ALL THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO AFRAID TO USE ALL-CAPS. ALL-CAPS SHOW CONVICTION IN WHAT YOU"RE SAYING (YEAH ALSO USE DOUBLE QUOTES CAUSE THEY"RE TWICE AWESOME).

Read.

by jog on Nov 17, 2010 5:51 AM MST reply actions

Do not speak for my eyeballs, Mike.

You don’t know what they’ve seen! Just kid’n…but seriously where is the love with these comments lately?

"This [basketball] is the second most exciting indoor sport, and the other one shouldn't have spectators."

by Basketball GF on Nov 17, 2010 10:25 AM MST reply actions

can people still type in "HEDDDOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!" when he makes a shot? or is this also unacceptable?

by Superelkman on Nov 17, 2010 11:43 AM MST reply actions

Game Threads...

…are their own animal.

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by Mike Lisboa on Nov 17, 2010 11:57 AM MST up reply actions

Unacceptable

Just type: “BALL”

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Nov 17, 2010 1:29 PM MST up reply actions

ball

If you say anything, I'll thump you again.

by noonoo on Nov 17, 2010 2:19 PM MST up reply actions

I feel like this could possibly be directed towards me...

"If the Suns can shock the world
Goran Dragic is the name."

by Dragic_is_Magic on Nov 17, 2010 7:54 PM MST up reply actions

Also

For eye strain, make sure everything is fully justified. I hate that about as much as Mike hates caps. I don’t know if that happens here, I just hate it everywhere that it exists.

Mmmmm ... Guinness

by JSun on Nov 17, 2010 1:30 PM MST reply actions

lisbooa's a rec whore

there i said it.

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by Wil Cantrell on Nov 18, 2010 5:48 PM MST up reply actions 2 recs

No, your a rec whore wil

Driving the Earl Clark bandwagon with Larfleeze as we welcome EricSun89 to our roadtrip. Extend Jason Richardson!!!!!!!!!!!!

by Bkj on Nov 18, 2010 9:09 PM MST up reply actions

Whoa, whoa...

I’m like Santa Claus with recs.
I sprinkle those mofos around like Tinkerbell does fairy dust. I throw’em like rice at a wedding.
I have a t-shirt cannon that I customized to shoot RECs into the cheap seats.
I’m Johnny ReccleSeed.
I throw’em to other commenters like Brett Favre throws passes to the other team.
At Halloween, instead of candy, I give out Recs.
If Recs were cash, I’d be in debt up to my eyeballs. I’d need a Rec bailout.
If it were up to me instead of Ice Cube, homies would Rec themselves BEFORE they checked themselves.

I love getting me a rec, but they are mos def better to give than receive.

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by Mike Lisboa on Nov 20, 2010 9:32 AM MST up reply actions 1 recs

Recc'ed like white on rice.

Let’s vote for a rec stimulus package. Let’s develop an atomic rec bomb. Let’s incubate a rec virus.

Let’s rec a lot.

Auntie Em: Hate you, hate Kansas, taking the dog.
Dorothy

by haremoor on Nov 20, 2010 10:49 AM MST up reply actions

My wave signal is durty perhaps I need a rectifier...

….sorry that’s all I got

"I feel younger almost every year. I feel like I'm getting better every year. I feel like the season gets easier for me the last two years." Steve Nash

by 2NASHTY on Nov 20, 2010 2:38 PM MST up reply actions

rectified

"I feel younger almost every year. I feel like I'm getting better every year. I feel like the season gets easier for me the last two years." Steve Nash

by 2NASHTY on Nov 20, 2010 2:39 PM MST up reply actions

SO WHEN IS THE RIGHT TIME TO USE THE CAPSLOCK KEY?

1.) WRITING HATE MAIL
2.) WRITING A LETTER TO YOUR GRANDMA WHO HAS TERRIBLE VISION
3.) GUNK STUCK ON CAPS KEY, NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT
4.) YOU ONLY HAVE A PARAGRAPH AND YOU NEED A 2 PAGE ESSAY

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by Larfleeze on Nov 18, 2010 9:13 PM MST reply actions