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PONY: CAN INTERNATIONAL CAPS LOCK DAY THREAD HAVE ALL TEXT IN ALL CAPS? WORKED IN COMIC SANS THREAD.
posted by l33tpolicywonk to Feature Requests at 8:37 AM (105 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite

No way! Dissenters should be allowed their lowercase protest!
posted by ThePinkSuperhero at 8:38 AM on October 22, 2010 [4 favorites]


Dissent is acceptable - I'm mostly thinking about user names and the like.
posted by l33tpolicywonk at 8:41 AM on October 22, 2010


没门儿
posted by Abiezer at 8:41 AM on October 22, 2010


isn't it spelled "threat"?
posted by Namlit at 8:50 AM on October 22, 2010


Would be a lot easier if there was a tag for ALL CAPS.
posted by smackfu at 8:53 AM on October 22, 2010


i just got back from the gun range, it was fun.

是方式
posted by clavdivs at 9:00 AM on October 22, 2010


LOUD NOISES
posted by djgh at 9:01 AM on October 22, 2010 [2 favorites]


My, my. Is it International Ruin A Joke's Potential By Suggesting It Be Made day already? Thank god it only comes once a year.
posted by bondcliff at 9:02 AM on October 22, 2010


And for talk like a pirate day you could automatically put "Arrgh!" at the end of every sentence. That would never get old!
posted by TedW at 9:09 AM on October 22, 2010


I'MMA PUT A CAP IN YO THREAD
posted by zarq at 9:09 AM on October 22, 2010 [8 favorites]


Caps lock is really hard on iPad, just sayin'
posted by The Whelk at 9:12 AM on October 22, 2010


SO WAIT, IS IT JUST CAPS LOCK DAY, OR IS IT CAPSLOCK/I DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL DAY?
posted by Grither at 9:13 AM on October 22, 2010


Caps lock is really hard on iPad, just sayin'

Should have bought an IPAD.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 9:14 AM on October 22, 2010 [16 favorites]


In honor of erico's awesome anagram comment I think every user name should instead be replaced with an anagram of CAPS LOCK DAY. I call LADY SPA COCK.
posted by The Bellman at 9:23 AM on October 22, 2010


WHT TH HLL S GNG N N HRE?? JST WNTD T BY CR!!
posted by Devils Rancher at 9:23 AM on October 22, 2010


MODS ARE U ASLEEP

My electric shock pager has been neutralized in the bathtub. I am awake now. Did you want something?
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 9:28 AM on October 22, 2010


Does one just use the <font = "ALL CAPS BITCHES"> for that?
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 9:28 AM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


goodness is it time for Slack Ad Copy already?

although I do like Pads La Cocky as well.
posted by edgeways at 9:31 AM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


"Caps lock" is really hard on the "iPad", in you know what I'm sayin'.
posted by Wolfdog at 9:31 AM on October 22, 2010


I want SKY CLAP CODA, because I've managed to persuade myself that it's a poetic description of thunder.
posted by box at 9:32 AM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


> Caps lock is really hard on iPad, just sayin'

SETTINGS > GENERAL > KEYBOARD > ENABLE CAPS LOCK > ON
posted by ardgedee at 9:33 AM on October 22, 2010


OH MY GOD ARDGEDEE. YOU JUST MADE MY DAY. AND POSSIBLY RUINED MY PLANS WITH OTHER PEOPLE FOR THE DAY.
posted by Rory Marinich at 9:38 AM on October 22, 2010


HOLY SHIT YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
posted by The Whelk at 9:39 AM on October 22, 2010


box: I want SKY CLAP CODA, because I've managed to persuade myself that it's a poetic description of thunder.

You wouldn't say that if you'd ever had it. Thank God for sky penicillin.
posted by MCMikeNamara at 9:39 AM on October 22, 2010


DAMN THESE SPACE CRABS
posted by The Whelk at 9:40 AM on October 22, 2010


I am glad this is not the same day as Talk Like a Pirate Day or else there would be lot's of YARRRRRRRRRRRRRRs.
posted by pointystick at 9:42 AM on October 22, 2010


Auto-pirate filter for talk like a pirate day!
posted by Artw at 9:46 AM on October 22, 2010


I'm just here to claim COCK PALSY AD, because I think it would be hilarious to see whatever that might look like.

