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Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
I have SAID, NOT, NECESSARILY, for 'you', posters, here. For those who are OPEN ENOUGH, then WHO I am writing FOR, WILL BECOME KNOWN. Which, for those who are Truly INTERESTED, COULD INCLUDE ANY of 'you', posters, here.Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:26 amI literally referenced it only 2 posts ago. You said it here:
You're not writing for us, you said, you're writing to prove something to some future audience.
Also, I do NOT SEE absolutely ANY 'thing' in 'that' what I wrote that EVEN SUGGESTS that I BELIEVE absolutely ANY thing here.
But MAYBE I AM MISSING some 'thing' here, which you CAN SEE. Would you like to SHARE what you ARE SEEING here, which I am NOT?
If no, then WHY NOT?
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Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
It's not subtle, just read the wordsAge wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:12 pmI have SAID, NOT, NECESSARILY, for 'you', posters, here. For those who are OPEN ENOUGH, then WHO I am writing FOR, WILL BECOME KNOWN. Which, for those who are Truly INTERESTED, COULD INCLUDE ANY of 'you', posters, here.Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:26 amI literally referenced it only 2 posts ago. You said it here:
You're not writing for us, you said, you're writing to prove something to some future audience.
Also, I do NOT SEE absolutely ANY 'thing' in 'that' what I wrote that EVEN SUGGESTS that I BELIEVE absolutely ANY thing here.
But MAYBE I AM MISSING some 'thing' here, which you CAN SEE. Would you like to SHARE what you ARE SEEING here, which I am NOT?
If no, then WHY NOT?
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Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
I think there needs to be an "I don't care one way or the other" option. It's not like I read hardly anything Age posts anymore anyway. So it doesn't make much difference to me what he uses in them.
Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
Here is ANOTHER PRIME EXAMPLE of just how QUICKLY, SIMPLY, and EASILY one can completely MISINTERPRET 'things' when they base what they read on their ASSUMPTIONS ALONE instead of basing them on ANY ACTUAL CLARIFICATION and CLARITY.Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Tue Feb 07, 2023 6:40 amIt's not subtle, just read the wordsAge wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 12:12 pmI have SAID, NOT, NECESSARILY, for 'you', posters, here. For those who are OPEN ENOUGH, then WHO I am writing FOR, WILL BECOME KNOWN. Which, for those who are Truly INTERESTED, COULD INCLUDE ANY of 'you', posters, here.Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 06, 2023 9:26 am
I literally referenced it only 2 posts ago. You said it here:
You're not writing for us, you said, you're writing to prove something to some future audience.
Also, I do NOT SEE absolutely ANY 'thing' in 'that' what I wrote that EVEN SUGGESTS that I BELIEVE absolutely ANY thing here.
But MAYBE I AM MISSING some 'thing' here, which you CAN SEE. Would you like to SHARE what you ARE SEEING here, which I am NOT?
If no, then WHY NOT?
Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
Just out of CURIOSITY WHY do you read hardly ANY thing that i post anymore?Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:43 am I think there needs to be an "I don't care one way or the other" option. It's not like I read hardly anything Age posts anymore anyway.
And, WHAT parts do you read and WHEN do you KNOW what parts to read and NOT read?
Gary Childress wrote: ↑Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:43 am So it doesn't make much difference to me what he uses in them.
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Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
I'll sometimes skim through a post of yours and read whatever catches my eye. If it's a short post like this I may answer a part of it that seems more or less easily answered. The lengthy ones I seldom bother with because I'm not convinced that the quality of your posts warrants that much investment of time in them. Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe you're a super genius with the ultimate answers to everything you discuss, however, my initial impression is that it's more prudent for me to be economical with the time I spend on your posts as opposed to how much I may spend on the posts of certain others. Is there a good reason why I should devote more time to your posts? And if so what is that reason?
Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
you are absolutely FREE to do whatever you like.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:25 amI'll sometimes skim through a post of yours and read whatever catches my eye. If it's a short post like this I may answer a part of it that seems more or less easily answered. The lengthy ones I seldom bother with because I'm not convinced that the quality of your posts warrants that much investment of time in them. Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe you're a super genius with the ultimate answers to everything you discuss, however, my initial impression is that it's more prudent for me to be economical with the time I spend on your posts as opposed to how much I may spend on the posts of certain others. Is there a good reason why I should devote more time to your posts? And if so what is that reason?
