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minus-squareLanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·7 days agoYour comment made me reread the post and it seems intentional to stress those words
minus-squaregamer@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoPer internet rules, capitalization can only be used for emphasis LIKE THIS. Doing it any other way is just bad grammar and, as a result, confusing.
minus-squareLanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoIf those capitalized words were in all caps, it wouldn’t read the same way. I agree it’s confusing at first, though.
minus-squarepiranhaconda@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 days agoBut why the bizarre spacing on the commas…
minus-squareOpisek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-27 days agoI see the vision but that’s not how you type on the internet.
minus-squareLanguageIsCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoIt looks weird but admittedly, once deciphered, it’s a pretty good way of making you read it in a very specific way.
minus-squareOpisek@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 days agoYeah, but there are unwritten rules of how most people do it. Whole caps or asterisks for emphasis, ellipsis, hyphen or tilde for pause - things like that.
minus-squareVindictiveJudge@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·7 days agoI’ve got it! It’s Shatner’s alt account!
Your comment made me reread the post and it seems intentional to stress those words
Per internet rules, capitalization can only be used for emphasis LIKE THIS. Doing it any other way is just bad grammar and, as a result, confusing.
If those capitalized words were in all caps, it wouldn’t read the same way. I agree it’s confusing at first, though.
But why the bizarre spacing on the commas…
Long pauses I would guess
I see the vision but that’s not how you type on the internet.
It looks weird but admittedly, once deciphered, it’s a pretty good way of making you read it in a very specific way.
Yeah, but there are unwritten rules of how most people do it. Whole caps or asterisks for emphasis, ellipsis, hyphen or tilde for pause - things like that.
I’ve got it! It’s Shatner’s alt account!