THE BEST SHOUTING ON THE INTERNET
Posted: November 20th, 2010 | Author: Sam Bueno de Mesquita | Filed under: blogging, Content, Copy, Twitter | 2 Comments »I have noticed a DISTURBING TREND on the social web. Some people, some SO-CALLED friends of mine, some CLEVER, INFLUENTIAL people, seem to think that we no longer need capital letters. This is more than that tedious dotcom boom thing of ‘let’s put our logo in lower case to make it seem more ‘Internet’.’ This is a TERRIFYING attempt to remove one of our language’s most delightful nuances.
Great comedy is about many things. But for me, mostly, it is all about SHOUTING. So before the CAPS LOCK NAZIS come to LOCK UP my favourite key, here is the BEST SHOUTING ON THE INTERNET:
Youtube:
The BEARS are who we THOUGHT they were…
Oh, I’m sorry, what I said was HOW WOULD YOU LIKE TO…
LEEEERROOOY Jenkins…
On Twitter:
Hard to explain @CaitlinMoran‘s appeal in one selected Tweet , but follow her and you’ll rapidly start to appreciate the power of the CAPS LOCK:
On Facebook:
There are many good jokes on Cage Against the Machine but the CONSTANT SHOUTING remains the best one.
Anything I’ve missed? Chuck it in the comments:
