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[-] Rottcodd@lemmy.world 128 points 1 month ago

Seriously, WHAT is THE DEAL with conservative disinformationists scattering ALL-CAPS WORDS throughout EVERYTHING they WRITE?

My THEORY is that it's MEANT as a SUBSTITUTE for LOGIC and REASON - that in LIEU of saying things that are ACTUALLY logical, reasonable or true, they JUST say things really LOUDLY.

It MUST be TRUE because it's so EMPHATIC, right?

And it PROBABLY triggers a PAVLOVIAN response in the DUNDERHEADS who READ it. "LOOK at all the CAPS! This is MY kind of TRUTHINESS!"

It's just... WEIRD. And sort of PATHETIC.

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 55 points 1 month ago

If you Want to be REALLY TRUMPIAN you need to also Sprinkle in a Bunch of words that are Merely Capitalized rather than Always using ALL CAPS!!!!!!!!1

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 23 points 1 month ago

Ow. I think I pulled a reading muscle.

[-] Gork@lemm.ee 7 points 1 month ago

Wouldn't that just make it more German than anything else?

[-] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 11 points 1 month ago

Nah, in German they capitalize all nouns, but Trump does it at random.

[-] Sakychu@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago
[-] kata1yst@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 month ago

It's because instead of using logic to reason, they use emotion: usually outrage, fear, uncertainty, anger, distrust. All while of course projecting the 'overly emotional and illogical' stamp onto "bleeding heart liberals".

Caps conveys what their audience pays attention to.

[-] Doubleohdonut@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 month ago

When your chosen communication style is "begging letters from a faith healer"

[-] ChicoSuave@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

It's a form of poetry that appeals to skimmers who want the tone and feeling with the fewest possible nouns to remember.

[-] problematicPanther@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I read this in Seinfeld's voice

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 1 points 1 month ago

New typing quirk just dropped

this post was submitted on 14 Sep 2024
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