Oct 22 2008
DID YOU KNOW?
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!!!
ALSO KNOWN AS INTERNATIONAL MAKE YOURSELF LOOK BUGNUT INSANE ON TEH INTARNETS DAY!!!
AND IF YOU USE A LOT OF EXCLAMATION MARKS, IT JUST MAKES IT BETTER!!!!
JUST REMEMBER THAT IF YOU USE ALL CAPS ON ANY OTHER THREAD THAN THIS ONE, I’LL TOTALLY DELETE YOUR ASS!!!!!!!!!!
NOW HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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HOLY NUTZ!!!!!!!! WHAT THE
WHAT WAS THAT? WOULD YOU SPEAK UP?
I LIKE SHOUTING!!!!!!
OMGWTFBBQeecummings!!!!!!!!
JUST TO BE SURE, INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY IS OCTOBER 22!?!
TIME ZONES MAKE ME SO ANGRY!!!
YOU TOTALLY MADE THAT UP TO SELL E-CARDS EH!!?
WHAT???? SPEAK UP! I CAN’T HEAR YOU!!!!
HALLMARK — WHEN YOU COME TO SHOUT THE VERY BEST!!!!
LET TEH REVENGE OF TEH TELETYPES BEGIN!!!
DOWN WITH LOWER CASES!!! DOWN WITH GUI WINDOWS!!! GIVE ME A CASE-INSENSITIVE COMMAND LINE PROMPT OR GIVE ME DEATH!!!!
DR. PHIL
THE WROTH YOU HAVE EARNED FOR ENCOURAGING THIS IS BIBLICAL IN PROPORTION!!!!!!!
John, you’ve been working too hard. Let someone buy you a drink.
Tomorrow is BLINK tag day! Good day to go outside and enjoy the fresh air!
OMG! WTF?
I LIKE ICE CREAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yeah, it does kinda make anything look crazy.
IT’S QUITE THERAPUTIC!!!!!!!!!!!!
i’m a nonconformist.
WHEN YOU WANT TO CAPTURE SOMEONE’S ATTENTION… WHISPER.
THINGS ARE NOT ALWAYS
HOW THEY SEEM,
IN FACT,
SOMETIMES SHOUTING
IS THE ONLY WAY TO GET ATTENTION!
SO RATHER THAN LOOK
FOR HIDDEN MEANING,
UNDERSTAND THAT THERE
NEVER, EVER IS ANY IN THESE THREADS.
I HAVE TO ADMIT, I’M AN FEELING PRETTY UNENTHUSIATIC ABOUT THIS DAY!!! I MEAN, SURE, IT SEEMS LIKE IT MIGHT BE FUN FOR A SHORT WHILE, BUT IS IT WORTH STAYING UP FOR?!?!?
I GUESS I OUGHT TO GO TO BED! I HAVE TO GET UP SORTA EARLY!!
this comment is an all caps day epic fail
I REALLY NEED TO GET MY POINT ACROSS!!!!!! YOU MUST LISTEN!!!!!!!
Wow, this is like being trapped in a YouTube comments thread.
i”m holding shift1
“HELLO!!! I’M ROBIN LEACH, I’M ALWAYS SHOUTING…I DON’T KNOW WHY!!!”
I LIKE MY BODY WHEN IT IS WITH YOUR
BODY. IT IS SO QUITE A NEW THING.
MUSCLES BETTER AND NERVES MORE.
I LIKE YOUR BODY. I LIKE WHAT IT DOES,
I LIKE ITS HOWS. I LIKE TO FEEL THE SPINE
OF YOUR BODY AND ITS BONES, AND THE TREMBLING
-FIRM-SMOOTH NESS AND WHICH I WILL
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN
KISS, I LIKE KISSING THIS AND THAT OF YOU,
I LIKE,,SLOWLY STROKING THE, SHOCKING FUZZ
OF YOUR ELECTRIC FUR, AND WHAT-IS-IT COMES
OVER PARTING FLESH….AND EYES BIG LOVE-CRUMBS,
AND POSSIBLY I LIKE THE THRILL
OF UNDER ME YOU QUITE SO NEW
(the poem isn’t quite as wonderful screamed.)
FOR ONCE, AN AMERICAN ANNOUNCES AN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF SOMETHING WHILE IT’S STILL ACTUALLY THAT DAY HERE IN THE FUTURE, AKA AUSTRALIA! I AM ASTOUNDED AND LOUD ABOUT IT!