"Got cock palsy? Shaky dick? Tremblemember? Ask your doctor about Wangocin from Bristol-Meyer."
posted by Skot at 9:57 AM on October 22, 2010 [6 favorites]


I'd like everyone to notice how mature I'm being wrt cock palsy.
posted by The Whelk at 10:01 AM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


Didn't we used to get images back specially for YADKOOLSPAC threads?
posted by Eideteker at 10:01 AM on October 22, 2010


also 12:01 am EST on 10/22 is not an acceptable time to post the capslock day thread.
posted by Lutoslawski at 10:04 AM on October 22, 2010


I DON'T KNOW WHY WE'RE SHOUTING.
posted by sonika at 10:07 AM on October 22, 2010


omg. posted before I realized that was THIS YEAR's CAPSLOCK thread. So, should I just go ahead and post the 2011 capslock day thread?
posted by Lutoslawski at 10:08 AM on October 22, 2010


So we're going to request a special pony for every fake holiday created by Hallmark to sell greeting cards? On a related note - I can't wait until the mail comes today so I can get my International Cap Locks Day card from Grandma with the fifty cent McDonalds gift certificate.
posted by Slack-a-gogo at 10:09 AM on October 22, 2010


Mind you , I could really get behind a "shut the fuck up day". Course that would mean our entire society would implode and we'd be eating feral dogs inside a week. Screw it, it's still a good idea.
posted by edgeways at 10:21 AM on October 22, 2010


So we're going to request a special pony for every fake holiday created by Hallmark to sell greeting cards?

I'M SO SORRY YOUR WIFE HAD AN AFFAIR WITH ME WHILE YOU WERE HAVING YOUR SPLEEN OUT. I'M ALSO SORRY THEY ACCIDENTALLY TOOK OUT YOUR GALL BLADDER INSTEAD. GET WELL BUT NOT WELL ENOUGH TO HURT ME, PLEASE. HAPPY CAPSL VALENTINES!
posted by Devils Rancher at 10:25 AM on October 22, 2010


I am sure e.e. cummings rolls in his grave on every anniversary of this special occasion.
posted by bearwife at 10:51 AM on October 22, 2010


'The seeds of Cummings' unconventional style appear well established even in his earliest work. At age six, he wrote to his father:'

FATHER DEAR. BE, YOUR FATHER-GOOD AND GOOD,
HE IS GOOD NOW, IT IS NOT GOOD TO SEE IT RAIN,
FATHER DEAR IS, IT, DEAR, NO FATHER DEAR,
LOVE, YOU DEAR,
ESTLIN.
posted by clavdivs at 11:01 AM on October 22, 2010 [2 favorites]


CLOACA ENDS A PORKY PONY QUEST?
posted by Ahab at 11:01 AM on October 22, 2010


:)
posted by clavdivs at 11:01 AM on October 22, 2010


Ṋ̵̭̋̎ͯ̈́̒̅͜ô̶͍̼͍̼̱̬̲ͩ̀̚!̷̬̦̱͚̺ͫ̐
posted by Splunge at 11:13 AM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


That's sounding pretty good to me right now, edgeways. Got any favorite feral dog recipes?
posted by hattifattener at 11:24 AM on October 22, 2010


WHAT?!
posted by 1000monkeys at 11:27 AM on October 22, 2010


I CAN'T HEAR YOU, SPEAK UP DAMNIT!
posted by 1000monkeys at 11:27 AM on October 22, 2010


NO MAN IS AN ISLAND
posted by Sailormom at 11:33 AM on October 22, 2010


I AM A ROCK. I AM AN ISTHMUS.
posted by Devils Rancher at 11:35 AM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


I VOTE NO.
posted by cjorgensen at 11:36 AM on October 22, 2010


I can't possibly be YELLED at for DERAILING the conversation at the BOTTOM of THIS thread, now could i?
posted by The Lady is a designer at 11:42 AM on October 22, 2010


I VOTE NO SO THAT WE CAN IDENTIFY THE DECENTERS AND ROUND THEM UP FOR THE UPCOMING CAPSOPOKOLYPSE.

WE START WITH UFEZ.
posted by eyeballkid at 11:42 AM on October 22, 2010


PENINSULA
posted by Sailormom at 11:44 AM on October 22, 2010


At age six, he wrote to his father.

I noticed that it in the cummings' Wikipedia entry too. Then I reflected - well, he was six.

