Jan 22 2010For Breaking News Always Use CAPS-LOCK
Using CAPS in text is the typed equivalent of screaming. I do it for emphasis, but my relatives tend to use it because they're stupid and want to make sure the latest "FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FW: FUNNY ANIMAL PICTURES" chain email they've sent really grabs my attention. But apparently it's all (CAPS) systems go if we're talking breaking news! CAPS-LOCK: BECAUSE BREAKING NEWS CAN'T WAIT FOR THOSE LOWERCASE PUSSIES.
BREAKING NEWS REQUIRES ALL CAPS [gizmodo]
Thanks to Sharon, who actually does scream all the time in real life and may or may not be related to Susie Greene.
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Reader Comments
1. allison - January 22, 2010 4:30 PM
first!
2. jerry - January 22, 2010 4:31 PM
Second!
3. happyface - January 22, 2010 4:34 PM
third
4. Closet Nerd - January 22, 2010 4:36 PM
LOUD NOISES!
I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'RE YELLING ABOUT!
5. jonny - January 22, 2010 4:42 PM
@1
YOU ARE MY HERO
6. CLOUD007 - January 22, 2010 4:52 PM
@1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
just wanted to you to know your all FAGS
and who ever is @6 rocks., wait thats me
7. CLOUD007 - January 22, 2010 4:53 PM
owned bitches !!!
*pew pew*
8. RICHARD MCBEEF - January 22, 2010 4:53 PM
FUCKTARDED FIRSTTARDS FISTFUCK FAMILY FRIENDS
9. Asperflux - January 22, 2010 5:06 PM
LONG LIVE THE ROBOTS.
10. om3ga - January 22, 2010 5:24 PM
N O F U C K I N G W A A A A A Y Y Y Y ! ! !
11. ciao - January 22, 2010 5:26 PM
hrm...guess the event was too incredible that they forgot to place in the text. >:D
ARRGGGGGGG.....
12. ALWAYS 1ST AT GEEKOLO - January 22, 2010 5:49 PM
FAGS, ALL OF YOU
13. Sean - January 22, 2010 6:24 PM
I build those kinds of graphics as part of my job, and more often than not, titles and subtitles in news graphics are in all caps by default.
Take a closer look at your news, you'll see that nearly anything that's supposed to be just a few words long will be in all caps. It's just part of the Style Guide.
This one was obviously just a goof, someone accidentally saved the template and no one thought to take a second look. It happens.
14. naas - January 22, 2010 7:01 PM
I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO COMMENT USING CAPSLOCK SEEING THAT BREAKING NEWS FOLLOWS THIS MANNER - THEREFORE
CAPSLOCK BITCHES AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
15. Jim Shooter - January 22, 2010 7:59 PM
THIS JUST IN. FOX NEWS IS EVIL.
16. JIMMYDOGBALLZ - January 22, 2010 8:04 PM
AT WORK THEY ASK THAT ALL INFORMATION IS ENTERED USING CAPSLOCK. THIS INCLUDES NOTE WE ENTER ON OUR PATIENTS. I'M PRETTY SURE THE PROGRAM WE USE WAS CREATED IN THE 50s.
17. saaand - January 22, 2010 8:35 PM
CAPS-LOCK: if you want to be DEAD SERIOUS
18. graf zeppelin - January 24, 2010 2:31 AM
reminds me of that time I accidentally left the dummy headline "headline headline headline" in a national newspaper.
19. Le Meow - January 24, 2010 11:17 AM
DEFINITELY ONE OF THE FUNNIER POSTS AS OF LATE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
20. Eric Martindale - February 1, 2010 12:03 PM
HAVE THEY NOT HEARD OF strtoupper(), toUpperCase(), ET AL?!
FIX THIS IN CODE YOU CHEAP BASTARDS. YOU ARE THE REASON WHY USER ERROR IS SO EFFECTIVE AT BREAKING THINGS.
Srsly tho'. Fail.
21. China Sourcing - March 15, 2010 10:52 PM
why there are so many COPS?