WHERE ARE MY EARPLUGS!!
OCTOBER 22ND 2008 – INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY AND MY 50TH BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
SHOUTING BOTH WITH PRIDE (HEY, i’M 50, i’M STILL HERE – GET OVER IT!!!!!!!!!)
FOR! BONUS! POINTS! ADD! AN! EXCLAMATION! MARK! FOR! EVERY! WORD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MAN! I’M! TIRED!!!!!!!!
IT IS NOT BY MY HAND THAT I AM ONCE AGAIN GIVEN FLESH. I WAS BROUGHT BACK BY HUMANS WHO WISH TO PAY ME TRIBUTE!!!!!
TRIBUTE?!?!? YOU STEAL MEN’S SOULS AND MAKE THEM YOUR SLAVES!!!!!
PERHAPS THE SAME COULD BE SAID OF ALL RELIGIONS!!!!!!
NO I DIDN’T KNOW THAT TODAY IS THE CAPS LOCK ON DAY!!!!!!!!1
THANKS IT FEELS LIKE READING YOUTUBE COMMENTS!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!111 1
CAPS LOCK IS A STUPID KEY, LONG OBSOLETE, THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM KEYBOARDS! I HAVEN’T USED IT SINCE WRITING BASIC PROGRAMS AS A KID! DO YOU HEAR ME? GET RID OF THIS WORTHLESS KEY IMMEDIATELY!
I’VE BEEN TRYING TO YEARS TO DELETE MY ASS. IF I HAD KNOWN ALL IT TOOK WAS A KEY…
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
as a member of the reading public i feel i must protest
put an end to this insanity
act now
before it’s too late
FOR SOME REASON I FEEL LIKE BRIAN BLESSED!!!
CAN’T THINK WHY!!!
WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BEING FREE OF CAPITALIZATION, SENSE AND REASON IS VERY LIBERATING
LIBERATING
LIBERATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
JUST WHAT WE NEED DURING ELECTION SEASON, ANOTHER OUTLET FOR BUGNUT INSANITY!!!!!!!!!!!!
And all this crap about UPPER CASE and lower case. Isn’t it about time the middle case got some love? Or at least a tax cut?! All this caseism is polararizing our society!!!!
GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO PHILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@JON S: IS THAT BARRY MALZBERG? I THINK I JUST READ THAT STORY FOR THE FIRST TIME YESTERDAY! WHAT A COINCIDENCE!
COLORLESS GREEN IDEAS SLEEP FURIOUSLY!
IS IT POSSIBLE TO USE ALL-CAPS WITHOUT USING THE EXCLAMATION POINT? I DON’T THINK SO!!!!!
WHAT’S WORSE IS WHEN I GET AD COPY SET THIS WAY! IT’S JUST RIDICULOUS!!! BUT WAIT, THERE’S MORE!!!! SAVE THE DATE!!!!!
OTHER THAN MISUSES OF THE ELIPSE, MULTIPLE EXCLAMATION POINTS IN BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS MUST DIE!!!!!!!!
PER PER PER WIKIPEDIA: October 22 was designated International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) in 1998.
DUB DUB DUB DOUBLE THE FUN!!!!!!!!!
THIS IS JUST! LIKE! LISTENING TO CAPTAIN! JAMES! T!! KIRK!!!!! HE IS ALL! CAPS! LOCK! ALL THE TIME!!! I! JUST!! NOTICED!!!
ME TOO!!!!!
—– Original Message —–
From: John Scalzi
Date: 22 Oct 2008 00:11:00 -0400
Subject: DID YOU KNOW?
TODAY IS INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!!!
ALSO KNOWN AS INTERNATIONAL MAKE YOURSELF LOOK BUGNUT INSANE ON TEH INTARNETS DAY!!!
AND IF YOU USE A LOT OF EXCLAMATION MARKS, IT JUST MAKES IT BETTER!!!!
JUST REMEMBER THAT IF YOU USE ALL CAPS ON ANY OTHER THREAD THAN THIS ONE, I’LL TOTALLY DELETE YOUR ASS!!!!!!!!!!
NOW HAVE FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“I CAN’T HEAR A THING!!!!!!!”
“WHUT?”
“I SAID I CAN’T HEAR A THING!! ARE YOU DEAF OR WHAT?!!”
“DUNNO, CAN’T HEAR YA!!!”