Also of interest in that entry -- One Cummings scholar believes that on the rare occasions that Cummings signed his name in all lowercase, he may have intended it as a gesture of humility
posted by bearwife at 11:49 AM on October 22, 2010


If only we had a capitalized comic sans form of zalgo with which to talk like a pirate. That'd be pretty special.
posted by empyrean at 11:50 AM on October 22, 2010


PONY REQUEST: COULD WE PLEASE HAVE THE CAPS LOCK DAY THREAD AUTOMATICALLY PRINT ONTO REAMS OF GOLD-LINED PAPYRUS WITH INK MADE FROM CONDOR EGGS AND BALD EAGLE HEADS?
posted by Sticherbeast at 11:56 AM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


PONY REQUEST: COULD WE PLEASE HAVE THE CAPS LOCK DAY THREAD AUTOMATICALLY PRINT ONTO REAMS OF GOLD-LINED PAPYRUS WITH INK MADE FROM CONDOR EGGS AND BALD EAGLE HEADS?

I GUESS YOU'RE NOT USING CHROME AS YOUR BROWSER THEN
posted by Shepherd at 11:57 AM on October 22, 2010 [4 favorites]


"Tremblemember"

GREAT BAND. THEIR FIRST ALBUM "WHEN THE LAST DROP FALLS" WAS AWESOME BUT THEY SOLD OUT WHEN THEY LET THE STEAK AND SHAKE USE THEIR MUSIC IN THEIR COMMERCIALS
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 12:03 PM on October 22, 2010


IT MAY NOT ALWAYS BE CAPS LOCK DAY; AND I SAY
THAT IF YOUR CAPS LOCK, WHICH I HAVE LOVED, SHOULD TURN
OFF, AND YOUR DEAR MAGICAL IPAD FAIL
TO CAPSLOCK, AS FROM THE SPACE BAR NOT FAR AWAY;
IF ON ANOTHER'S METAFILTER THREAD YOUR SWEET CAPS LAY
IN SUCH A LOCK AS I KNOW, OR SUCH
GREAT UNPUNCTUATED WORDS AS, CAPITALIZING OVERMUCH,
STAND MAGNIFICENTLY BEFORE THE MINISCULES AT BAY;

IF THIS SHOULD BE, I SAY IF THIS SHOULD BE --
YOU OF MY CAPSLOCK, SEND ME A LITTLE POST;
THAT I MAY REPLY IN ALL CAPS, AND TAKE A FAVORITE,
SAYING, ACCEPT ALL CAPSLOCKINESS FROM ME.
THEN I SHALL TURN MY CAPS LOCK OFF, AND HEAR ONE PIRATE
TALK TERRIBLY CLICHÉD IN THE LOST ARCHIVES.
posted by Zozo at 12:06 PM on October 22, 2010 [3 favorites]


NONE OF THE OTHER THREADS ARE IN UPPERCASE WHY DOES METAFILTER NOT RESPECT MY CULTURE
posted by charred husk at 12:09 PM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


BIG SAM:
WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY BELOVED BUTTON SWEETHEARTS
WAR IS NOT EASY TO WANK YOU PIEHOLE NIBBLE FINGER
NUTSACK RACKSLACKJAWS. POETRY? SAY THAT TO THE SLANT ASTERIKSHIFTTY BASTARD RIGHT NEXT TO YOU CLOTHED IN OUR BELOVED CTRL AIRSPACE
MAVIS BEACON WILL NOT YOU. TIGHTEN THOSE COLONS OR I WILL
SEND YOU TO ARROW-SMALL 101, AGAIN.
WAR IS HATE AND TYPING IS POGE-LIKE BEHAVIOR.
CARRY ON
posted by clavdivs at 12:35 PM on October 22, 2010


AND UNTIL MY BELOVED UNITED KEYBOARD STARTS ANOTHER FINE WAR TO KEEP MR. LOCKS IN BATTERIES
BIGSAM IS SEMI-RETIRED.
posted by clavdivs at 12:38 PM on October 22, 2010


BTW, THAT IS TOTALLY POSSIBLE WITH THE CSS PROPERTY TEXT-TRANSFORM VALUE "UPPERCASE".

but if some mods want to rain on the capslock parade... :(
posted by fontophilic at 12:45 PM on October 22, 2010




eMPATH ARE YOU JUST ASKING FOR AN ePONY?
posted by The Lady is a designer at 12:52 PM on October 22, 2010


HAS ANYONE ELSE HAD ISSUES CONNECTING TO METAFILTER FROM eWORLD?
posted by Sticherbeast at 1:05 PM on October 22, 2010


Can someone with more tact than me post this article to the front page?

Title: "WHAT A CROC!"

