DID YOU KNOW?

Posted on October 22, 2008    Posted by      113 Comments

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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113 Comments on “DID YOU KNOW?”

  8. 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

  16. 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.

  17. 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!!

  23. 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.)

  24. 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!

  26. 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!!!!!!!!!)

  28. 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!!!!!!

  29. NO I DIDN’T KNOW THAT TODAY IS THE CAPS LOCK ON DAY!!!!!!!!1

    THANKS IT FEELS LIKE READING YOUTUBE COMMENTS!!! !!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!!! !!!!!111 1

  30. 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!

  33. 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

  36. BEING FREE OF CAPITALIZATION, SENSE AND REASON IS VERY LIBERATING

    LIBERATING

    LIBERATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  37. 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!!!!

  40. @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!!!!!

  41. 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!!!!!!!!

  42. PER PER PER WIKIPEDIA: October 22 was designated International Stuttering Awareness Day (ISAD) in 1998.

    DUB DUB DUB DOUBLE THE FUN!!!!!!!!!

  43. THIS IS JUST! LIKE! LISTENING TO CAPTAIN! JAMES! T!! KIRK!!!!! HE IS ALL! CAPS! LOCK! ALL THE TIME!!! I! JUST!! NOTICED!!!

  44. 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  45. “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!!!”

  46. 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!!!!

  49. 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.

  50. 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?

  57. 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!

  58. 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!!!!!!!

  62. 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 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  63. 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!

  64. WE GOT TO MAKE IT TO THE CHOPPA!!!!!!! AAAHHH!!!! WE GOT TO GET TO CULLIFORNIA AND DESE KINDS OF THINGS!!!! AAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!

  70. 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!

  72. 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?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?

  73. WE HAVE NEW CLOCKS IN MY OFFICE BUILDING TODAY!!! THESE NEW CLOCKS ARE AWESOME!!! THAT IS ALL!!!!

  75. 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!!

  79. BUT. CAN. WE. ALSO. USE. EXCESSIVE. PUNCTUATION. TO EMPHASIS. EACH. WORD. INDIVIDUALLY. AS. IF. WE. WERE. A. BAD. WILLIAM. SHATNER. IMITATION.

  83. Also, I thought the day when we celebrate the obnoxious and clueless was November 4 this year.

  87. 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!

  90. 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)

  91. DAMNIT, 74!!!!qq!!!111!! I WAS GOING TO MAKE THAT JOKE. DUddeESZZZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  93. 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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  94. jennifer @30:

    I’VE BEEN TRYING TO YEARS TO DELETE MY ASS. IF I HAD KNOWN ALL IT TOOK WAS A KEY…

    LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!

    ME TOO!

  99. 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.

  101. 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.)

  103. 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.

  106. 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

  107. 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!

  109. I HAVE A HEADACHE JUST FROM READING THE COMMENTS! CAN TOMORROW BE ‘NATIONAL WHISPER DAY’?

  112. I don’t really get this site. Do people just repeat others comments or is today just a complete lack of creativity/communist day?

  113. 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 !

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