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT WINDOWS, BUT MAC USERS CAN TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCK KEY!!! OPEN SYSTEM PREFERENCES, CLICK THE “KEYBOARD & MOUSE” ICON, THEN THE “MODIFIER KEYS…” BUTTON IN THE KEYBOARD PANEL. YOU CAN TURN IT OFF OR MAKE IT ANOTHER FUNCTION. OR TRICK SOMEONE BY MAKING THEIR CAPS LOCK KEY INTO THE CTRL KEY AND VICE VERSA!!!!! WHY NOT!?!?!?!?!? IT’S CRAZY!!!!
OMGWTFBBQ!!!11!!1!
AMIRITE?!?!?!?
I DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’RE YELLING ABOUT!!!
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOUD NOISES!!!
THIS DAY HAD TO BE INVENTED TO CELEBRATE THE OXYCLEAN/ORANGE GLOW GUY.
DIRECTOR: “DUDE, THE MICROPHONES AREN’T WORKING. WE’RE GOING TO NEED YOU TO YELL OUT THE SCRIPT.”
ORANGE GLOW GUY: “okay.”
I ACTUALLY WONDER IF IN REAL LIFE, HE’S THE TYPE OF GUY YOU HAVE TO LEAN IN REAL CLOSE TO HEAR, OR IF HE’S ALWAYS AT FULL VOLUME, ALL THE TIME.
IN ANOTHER IRONY, THIS IS EXACTLY HOW MY BOSS COMMUNICATES.
WE ALL LAUGH.
ZOMG URRITE, WIZARDRU! ALSO, WHY DOES CAPS LOCK DAY HAVE TO BE ON MY BIRTHDAY?! WTF, MATE? NOW I HAVE TO GO AROUND YELLING AT PEOPLE ALL DAY! ON SECOND THOUGHT, THAT MIGHT MAKE THIS THE BEST AND/OR MOST HILARIOUS BIRTHDAY EVER?
I’M BRIAN BLESSED AND I DON’T SEE WHAT ALL THE FUSS IS ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!
I know several co-workers trapped in an endless Oct. 22…
ZOMG!!! HOLY MOTHERFU….
OOPS!!!!1!!!! ARE WE FIGHTING? NO? ALL THIS SCREAMING IS CONFUSING ME!!!!!!!!
SURGEON GENERAL’S ADVICE: CAPSLOCK MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR HEALTH.
SURGEON GENERAL’S ADVICE: CAPSLOCK MAY BE DETRIMENTAL TO YOUR HEALTH.
THIS IS MY INSIDE VOICE!
MaNyYeArS aGo ThErE wAs A bBs UsEr LoCaLlY tHaT iNsIsTeD oN uSiNg AlL cApS bEcAuSe ShE hAd An AnCiEnT aPpLe Ii AnD rEfUsEd To GeT tHe LoWeR cAsE hAcK. sHeUsEd ThE nAmE ‘SuGaR bUnNy” sO tHe CoDeR fOr CiTaDeL CrEaTeD tHe “bUnNy FiLtEr” sO aLl ThE oThEr BoArD uSeRs WoUlDn”t Go BlInD fRoM tCoNsTaNt ShOuTiNg. HaPpIlY hE aLsO iNvEnTeD tHe PsYcHo-cHiCkEn FiLtEr As WeLl. IsN’T iT nEaT!
I always wanted to be a voice of reason and solace in a storm-tossed world, and here’s my chance. Plus, HOLY CRAP, I’M GOING AGAINST THE GRAIN!!!!!!!
OoPs-=SoRrY aBoUt ThE tYpO.
Ok, the only reason I’m posting is to post in lower case letters, as protest against stupid “special” days.
WHEN IS “INTERNATIONAL ONLY REPLY WITH ‘LOL FAG’ TO COMMENTS DAY”?
THERE IS AN OLD MEDIEVAL SAYING, WHEN EVERY DAY IS A FEAST DAY, THERE ARE NO FEAST DAYS. TRANSLATED TO CAPSLOCK DAY, I GUESS THAT MEANS WHEN EVERYTHING IS EXCITING AND EMPHASIZED, NOTHING IS EXCITING AND EMPHASIZED!!!
I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I THINK THAT MIGHT NOT APPLY ON CAPSLOCK DAY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I SAW THE BEST MINDS OF MY GENERATION DESTROYED BY MADNESS!!!!