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Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
Who is Age? Why does s/he use uppercase letter? Why should he be prohibited from doing so?
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Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
Age is the poster above you, and if you go back to the first page of this thread, I believe he authored the third or fourth post. In that third or fourth post you can see an example of the type of capitalising that annoys people.Agent Smith wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:54 am Who is Age? Why does s/he use uppercase letter? Why should he be prohibited from doing so?
I don't know that the thread title is about prohibition so much as it is about a suggestion, for age himself. There's virtually no possibility that his posting style will get him moderated in any sense, any I don't necessarily think it should.
Why does he do it? Fantastic question. He's alluded multiple times to this idea that he writes that way for the future generations he believes are going to read his words here. He thinks that he's going to bring about some age of enlightenment and his future disciples will scour the internet for his writings, and this forum itself presumably will be read to glean enlightened ideas from his posts. He says he posts in this deliberately annoying way to prove a point about the people in this forum, or people in general - his future readers will perceive that point, and will consider age's interactions on this forum as a brilliant intellectual victory for age and a humiliating defeat for everyone who says "please just write normally".
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Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
He should look at alternatives or has he already? As far as I can tell, there's good reason to capitalize, provided one knows what one's tslking about.Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 10:52 amAge is the poster above you, and if you go back to the first page of this thread, I believe he authored the third or fourth post. In that third or fourth post you can see an example of the type of capitalising that annoys people.Agent Smith wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:54 am Who is Age? Why does s/he use uppercase letter? Why should he be prohibited from doing so?
I don't know that the thread title is about prohibition so much as it is about a suggestion, for age himself. There's virtually no possibility that his posting style will get him moderated in any sense, any I don't necessarily think it should.
Why does he do it? Fantastic question. He's alluded multiple times to this idea that he writes that way for the future generations he believes are going to read his words here. He thinks that he's going to bring about some age of enlightenment and his future disciples will scour the internet for his writings, and this forum itself presumably will be read to glean enlightened ideas from his posts. He says he posts in this deliberately annoying way to prove a point about the people in this forum, or people in general - his future readers will perceive that point, and will consider age's interactions on this forum as a brilliant intellectual victory for age and a humiliating defeat for everyone who says "please just write normally".
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Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
Sure, there can be use to capitalising, just as there can be use to shouting. If you've seen that post of his on page 1 of this thread, you might see why some people think his pattern of capitalising is distractingly obnoxious. If someone shouted in the same pattern as he capitalises... they probably wouldn't be allowed out alone in public.Agent Smith wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:01 am He should look at alternatives or has he already? As far as I can tell, there's good reason to capitalize, provided one knows what one's tslking about.
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Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
May be Age has been reading a different vsriety of textual material.Flannel Jesus wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:04 amSure, there can be use to capitalising, just as there can be use to shouting. If you've seen that post of his on page 1 of this thread, you might see why some people think his pattern of capitalising is distractingly obnoxious. If someone shouted in the same pattern as he capitalises... they probably wouldn't be allowed out alone in public.Agent Smith wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 11:01 am He should look at alternatives or has he already? As far as I can tell, there's good reason to capitalize, provided one knows what one's tslking about.
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Re: Should "Age" refrain from using UPPERCASE letters?
Thank you.Age wrote: ↑Mon Feb 27, 2023 8:12 amyou are absolutely FREE to do whatever you like.Gary Childress wrote: ↑Sun Feb 26, 2023 3:25 amI'll sometimes skim through a post of yours and read whatever catches my eye. If it's a short post like this I may answer a part of it that seems more or less easily answered. The lengthy ones I seldom bother with because I'm not convinced that the quality of your posts warrants that much investment of time in them. Of course, I could be wrong. Maybe you're a super genius with the ultimate answers to everything you discuss, however, my initial impression is that it's more prudent for me to be economical with the time I spend on your posts as opposed to how much I may spend on the posts of certain others. Is there a good reason why I should devote more time to your posts? And if so what is that reason?