# Why Are Caps Rude? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 10, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753 "2003-09-10T14:23:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/21 "2003-09-10T17:39:36Z")
all upper-case is not accepted on the net. all lower-case is, although perhaps frowned upon by some. they are equally easy to type. upper-case requires also pressing the caps-lock key, so it is more total effort. why not just use all lower case? ---
**Author:** ![ataraxy22](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ataraxy22/32/307_2.png) [@ataraxy22](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ataraxy22)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/22 "2003-09-10T17:43:25Z")
imtoolazytotypethefullsizethissizeismuchmucheasier thisiseasiertoowhydoihavetoalwaysuseblack? ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/23 "2003-09-10T17:53:03Z")
idontlikehavingtousepunctuationitssomucheasierandfasterjusttowritelikethisidontseewhyanybodywouldhaveaproblemwithitdoyouifyoudoyoumustbeschitzophrenic ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/24 "2003-09-10T18:01:19Z")
AH, THEY’RE 1920’S STYLE “DEATH RAYS”. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/25 "2003-09-10T18:09:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*all upper-case is not accepted on the net. > all lower-case is, although perhaps frowned upon by some. > > they are equally easy to type. upper-case requires also pressing the caps-lock key, so it is more total effort. > > why not just use all lower case? \*\* please don’t encourage this. that is also more difficult to read. it really comes down to: (IMHO) what is your intent? is your intent to be read, understood, communicate effectively w/the most people or merely to post something that if some one reads it, kewl, if not, kewl. (and if it’s the latter, I would hope you’d understand why I won’t bother) ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/26 "2003-09-10T19:36:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by wring \* > \*\*please don’t encourage this. that is also more difficult to read. > \*\* 😕 I’m not sure if this was meant to be funny. It is, though. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/27 "2003-09-10T19:46:26Z")
hey, I capitalized the “I” each time… (yea, I noticed that afterwards, too) ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/28 "2003-09-10T19:50:37Z")
Where’s e.e. cummings when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dc4da7/32.png) [@The\_Man\_With\_The\_Golden\_Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Man_With_The_Golden_Gun)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/29 "2003-09-10T19:56:28Z")
iF yOu ThInK tHaT’s BaD tRy ReAdInG tHiS! ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/30 "2003-09-10T19:59:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Gangster Octopus \* > \*\*Where’s e.e. cummings when you need him? \*\* Don’t know that this condition has ever occurred. ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_Winker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/71e660/32.png) [@Tim\_Winker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_Winker)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/31 "2003-09-10T21:11:43Z")
I thought this was going to be about baseball hats. I have always wondered why wearing a baseball hat indoors is considered rude. ---
**Author:** ![Spiny\_Norman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de0a6/32.png) [@Spiny\_Norman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiny_Norman)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/32 "2003-09-10T22:18:36Z")
That’ll teach me to go by my faint memory of the Jargon File. Guess I’ll have to re-read to keep it swapped in… ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/33 "2003-09-10T22:26:36Z")
> [@](#): > > Where’s e.e. cummings when you need him? He’s dead, Jim. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/34 "2003-09-10T22:27:47Z")
**H** e_Y_-c **O** :mad:r_N_,dO\*\*:rolleyes:_g_\*\*!M_a_N\*\*? **wO_u_L** d\*\*)🆒Y_o_ **U** _l_I_ke_\*\*$_To@R __e__ SpOn __D_\*&🙂_t_O\*\*%_tHe^ **P** aNdo:confused: **R** a__ Sb __O__ x\>Y __o__ U\ **Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/35 "2003-09-10T22:49:40Z") the very definition of some one with too much time on their hands. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/36 "2003-09-10T23:02:19Z")
No longer than the time you took for your 4 posts on this board thus far… I just wanted to know if the OP bitched and ran or if he still has the ability to defend his POV… ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/37 "2003-09-10T23:04:47Z")
wasn’t trying to be snotty. it apparently came out that way. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/38 "2003-09-10T23:07:54Z")
As bad as the board was on AOL, many years ago, at least AOL had twitfilters. Can we get twitfilters here? ---
**Author:** ![Morrigoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/858c86/32.png) [@Morrigoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrigoon)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2003, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/39 "2003-09-10T23:31:24Z")
ack! l33t! ---
**Author:** ![corndog\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea666f/32.png) [@corndog\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corndog_man)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-caps-rude/200753/40 "2003-09-11T00:36:36Z")
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