STARVING HYSTERICAL NAKED, DRAGGING THEMESELVES THROUGH THE FAN CHATROOMS AT DAWN LOOKING FOR AN ANGRY FIXXX!!1!!1!
WE GOT TO MAKE IT TO THE CHOPPA!!!!!!! AAAHHH!!!! WE GOT TO GET TO CULLIFORNIA AND DESE KINDS OF THINGS!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!
SSSSSSSSSCCAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLZZZZZZZIIIIIIIIIII!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THAT ATE MY [SHATNER] SSS…!!![/SHATNER] TAG!!!!!
OMGWTFBBQLOLCOPTER!!!!!?!?!?!?!
AT LAST a day that JOHN HODGMAN can LOVE!!!!!!!!
YEP! YOU HAVE TO USE THE HTML ESCAPE SEQUENCES FOR THE ANGLE BRACKETS!!!! < FOR ‘<’ AND > FOR ‘>’!!!!
KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I removed my caps lock key (it posp right off w/ a screwdriver) – I am a poor typist and unintentionally responded to email in all caps.
but in honor of this day —-
CAPSLOCK!!!!!!!!111!!!!ELEVEN!
ME TOO!!!
I
WANNA ROCK AND ROLL ALL NIGHHHHHHT
AND PARTY EVERY DAY!!!!!!!!
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU!
YOU HOLD ME TIGHT!
TELL ME I’M THE ONLY ONE
WANT TO COME OVER TONIGHT, YEAH!
DOESN’T SOUND SO CRAZY WHEN YOUR SINGING ROCK SONGS, DOES IT?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
WE HAVE NEW CLOCKS IN MY OFFICE BUILDING TODAY!!! THESE NEW CLOCKS ARE AWESOME!!! THAT IS ALL!!!!
YOU HAVE A BANANA IN YOUR EAR!
MY GIRL’S TALL WITH HARD LONG EYES
AS SHE STANDS, WITH HER LONG HARD HANDS KEEPING
SILENCE ON HER DRESS, GOOD FOR SLEEPING
IS HER LONG HARD BODY FILLED WITH SURPRISE
LIKE A WHITE SHOCKING WIRE, WHEN SHE SMILES
A HARD LONG SMILE IT SOMETIMES MAKES
GAILY GO CLEAN THROUGH ME TICKLING ACHES
AND THE WEAK NOISE OF HER EYES EASILY FLIES
MY IMPATIENCE TO AN EDGE–MY GIRL’S TALL
AND TAUT, WITH THIN LEGS JUST LIKE A VINE
THAT’S SPENT ALL OF ITS LIFE ON A GARDEN-WALL,
AND IS GOING TO DIE. WHEN WE GRIMLY GO TO BED
WITH THESE LEGS SHE BEGINS TO HEAVE AND TWINE
ABOUT ME, AND TO KISS MY FACE AND HEAD.
– E E CUMMINGS!!!!11!!
? #~! (****) $$~~!!!? %? ^^? …. , . ; .. … . |\\\^.
!!!!!
IT’S ALSO MY 20TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY!!!!!
STELLLLAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT. CAN. WE. ALSO. USE. EXCESSIVE. PUNCTUATION. TO EMPHASIS. EACH. WORD. INDIVIDUALLY. AS. IF. WE. WERE. A. BAD. WILLIAM. SHATNER. IMITATION.
CONGRATS CASSIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE DO NOT DELETE MY ASS. I NEED IT TO SIT ON.
Check out the actual Argument against Proposition 2 in the California General Election Official Voter Information Guide 2008. Seriously. WTF.
Also, I thought the day when we celebrate the obnoxious and clueless was November 4 this year.
MY EARS HURT!!!!!!
or…
wweecd?
(what would e e cummings do?)
LOUD NOISES!!!!111!!!!
I LOVE CAPSLOCK, BUT WHAT I REALLY WANT IS A SHIFT LOCK OR SOMETHING FOR THE NUMBER/SYMBOL KEYS! I MEAN, WHEN I’M WRITING ALL OF MY LAME MATLAB PROGRAMS, I ALREADY HAVE A NUMBER PAD! I DON’T WANT TO SHIFT TO GET TO THE PERCENT SIGN!
I AM ENJOYING THIS HOLIDAY, HOWEVER! TO CELEBRATE, I’M TOTALLY PUTTING ALL OF MY FRIENDS’ KEYBOARDS ON CAPSLOCK! IT’S INCREDIBLY LAME AND TAKES 2.47 SECONDS TO NOTICE AND UNDO, BUT IT MAKES ME LAUGH! I FEEL LIKE T-REX IN DINOSAUR COMICS!
