Current Events > Why do people text-transform random words into all capital letters when posting?

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Life Sympathy
08/21/17 2:45:39 AM
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I never understood the reasoning behind it.
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DoomtheGrav
08/21/17 2:47:27 AM
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WHat
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LinksLiege
08/21/17 2:48:48 AM
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memes
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Mr_Rian
08/21/17 2:49:03 AM
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DoomtheGrav posted...
WHat

Those are just a FEW letters. Not a whole WORD in a sentence.
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DoomtheGrav
08/21/17 2:50:05 AM
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Mr_Rian posted...
DoomtheGrav posted...
WHat

Those are just a FEW letters. Not a whole WORD in a sentence.


u WHAt m8??
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badwinkles
08/21/17 2:54:16 AM
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it's not so much random as a kind of click bait. they emphasize certain words for shock value, it's fucking irritating and I hate every poster that does it

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fuckin quit it
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Axiom
08/21/17 2:56:32 AM
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It can be used to put emphasis on them like IRL how you raise the volume of your voice to emphasize something. Italics work as well

I used it for emphasis in this most recent post

Axiom posted...
http://minnesota.cbslocal.com/2017/08/18/fargo-pro-white-rally/

Lmao this guy is actually nicknamed "Crazy nazi" by HIS OWN FAMILY
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