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> I hope my snarky joke wasn't too annoying Don't worry, he always writes like this.
by deng 9mo ago
> I hope my snarky joke wasn't too annoying
Don't worry, he always writes like this.
- komali2 9mo agoI think it's a trend among tech founders, I've seen some on Twitter doing it, and then a bunch of hanger-ons copying the behavior.
- renewiltord 9mo agoYou’re right. Sam Altman does this and others repeat it like people used to wear black turtlenecks.
- palmotea 9mo agoNot just tech founders. Jeffrey Epstein writing is just atrocious. Like how does anyone habitually use a commas ,, like this? I've heard it referred to as a "flex," basically doing something stupid to rub it in that you can get away with it.
- throwaway81523 9mo agoI took that as an indicator that the person was using an on-screen phone keyboard.
- komali2 9mo ago"Dictated but not read"
- georgemcbay 9mo agoI think it goes back a lot further than Twitter. As someone who hung out on IRC way back in the 1990s (and internet-knew Limor from Adafruit back before her handle was Ladyada) I associate this writing style with the culture of a lot of the hacker-related IRC channels I used to hang out in back then. Some of the same people from that era did in fact turn out to be tech founders and maybe that's how it got carried over into the Twitter-verse, but it predates that.
- quesera 9mo agoCorroborating. It goes way back to the early 90s IRC and MUD cultures, from which many of us sprung. Limor came to the scene a bit later, but the culture was well-established. Most of us would code shift when writing in other milieux, some weaned ourselves off the habit when our work started interfacing with nonreceptive readers, and a few retained the affectation to make a statement (or an anti-statement!). It's amusing to see the style resurface in a new generation though. I guess it's no more odd than when 20 year olds unknowingly emulate the dress and mannerisms from when their parents were young. We just smile and recall the age when we thought we were being different too. :)
- throwaway81523 9mo ago> early 90s IRC and MUD cultures It goes back before that. There were well known Usenet folks who adhered to the style. The 1970s-and-earlier Arpanet was before my time, but I'm sure it existed then too ;).
- stickfigure 9mo agoYou whippersnappers! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._E._Cummings
- quesera 9mo agoYou know, I was trying to remember if anyone from Usenet did similarly, but I couldn't think of anyone. I was a bit post-Great Renaming into well post-Eternal September. And we may have followed different groups. The style arises spontaneously in isolated individuals and groups of course (at least since e. e. cummings!), but it was pervasive-to-universal on IRC and MUDs. I do wonder how it trickled into there though. The most boring answer is probably the correct one. it was slightly easier to type and kids are naturally flexible.
- CamperBob2 9mo agoExplanation: https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm https://calteches.library.caltech.edu/51/2/CargoCult.htm
- Sulf1re 8mo agoi'm 50+ I rarely capitalise, since i use punctuation and the need for capitals to break up the flow of barely legible cursive is not there. what's the point? other than social compliance. these things need purpose to live. london is still London, even without the capital. i am still me, even if I'm not overstating my own self-importance. this sentence still had a clear beginning, even if i didn't highlight it with a T. capitals are a leftover of cursive.
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