LIEKWHOA CAPSLOCK DAY!? THAT’S AWESOME.
DUDE I TOTALLY LOVE CAPS LOCK DAY!!!
KAREN YOUR COMMENT CRACKED ME UP.
ROCK OUT ON CAPS LOCK DAY!
WHOA THIS IS SO KEWL NOW I CN PERTNED LIEK IMA DUMASS TIENAGGER WHO CNT SPEL I CN UZ L33T5P34K N ALL N RUNAWN SENTNCESS N LOTSA EXPLANASHUN PNTS!!!!!!111!!(sin² + cos²)
DAMNIT, 74!!!!qq!!!111!! I WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT JOKE. DUddeESZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
let the counterrevolution commence
E.E. CUMMINGS
I AM SO ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT CAPS LOCK DAY I WROTE ABOUT IT AND LINKED TO THIS POST!!!!!! THEN I VOTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!NOW IF ONLY THE ROBOTS WOULD STOP CALLING ME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
jennifer @30:
LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!
ME TOO!
damn caps lock is broken111111111111
I FEEL PRETTY!!!!!!!!!!
OH SO PRETTY!!!!11!!1ONE!!!!!
“CAPS LOCK IS CRUISE CONTROL FOR COOL.” – Internets
THOU SHALT *NOT* BOOM ALL THE TIME.
JUST ME. OKAY?
GOD
You really should not type all caps unless you are typeing on 14″ Green-bar fan-fold.
You could program a high speed dot-matrix to play music too.
I think I’ve been in this business too long, I remember the 4004 and a big memory chip was 256 bits.
I REALLY NEED TO GET IN ON THIS CAPS LOCK THREAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OH NO!!! IN MY TIMEZONE IT’S ALREADY THE DAY AFTER INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY!! WILL MR SCALZI DELETE MY ASS???
P.S. IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHAT’S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE JUST ASK… AND ENCLOSE MONEY!!!!! (YES, MONEY WILL STILL BE ACCEPTED IN THE FUTURE. TOMORROW MORNING ANYWAY.)
WEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!
Well that was disapointing.
Awww man, ALL CAPS? That’s just rude to us UNIX guys, because they only think we cap is acronyms.
Fortunately, I speak COBOL:
IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
PROGRAM-ID. HELLO-WORLD.
PROCEDURE DIVISION.
MAIN.
DISPLAY ‘ALL CAPS DAY IS OVER! GO AWAY!!!’.
STOP RUN.
HMMM!!!!!
I AM A SAD COBOL PROGRAMMER!! EVERY DAY IS CAPS LOCK DAY!!
SO MY WIFE LOOKS OVER AT ME AND SAYS, “WOULD YOU STOP TYPING SO LOUD,” AND WONDERS WHY I FALL OFF MY CHAIR LAUGHING. SO I SHOW HER THE POST AND SHE GIVES ME “THE LOOK”
COME ON GUYS, YOU KNOW “THE LOOK”
IT’S THE ONE WE GET WHEN OUR SO’S THINK WE’RE BEING A DORK.
I GET THAT A LOT. 8P
I DON’T GET THE LOOK! I GET THE HEAD-SHAKE!!!I USED TO TRY TO EXPLAIN THINGS TO HER! IT DIDN’T WORK! I DON’T DO IT ANYMORE!
WOW!!!!
24 HOURS OF THIS HAS SURE CLEANED OUT THE OLD EAR WAX!!!
THX EVAR SOMUCH!!!!!
U CAN STOP NOW, PLEASE!
I HAVE A HEADACHE JUST FROM READING THE COMMENTS! CAN TOMORROW BE ‘NATIONAL WHISPER DAY’?
lothithil @109
It’s tomorrow on the west coast. no problem, it’s library levels. sssshhh
HAY GUYSE, WUTS GOIN ON?
I don’t really get this site. Do people just repeat others comments or is today just a complete lack of creativity/communist day?
PEOPLE KEEP COMPLAINING THAT I USE THE CAPS LOCK ! IT’S NOT TRUE ! I PRESSED THE CAPS LOCK ONCE IN 1991 AND I HAVEN’T TOUCHED IT SINCE !
THIS JOKE NEVER GETS OLD !