I remember back when AOL was the biggest ISP on the market and online chatrooms were relatively safe, everyone typed normally.  Sure there were some mispelled words here and there, but it was ok. Everyone understood each other and hardly anyone abused the CAPS LOCK. But then, the internets started becoming mainstream.  I think by the time I turned 16 or so, other “teenie” boppers started to poke their heads into chatrooms to see what all the fuss is about. How did I know they were “teenie boppers”?  They typed LyKe DiSh.

Now, travel to present day internets and you have so many different kinds of acronyms, different kinds of “speaks” (leetspeak, lolcat, geekspeak, etc.), and emoticons.  That’s all fine and sometimes funny to read, but one thing stood the test of time. Uppercase, lowercase typing.  This is my biggest internet pet peeve of mine and I really don’t understand how it is still here.

Why do people think iSh SoOoOoOoO kEwL 2 tYpE lYkE dIsH? Damn, just typing like that made me angry. I guess it gets under my skin because when I first saw that kind of typing it was like kids stomping on my internet lawn. Call me old but, if you see a full paragraph of that, it’s hard to read and it gets annoying to me.

Does it make you look cool if you type like that? I really don’t see the point of it but I do hope to see the end of it soon.

2 Responses to “Geeky Moment – An iNtErNet pEt peEvE oF mInE”

1. RootBlock says:

   October 10, 2009 at 4:04 pm

   http://twitter.com/CaNdY2BoSsY

   1200 tweets of uppercase lowercase typing and counting… ughhhh

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   • iSevenx says:

     October 10, 2009 at 5:31 pm

     OH DEAR GOD!!!! OH DEAR GOD!!!!!! AHHRRRRRRGG!!! RRRRRRAAAAAAAGGGEEEEE!!!!!!!