> What is this “aesthetic” where you don’t capitalize sentences but still follow every other grammar rule?

People with little talent and unimportant messages want to write like Alan Paton[1].

The point they miss is that it worked for Alan Paton because he had a lot of talent and very important messages.

I've seen talentless hacks do something similar, copying the narrative quality of Doctor Manhatten from the Watchmen novel, not realising that it worked for him because he was a being who lived outside of time, but it just makes them look stupid.

[1] "Cry, The Beloved Country", which is one of the more powerful books I've read in my life thus far, next to 1984 and similar. People who virtue signal (you know who you are) should read this; the struggle was real, human grief knows no race boundaries.

super casual, laid back. not really into conflict, just good vibes. somewhat popular because they're disarming and can be empathetic - sometimes faked empathy though by the lowercase vibe they are trying to wear as a social mask. secretly a real people-pleaser and wants to be liked but tries hard not to show it. has those moments at parties where they are really doing well socially, but also a bit of an introvert who has an artistic bent. usually that kind of person.

also occasionally can be a younger college woman who tries to act super chill and friendly with everyone, may behave somewhat like a bro she likes and often thinks that doing fratty things is cool. like omg can u believe we pounded so much tequila last night and we blacked out at sig epi chi and audrey fell into a bush while i peed on the side of the house. totally ripped my skirt in half, im such a hot mess. like guys are we going to the delta chi social tonight, i literally cant stand chad but still think i might hookup w him again

basically that aesthetic.

it seems all right to me. why do we force new users of our language to learn an entirely redundant set of glyphs?

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