I have a question TW: ranting

hate 4/6/2024 03:47 pm 1563

Ok so I just NEED to know (bc it's bothered me for a while)

Why are ppl nowadays afraid of capital letters like ??

Why do we need to add content warnings to things nowadays with warnings like "CW: all caps" ?? Don't get me wrong, it's fine to put content/trigger warnings for topics that can actually be triggering, like (slight tw) injury, gore, emetophobia, suicide, etc. but why LETTERS ??? I've asked people abt it b4 and they always said something like "because it's triggering to some ppl" but like WHY THO. How do you read books if you cant stand a full word that's written in caps? I'm sorry if this came off as insensitive and I have a MUCH more vent-y and detailed version of why I dont think this is really valid, which I deleted but could private message to you if you want to read it so I can have a more detailed answer. the most i've gotten of a reason of why it's "triggering" is "it makes me think you're mad at me." Which is... like... All I'm gonna say is that I am a random stranger, so why does it really matter if I sound mad? You can't just assume. You could ask me if I'm mad. If you don't like me typing in all caps, LITERALLY JUST BLOCK ME. Typing quirks are so accepted and many people really like them, and I don't see people complaining about THEM all that much, even I don't like them personally. You don't see "W2RN1N9: TYP1N9 QU!RKZZ >_<" b4 you read a post lmao. What if typing in all caps a lot is just MY typing quirk ? It's just letters my guy...

I really don't get it. I need answer other than "it makes me think you're mad at me".

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Sparkly_cheeseburgers86
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Apr 7, 2024 1:30 pm

@50_shadez_of_green

: I know I'm just trying to understand what those people are thinking when they see uppercased letters.

Sparkly_cheeseburgers86
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Apr 7, 2024 1:31 pm

@RoryMakezKandi: Ohhh ok, sorry I wasn't 100% sure, I was just guessing based on the context that I knew.

RoryMakezKandi
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Apr 7, 2024 1:34 pm

@TeamFortress2: PREACHHHHH

Sparkly_cheeseburgers86
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Apr 7, 2024 1:35 pm

@TeamFortress2: Right? I feel like anywhere in the world has some kind of uppercase letter. Everyone has their opinions but with this I feel like you just need to get over it.

hate
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Apr 7, 2024 5:01 pm

I know this is going to sound mean but sometimes in life you can't get accommodations for everything, and in the case of capital letters, all I'm going to say is that my opinion is that you should just get over it. We all made fun of that girl years ago for having a mental breakdown on YT bc she SAW A MINION and most of us probably were thinking that she should just get over it CUS IT'S NOT THAT DEEP. We didn't see that video and start putting "TRIGGER WARNING: MINIONS" on Facebook mom memes lmfao. If you genuinely have PTSD that's triggered by all caps, that's not anyone else's problem and that's something you need to get over in therapy, because you just CAN'T be going around expecting accommodations for, imo, something that's pretty silly. And honestly, if you can't handle people typing in a specific way, you probably shouldn't be on the internet. Sorry. I think it's valid for finding caps hard to read but to have a panic attack or whatever just for SEEING THEM is actually insane. THEY CAN'T HURT YOU. Like how tf did you make it through school if you can handle seeing capital letters ?? How tf do you read books ???

I hate typing quirks because something about them just really annoys me. And yet, I see many people typing quirks and I don't see any content warnings for those ! But you know what ? In the long run, I DON'T REALLY GIVE A DAMN because typing quirks can't hurt me even if they trigger me in a specific way. A while back (years ago) I tried asking people to stop putting question marks after their questions bc something about it really bothered me about the way it sounded in my head when I read it. And boy were ppl not happy about me trying to control the way they type. And I realized that what I had done was stupid and that it didn't really even matter ! Because they were random people on the internet ! IT ^ IS ^ NOT ^ THAT ^ DEEP. IF ^ IT ^ GENUINELY ^ BOTHERS ^ YOU, YOU ^ NEED ^ THERAPY. In fact, I think everyone would benefit from a bit pf therapy...

hate
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Apr 7, 2024 5:08 pm

And don't get me wrong, I'm not asking for typing quirk warnings bc I don't need/want them.

rainbow_nerdz
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Apr 8, 2024 7:01 am

BFFR I GOT MUTED IN A TIKTOK LIVE FOR TS. I WAS JUST ASKING A QUESTION AND I WAS HAPPY!? NOW IVHAVE TO SPEAK IN LOWERCASE?? NO!! IM DONE WITH TS LET ME SPEAK IN UPPERCASE “b-but it makes people think youre yelling!!” CAUSE I AM. GET OVER ITTTT!! YOURE LITERALLY SO SOFT IT MAKES ME CRINGE, MY LETTERS BEING BIG WONT HURT U HUN ????