# a little help **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 2, 2013, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197 "2013-10-02T17:51:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/41 "2013-10-03T16:12:16Z")
Dam your stream of consciousness, generate hydro, go off grid. ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/42 "2013-10-03T16:21:03Z")
COLORS!! The more colors, the better!! EVERY POST SHOULD BE A RAINBOW OF LOVE!!! ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/43 "2013-10-03T16:24:34Z")
Do not show fear. They can smell fear. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/44 "2013-10-03T16:28:14Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > COLORS!! The more colors, the better!! EVERY POST SHOULD BE A RAINBOW OF LOVE!!! I think we lost our OP-with-the-e.e.-cummings-tendencies. **sentrix**? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/45 "2013-10-03T16:59:31Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I think we lost our OP-with-the- **e.e.-cummings** -tendencies. That’s not entirely accurate: [Wiki’s take on the subject.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings#Name_and_capitalization) ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/46 "2013-10-03T20:20:57Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > **sentrix**? I think we’ve been abandoned. There’s only so much time in a day and why waste it on a shift key? ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2013, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/47 "2013-10-03T23:04:27Z")
> [@TokyoBayer](#): > > I think we’ve been abandoned. There’s only so much time in a day and why waste it on a shift key? We’re looking at something like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbxIyjecJgw), I think… ---
**Author:** ![Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b38774/32.png) [@Attack\_from\_the\_3rd\_dimension](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Attack_from_the_3rd_dimension)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/48 "2013-10-04T01:08:11Z")
> [@Asympotically\_fat](#): > > I usually make an “¨” by taking the top two pixels from a “X”… you can’t make an umlaut without break a few x’s. On the minus side, the OP is gone. On the plus side, waiting for an umlaut related setup so that we can steal and use this line is another reason to go on living. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/49 "2013-10-04T02:21:51Z")
> [@Cheshire\_Human](#): > > We’re looking at something like [this](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbxIyjecJgw), I think… Highly disappointed. There wasn’t a single umlaut made nor any Xs broken. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/50 "2013-10-04T17:59:11Z")
i thank all and every one of you for your input. i enjoyed my absence as it was a holiday here. no way capitals. easier on the eye. capitilizing gives text importance. free yourselves of this habit. i am humble. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/51 "2013-10-04T18:02:58Z")
lack of capitals got me a top job years ago. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/52 "2013-10-04T18:06:20Z")
> [@sentrix](#): > > i am humble. like pie? ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/53 "2013-10-04T18:06:59Z")
I need a mentor on this board. Note: I already know better than all the rest of you and will disregard any advice I am given. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/54 "2013-10-04T18:08:50Z")
nope. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/55 "2013-10-04T18:11:03Z")
got to have diversity and some unique point. i got mine, i ain’t no sheep. ---
**Author:** ![Frank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Frank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/56 "2013-10-04T18:14:16Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I need a mentor on this board. Note: I already know better than all the rest of you and will disregard any advice I am given. Nailed it. ---
**Author:** ![sentrix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac8455/32.png) [@sentrix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sentrix)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/57 "2013-10-04T18:26:20Z")
ok got it. ---
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2013, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/58 "2013-10-04T18:47:19Z")
> [@sentrix](#): > > lack of capitals got me a top job years ago. Oh, bullshit. ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2013, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/59 "2013-10-05T00:26:01Z")
So…sticking with style (no caps) over substance then ? Why are we not surprised? ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2013, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197/60 "2013-10-16T18:12:30Z")
> [@Asympotically\_fat](#): > > I usually make an “¨” by taking the top two pixels from a “X”… you can’t make an umlaut without break a few x’s. I know it’s been a fortnight, but I had to come back to add my applause for this one 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-little-help/670197.md?page=2)