I have a question TW: ranting

hate 4/6/2024 03:47 pm 1548

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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Apr 9, 2024 2:18 pm

@lover123: I do too

Apr 9, 2024 2:28 pm

@MafiaWallyDarlingOfficial: lmfao I used to too

Apr 9, 2024 2:29 pm
@lover123: I do but I try not to cus I wanna be scary kao mad
Apr 9, 2024 6:56 pm

@xxrock_kandixx: I've already been over this and my opinion is that If you have panic attack from LETTERS, you actually need therapy. If you have PTSD around yelling, you ALREADY NEED THERAPY just for that. You cant get accommodations for EVERYTHING, no matter your neurotype or diagnosis. CAPITAL LETTERS can't even make sounds !!!! This fear/trigger literally did not exist (or at least, it was like 1 in a billion) before the internet ! THIS LITERALLY ONLY EXISTS BECAUSE OF THE INTERNET IT IS NOT THAT DEEP. shock This problem is literally so shallow not even ants can drown in it. If capital letters bother you that bad, GET SOME THERAPY or GET OFF INTERNET shrug

Apr 9, 2024 9:01 pm

Well in text you can't hear tones of voice, so when you say something in all caps, it implies anger, or aggression, and because millienals are messed up and release their pent up anger on their kids, they get yelled at alot, and for me personally, causes anxiety attacks due to the PTSD, and some people have it so bad its a horrible fear of yelling, even on text, hope this helps rainbowsmile

Edit : and also in text almost ANYTHING can look angry, if you use a . you seem upset, caps means yelling, and short sentences seem annoyed, so even without trying a simple sentence seems triggering

Apr 10, 2024 7:22 am

@UR_L0CAL_FR3AK: why tf are you blaming this on millennials ??

Apr 10, 2024 7:25 am
@UR_L0CAL_FR3AK: You're confused. Millenials don't parent their children; they throw little Naveah an iPad at age 6 months and let THAT parent their child from then on. Which explains why WAY too many 10 year olds are on sites they shouldn't be nowadays. But honestly, I think being allowed access to the internet before they can even solve 2+2 is WAYYYYY more dangerous than yelling by a long shot, but I'm not saying that yelling at your kid is appropriate either. I just laugh when people yell at me :skull:
Apr 10, 2024 7:45 am

@Digipxel: you do have a very solid point, it prolly isnt ALL millennials, but growing up, every kid in the neighborhood was absolutely traumatized from their parents if they weren't thrown in front of a screen, so thats prolly js what i see, but im sure theres some good parents, but yeah kids shouldn't just be thrown in front of a screen either, thats how we get little 6 year olds who saw a trans person and want to switch genders (no hate to trans people, but the amount of small kids wanting to transition is crazy dude-) and i'd imagine the caps thing might also be just picking up from what others have said, and repeating it, so there might have been an actual person who had like horrible ptsd, and then little kids named timmy picked up on it and then pretended that was his problem (also if my opinion sounds diffrent, i wrote the last one half asleep lmfao)

Apr 10, 2024 7:49 am

honestly i 100% agree i only put tw for caps bc ik someone will be like "wHeReS tHe tRiGgEr wArNiNg" shockshock

Apr 10, 2024 8:03 am

@N1GHTFALL: omg FR