Post Text: "THE LATEST DARWIN AWARD WINNERS ARE OUT, AND THEY'RE TASTY!" [MORE INSIDE]

PETA STATEMENT: "WE MOURN THE INNOCENT DEFENSELESS ITTY BITTY CROCODILE THAT TRAGICALLY LOST ITS LIFE TODAY, IN AN HORRIFIC PLANE CRASH."

PRICES ON SALVATORE FERRAGAMO BABY CROCODILE SHOES HAVE GONE UP SLIGHTLY IN RESPONSE TO THIS INCIDENT.

HOW'S THAT? :D
posted by zarq at 1:07 PM on October 22, 2010


I could really get behind a "shut the fuck up day"

I can rant incoherently in MeTa, right? Because I'm going to. Who are people talking to on phones all the time? People are talking on phones in traffic, waiting on line, walking down the sidewalk, in bathroom stalls, on operating tables... who are they talking to? I mean, obviously they're talking to all the other people on their phones at a disco or driving through the carwash, but why? Are they really so afraid of their own thoughts? Doesn't anybody want some fucking quiet?

WHICH I GUESS IS THE OPPOSITE OF CAPSLOCK BUT STILL.
posted by uncleozzy at 1:13 PM on October 22, 2010


Wait, was it the crocodile that crashed the plane or did it just kill 19?
posted by The Lady is a designer at 1:14 PM on October 22, 2010


...but why?

ALERT! HE'S CATCHING ON. ACTIVATE EMERGENCY PROTOCOL 6 AND SWITCH TO TEXT MESSAGING.
posted by zarq at 1:16 PM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


THIS REALLY WASN'T THE CROCODILE'S FAULT.
posted by uncleozzy at 1:17 PM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


GREAT NOW WELL BE LIMITED TO ONLY 2 OUNCES OF CROCODILE ON PLANES
posted by The Whelk at 1:18 PM on October 22, 2010 [6 favorites]


THE PASSENGER INSIDE OF THE CROCODILE KILLED ALL 19 PLANES
posted by Sticherbeast at 1:18 PM on October 22, 2010


ARE CHOCODILES STILL OKAY?
posted by uncleozzy at 1:18 PM on October 22, 2010


Wait, was it the crocodile that crashed the plane or did it just kill 19?

THE CROCODILE PANICKED THE PASSENGERS. THEY RAN TO THE FRONT OF THE PLANE. CAUSING AN IMBALANCE. THE PILOT COULDN'T COMPENSATE. THE CROC SURVIVED THE CRASH, ONLY TO BE HACKED TO DEATH WITH A MACHETE.
posted by zarq at 1:21 PM on October 22, 2010


I GOOGLED CHOCODILES AND GOT BOTH HOSTESS CAKEYTHINGYS AND LOVELY YOUNG LADIES IN PANTIES

THANK YOU METAFILTER ILUSM
posted by elizardbits at 1:22 PM on October 22, 2010


Doesn't anybody want some fucking quiet?

I just turn the phone off. I'll realize a few days later that it's been off. And then I'll turn it on again. And no one calls, most of the time. This is fine, it's sort of normal for me, but the thing I wonder about these people is "Are they leading some completely different life from mine? I don't even know if I COULD be having that many conversations, much less wanting to."

Also yes, Chocodiles are okay.
posted by jessamyn (staff) at 1:23 PM on October 22, 2010 [2 favorites]


I have memories of long talks on the phone

I think

I need to figure out how to do that again
posted by The Lady is a designer at 1:26 PM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


THERE IS NOT ENOUGH CAPS LOCK IN THIS THREAD. C'MON, PEOPLE. ALLCAPS OR GTFO!
posted by 1000monkeys at 1:37 PM on October 22, 2010


I HAVE A CHOCODILE. IN MY PANTS.
posted by loquacious at 1:38 PM on October 22, 2010


I GOT YOUR ALLCAPS RITE HERE
posted by carsonb at 1:42 PM on October 22, 2010


You're in teh WRONG thread dude, this one is for PONIES
posted by The Lady is a designer at 1:43 PM on October 22, 2010


i like turtles
posted by not_on_display at 1:47 PM on October 22, 2010


The only (mobile) phone calls I've made this year have been to Mrs Morte when I've wandered off and become lost in a shop. Maybe all those people making calls everywhere are just lost. I'm going to pretend that's it, because it's a nice thought.
posted by le morte de bea arthur at 1:52 PM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


I TALK ON MY PHONE SO PEOPLE WILL THINK I IMITATE A MILLIONARE AT PARTIES.
posted by The Whelk at 2:01 PM on October 22, 2010


