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It’s a big world out there, but screaming in all caps makes it feel safer for some

I’ve come to a conclusion that the internet is a scary and confusing place for a lot of people. A lot of these same people are apparently unintentionally secret admirers of e.e. cummings and often the CAPS key as well…

Filed under the topic Journal on November 5th 2009 at 11:39 pm. You can subscribe to the RSS feed for this entry to keep track of comments. You can also use to trackback.

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3 Responses so far

1. harmfulguy on Nov 6th, 2009 at 12:36 am
Do lots of exclamation points protect you from the Bad Things too?
2. Longwing on Nov 6th, 2009 at 4:58 pm
I’ve heard that underlining works well against dead gods and demons, who are typically from “below”. Look at a normal sentence, it’s full of small holes and gaps. An underline provides an effective firewall against the bad thoughts of those who comment after you.
3. Steve Buchheit on Nov 11th, 2009 at 2:34 pm
Underline and bold is protection against archdemons. Just saying.

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