I have a question TW: ranting

wyoming 4/6/2024 03:47 pm 1403

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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PartialEclipse
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Apr 9, 2024 9:10 am

Maybe its bc some ppl interpret it as yelling witch might be where the whole "it makes me think you're mad at me" thing comes in but like... Tbh I think it's a pretty goofy thing to put a TW over...

wyoming
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Apr 9, 2024 7:10 am

@P1nk_Mal1bu_Barb13: yea I don't know either. Maybe if requested a translation that's easier to read can be provided ? I just don't really see the point of a "warning" for caps being hard to read cus for me it's sorta like warning a dyslexic person that there's gonna be words in something lmfao like that doesn't really do anything /lh

P1nk_Mal1bu_Barb13
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Apr 8, 2024 5:30 pm

@Digipxel: i think another thing other than trigger/content warning should be made for this situation but Idk what ????

wyoming
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Apr 8, 2024 3:27 pm

I can understand capital letters being hard to read but does a warning make them easier to read ?? /genq/lh

P1nk_Mal1bu_Barb13
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Apr 8, 2024 2:23 pm

@rainbow_nerdz: for some ppl they are but not always

rainbow_nerdz
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Apr 8, 2024 2:12 pm

@RoryMakezKandi: capital letters arent even hard to read either :0)

Dvmb422
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Apr 8, 2024 1:41 pm

i think the "it makes me think you're mad at me thing" is reasonable but to an extent. like if someone is just saying "HI" then like whatever your clearly not mad tf lmao. however, if someone is like "YOUR AWFUL I HATE YOU" **DIRECTED TO YOU** then I can see how it would be triggering. personally, I don't like it when people use all caps directed at me to show anger. but generally I feel like its dumb to be afraid of capital letters as a whole