I AM GOING TO FLAG ALL COMMENTS IN THIS THREAD THAT AREN'T POSTED IN ALL CAPS!
posted by 1000monkeys at 2:06 PM on October 22, 2010


NOT REALLY.
posted by 1000monkeys at 2:06 PM on October 22, 2010


I'm pretty sure that mental health services have deteriorated to the point where if you hear voices, they just give you as broken cell phone and tell you "respond into this," and shove you out the door.
posted by Devils Rancher at 2:11 PM on October 22, 2010 [4 favorites]


So that's what happened to all the RAZRs
posted by The Lady is a designer at 2:16 PM on October 22, 2010


I'M TIRED OF ALL THESE MOTHERFUCKIN' CROCS ON THIS MOTHERFUCKIN' PLANE!

SORRY, I COULD NOT RESIST.
posted by misha at 2:37 PM on October 22, 2010


COWER BRIEF MORTALS, FOR YOU HAVE DELUDED YOURSELVES INTO BELIEVING YOU CAN SPEAK AS I. YOU ARE MISTAKEN.

SQUEEK!

ALSO, WHAT THE RAT SAID.

posted by quin at 2:59 PM on October 22, 2010 [2 favorites]


I have no opinion on caps-lock-ing the whole page.

But I would like to see the whole page in blink. And marquee, in multiple directions simultaneously.
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 3:08 PM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


في اللغة العربيّة لا توجد، مع الأسف
posted by lapsangsouchong at 3:17 PM on October 22, 2010 [2 favorites]


I actually still think Snakes on a Plane is funny
posted by NoraReed at 3:30 PM on October 22, 2010


في اللغة العربيّة لا توجد، مع الأسف

AH, but it is about the keyboard, which is universal, regardless the language.

perhaps a solution would be bold to use bold face script.
posted by clavdivs at 4:25 PM on October 22, 2010


ok, windows 7, how do i pin the spellchecker to the taskbar.
posted by clavdivs at 4:27 PM on October 22, 2010


WHAT IS BOTH A KEY AND A LOCK

CAPS LOCK
posted by oulipian at 4:27 PM on October 22, 2010 [4 favorites]


HOW IS A RAVEN LIKE A WRITING DESK?

THEY BOTH SUPPORTED POE
posted by The Whelk at 4:31 PM on October 22, 2010


CAPS LOCK IN SMALL FONT LOOKS ALMOST BUT NOT QUITE LIKE LOWER CASE.
posted by Effigy2000 at 4:33 PM on October 22, 2010


HEREATIC SUPPORT ONE TRUE UPPERCASE
posted by The Whelk at 4:34 PM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


ALL AFSC 1N6 WILL NOW MONITOR IN ALL CAPS.
posted by buzzman at 4:51 PM on October 22, 2010


How about smallcaps?
posted by Artw at 4:55 PM on October 22, 2010


FIRE CLEANSES ALL
posted by The Whelk at 4:59 PM on October 22, 2010


CAPS LOCK PONY RESPECTS YOUR ENTHUSIASM.

She'd also like to lick you 'till you're soggy, if you don't mind.
posted by galadriel at 7:34 PM on October 22, 2010 [1 favorite]


no no no no no no damn it
posted by Splunge at 12:11 PM on October 23, 2010


CAN ANYONE HEAR ME? THIS PHONE ISNT RESPONDING TO MY PLEAS
posted by Potomac Avenue at 12:10 AM on October 24, 2010


HOW ABOUT NOW CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? *CRIES* I MISS CAPS LOCK DAY
posted by Potomac Avenue at 12:11 AM on October 24, 2010


Who are people talking to on phones all the time?

SOME OF US ARE JUST WAY MORE IMPORTANT THAN YOU. FOR INSTANCE SOMETIMES I HAVE TO BE ON CALL 24/7 BECAUSE SOMEONE MIGHT NOT KNOW HOW TO TURN A SURGE PROTECTOR ON AND IF I CAN'T TELL THEM THAT THE SURGE PROTECTOR HAS AN ON BUTTON THEN EVERYONE HAS A SAD DAY. ALSO I HAVE FRIENDS AND STUFF AND THEY'RE ALL LIKE EDBLES WE SHOULD HANG OUT AND IM LIKE I KNOW LETS HANG OUT. IN CONCLUSION CELL PHONES ARE A GREAT WAY TO KEEP IN TOUCH WITH PEOPLE.
posted by edbles at 2:16 PM on October 25, 2010 [3 favorites]


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