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in reply to a message by Miranda the Moderator
I would not have considered the word "jerk" much less called you one, even in my own mind, if you had not added those sentences.
I do not believe that shouting in public and typing with the caplock on (even though now, as you have educated me, it is equated as shouting in Cyberland) are comparable, but I do understand what you mean when you say (paraphrase in my words) "Just seeing all caps sounds like someone shouting down my face!". There have been times when I have listened to someone speak and some time later if I pick up a book the person has written, I can hear them speaking to me as if they were right before me.
What is a punctuation pet? Is it like your pet peeve?
I do not believe that shouting in public and typing with the caplock on (even though now, as you have educated me, it is equated as shouting in Cyberland) are comparable, but I do understand what you mean when you say (paraphrase in my words) "Just seeing all caps sounds like someone shouting down my face!". There have been times when I have listened to someone speak and some time later if I pick up a book the person has written, I can hear them speaking to me as if they were right before me.
What is a punctuation pet? Is it like your pet peeve?
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A punctuation pet is a punctuation mark you treat as a "pet". In practice, they actually mostly sit there and look cute. But while doing that they serve as a reminder not to overuse--abuse--punctuation on this board, or else someone will rescue your suffering punctuation and put them up for adoption to good homes.
This board--in fact, most of the Internet really--is public, and therefore I think my comparison is absolutely dead-on. But let's just drop that, shall we?
In fact, if we want to continue any of this, we should go to the Lounge because this is terribly off-topic on this board.
Miranda
Proud adopter of 15 PPs. See my profile for their names.
This board--in fact, most of the Internet really--is public, and therefore I think my comparison is absolutely dead-on. But let's just drop that, shall we?
In fact, if we want to continue any of this, we should go to the Lounge because this is terribly off-topic on this board.
Proud adopter of 15 PPs. See my profile for their names.
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I was just curious.
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