Comments on: INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY

Question: INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY

russmail — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:37:24 -0800

CAPSLOCKFILTER: OK - I have to ask: what's up with the International Caps Lock Day post over on blue, and the >350 comments? Someone please explain!

By: dial-tone

dial-tone — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:40:35 -0800

IT'S INTERTNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY AND METAFILTER LOVES A PARTY. ALSO THIS MIGHT BE BETTER IN METATALK!

By: cerebus19

cerebus19 — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:40:43 -0800

This seems like it would be a better question for MetaTalk.

By: LarryC

LarryC — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 10:45:04 -0800

WHAT'S TO EXPLAIN?

By: davidmsc

davidmsc — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:04:33 -0800

It's basically a geek holiday -- an opportunity for techies and webheads to indulge their inner nerd by using ALL CAPS, which is a non-threatening way to mock non-techies, who frequently use ALL CAPS without realizing that it is considered rude and the online equivalent of SHOUTING.

By: weapons-grade pandemonium

weapons-grade pandemonium — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:11:50 -0800

TEH CAPS LOCK IS POPULAR BECAUSE SOMETIMES YOU DON'T WANT A PRODUCT THAT WILL NOT MARK CLOTHING OR UPHOLSTERY BUT WILL REPEL DOMESTIC RABBITS AND ALSO MAKE A FINE SAME-SEX ANNIVERSARY GIFT OR TIP FOR THE GUYS COMING TO CLEAN OUT YOUR HOUSE OR TRANSPLANT YOUR 32 BIT INTEGERS AND DEEPEN YOUR RELATIONSHIPS. SOMETIMES YOU FIND ANSWERS IN WISECRACKS. NOTE TO MATT; THIS IS A SERIOUS ANSWER. REPEAT SERIOUS.

By: Jairus

Jairus — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:11:55 -0800

I'M NOT SURE I UNDERSTAND THE QUESTION.

By: russmail

russmail — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:16:57 -0800

OH HA HA YOU FCUKERS....

By: blue_beetle

blue_beetle — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:30:47 -0800

By: fionab

fionab — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:40:24 -0800

OH GOD, RUSSMAIL yOUR WAY 2 FUNNY ,LIKE FUNNY HAHA!!!1!

I'm sorry. But this is a serious answer too, I'm using his answer and the subject in question as the basis of irony against which, oh, nevermind. But I am serious.

By: caddis

caddis — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:56:51 -0800

IS THIS A SERIOUS QUESTION?

By: angry modem

angry modem — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:08:28 -0800

WE JUST MADE IT UP A FEW YEARS AGO IN #MEFI ACTUALLY

By: mischief

mischief — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 12:44:42 -0800

Some people are easily amused, russmail. tsk tsk

By: cribcage

cribcage — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:27:11 -0800

There's nothing to explain. It's like "Talk Like a Pirate Day." It's an incredibly moronic gag that would have to mount a stepladder to reach the Three Stooges. Y'know the idiots who "FIRST POST!!!" on Slashdot and who bob around here posting: "MetaFilter: What's with International Caps Lock Day?" It's a holiday for those brain-dead imbeciles, on the outside chance one of them ever gets a job.

By: S.C.

S.C. — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 13:29:23 -0800

MetaFilter: a holiday for those brain-dead imbeciles, on the outside chance one of them ever gets a job.

(I'm so sorry.)

By: languagehat

languagehat — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:14:36 -0800

The first time I saw a CAPS LOCK DAY post I thought "This is really stupid, I hope it gets deleted." Then I made the mistake of reading the thread and by the time I'd gotten through the first couple hundred comments I had completely gotten into the spirit of it.

I HAVE NO JOB AND I MUST CAPS-LOCK!

By: Navek Rednam

Navek Rednam — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:15:05 -0800

It's popular because there's nothing to discuss, nothing to bicker about and it's about having fun doing something silly where you don't have to look silly.

By: By The Grace of God

By The Grace of God — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 14:32:47 -0800

blue_beetle, how did you get that little text-entry field in there?

By: I Love Tacos

I Love Tacos — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:01:37 -0800

By: pyramid termite

pyramid termite — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:15:32 -0800

we're being silly for the sake of being silly ... once in awhile, we need something like that

By: matildaben

matildaben — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 17:26:47 -0800

Sounds like a little bit of MetaChat over here in miffie-land.

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:38:55 -0800

more info

By: fishfucker

fishfucker — Sat, 22 Oct 2005 18:40:58 -0800

btw, two textarea tags in a row really breaks the preview, as you might expect.

By: phewbertie

phewbertie — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 01:16:08 -0800

Russmail--Thanks for asking. I was going to ask the same question but finally settled on sending a link to my daughter to see if she got it. This would not be the first post that sailed right over my head. Have pity whipper-snappers, the goats are trying.

By: blag

blag — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 05:07:26 -0800

Metafilter: I finally settled on sending a link to my daughter to see if she got it.

So, so very sorry

By: poweredbybeard

poweredbybeard — Sun, 23 Oct 2005 09:47:29 -0800

Metafilter: So, so very sorry

(I'm pockmarked with sorryness)