# The preponderance of ALL CAPS TOPICS! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 4, 1999, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-preponderance-of-all-caps-topics/3256 "1999-12-04T01:16:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-preponderance-of-all-caps-topics/3256/1 "1999-12-04T01:16:00Z")
God I hate that. ---
**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-preponderance-of-all-caps-topics/3256/2 "1999-12-04T01:23:00Z")
me too. i like the little letters. more open and honest. * * * Best! Byz ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-preponderance-of-all-caps-topics/3256/3 "1999-12-04T03:28:00Z")
I agree. Very few topics or statements need to be entirely capitalized. (MIDSHIPMEN SUCK WALRUS WEENIE WARTS, for example.) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-preponderance-of-all-caps-topics/3256/4 "1999-12-04T03:43:00Z")
From: Monty To: ChiefScott Subj: RESPONSE TO ORIGINAL POSTING (OP) Ref: (a) ChiefScott posting of 3 Dec 99 1. I would imagine you might be used to topic titles being typed in all caps, Chief. 2. Doesn’t the Navy use subject titles as the one above in correspondence? ---
**Author:** ![Triskadecamus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b19c9b/32.png) [@Triskadecamus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Triskadecamus)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-preponderance-of-all-caps-topics/3256/5 "1999-12-04T08:26:00Z")
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Or, do it like this.\ \

Or, do it like this.\ **\

Tris\** ---

**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-preponderance-of-all-caps-topics/3256/6 "1999-12-04T12:30:00Z")
Rysdad – Screw you and the Knights. Marty – You’re just a smart ass. Trisk – Your html skills leave me in a state of awe. Go downstyle beat all caps! Go Navy! ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-preponderance-of-all-caps-topics/3256/7 "1999-12-04T16:32:00Z")
I know what you’re saying, Chief. I can’t imagine why everyone has been so obsessed with caps. I mean, sure they look cute, but so do cowboy hats, sombrerroes(sp), and beanies. So get over the cap fetish! Thanks, chief, for finally letting me vent about this topic. Now, what’s your favorite flavor of ice cream again? 😃 * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 1999, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-preponderance-of-all-caps-topics/3256/8 "1999-12-04T17:23:00Z")
Trisk: that won’t work because the Navy, being military and thus a bit off of the civilian way of doing things, doesn’t center the typed signature block but begins it at the center line. Strange, hey?