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chjara 六七 
WHEN PEOPLE TALK UNICASE ON THE INTERNET THEY TEND TO USE LOWERCASE LETTERS, BUT CONSIDERING THE HISTORY OF THE LATIN ALPHABET, IT IS FAR MORE CORRECT TO USE ALL CAPS, AS THAT IS THE ORIGINAL UNICASE FORM OF THE ALPHABET, LOWERCASE BEING A LATER INVENTION BASED ON CURSIVE FORMS OF THE LETTERS. IT'S PRETTY CLEAR BY HOW SIGNIFICANTLY MORE METRICALLY CONSISTENT CAPITAL LETTERS ARE COMPARED TO LOWERCASE, IN FACT. THIS IS SURPRISINGLY TIRING TO READ.
Mar 22 at 12:16pmWeb
Show threadMitsuneeMar 22
@[email protected] screen reader be like "double u, hage, eee, en, pee, ee, oh, pee, ell, ee [...]"
Show threadrinMar 22
@chjara ok mr sql
Show threadreia~!Mar 22
@chjara witty reply with an image macro depicting karkat from homestuck with a speech bubble above his head, implying the above post was created by him
Show threadSIN001E/R-SINE | ΘΔ🦈 | 🏳‍⚧Mar 22
@reia @chjara i think this is far too calm and collected for that tbh
Show threadmjdxpMar 22
@chjara thank you, the big letters are easier to read for my tired old eyes

also why are you yelling
Show threadarihi       :ruby_happy:Mar 22
@chjara the roman empire has fallen long ago, freeing us from using shouty caps for writing
Show thread★ 凪鈴【Nagirin】 (Anastácia) 茸形Mar 22
@chjara MY BELIEF IS THAT PURELY CAPITALISED PASSAGES AREN'T MORE TIRING TO READ DUE TO AN INTRINSIC CHARACTER OF BEING UPPERCASE, BUT RATHER BECAUSE IT IS A FORM THAT IS UNUSUAL TO SEE AS MUCH. WE DO NOT READ BY SPELLING OUT EVERY LETTER IN A WORD, WE RECOGNISE THE GENERALISED SHAPE OF A WORD AND INSTANTLY RECALL BASED ON THAT. SINCE 99% OF WHAT WE READ ARE OF STANDARD CAPITALISATION, WE ARE USED TO WORDS LOOKING LIKE THAT, AND AS SUCH FULL CAPITALISATION CAN BE OFFPUTTING AND HARDER TO READ. HOWEVER DUE TO THIS, IS ALSO ATTENTION GRABBING!
Show thread★ 凪鈴【Nagirin】 (Anastácia) 茸形Mar 22
@chjara COMPARE FOR EXAMPLE A FONT THAT IS COMMONLY ALL-CAPS, THE COMIC BOOK FONT, THAT FONT IS NORMAL AND NATURAL AS ALL CAPS, AS WE ARE USED TO IT.
Show threadbartholin (war, war never changes arc)Mar 22
@nagirin @chjara reported for yelling too much on my feed
Show threadNagaramMar 22

@chjara

NOW THE QUESTION IS, IS IT TIRING TO READ BECAUSE OF AN INHERENT ASPECT OF THIS UNICASE OR IS IT DUE TO OUR EDUCATION?

CAN WE TEACH THE KIDS TO READ THIS WITHOUT PERCEIVING IT AS BEING YELLED AT?

Show threadφMar 22
@chjara why r u yelling at me :c
Show threadkc Mar 22
@chjara idk by what process all caps became synonymous with shouting when reading it, but reading it as if it was shouting is in fact tiring
Show threadchjara 六七 Mar 22
@kc I think mostly just because it looks bigger and more emphasized than its surroundings, and emphasized speech is yelling.
Show threadSIN001E/R-SINE | ΘΔ🦈 | 🏳‍⚧Mar 22

@chjara @kc i mean they're even literally called big letters in some languages like Finnish

anyway i think it's also keyboard-related; you need to do extra steps to type in uppercase so lowercase is seen as the "default" like speaking at normal volume while caps is taking extra steps (≈volume) to draw attention to yourself

Show thread🎀 Степан Девятый (Великолепный) 🎀Mar 22
@[email protected]
why is your text so loud in my head
Show threadKevin Karhan Mar 22
@chjara nodds in agreement I think that UPPERCASE ONLY + MONOSPACED is the way to go!
Show threadSinnamon (despicable arc 😈)Mar 22
@[email protected] THIS IS A BOLD AFFIRMATION
Show threadeoaiuastwgMar 22
@[email protected] IT'S JUST A MATTER OF BEING USED TO IT. AFTER A WHILE, YOU WON'T EVEN SEE IT AS ODD ANYMORE. IF YOU'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF READING SOME VERY OLD TEXT FROM COMPUTER SYSTEMS, YOU'LL BE INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THE LIMITATIONS OF THE TIME. METRICAL CONSISTENCY ISN'T AN ISSUE IF YOU'RE USED TO IT. JUST LOOK AT CJK SCRIPTS.
Show threadlucasmz (en)Mar 23
@chjara I think I'm getting a stroke