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I don't dislike it but I don't love the lack of capitalization. Not really sure why that trend is on the uptick.

Zoomers that write in lowercase because it's more "chill"; go figure. It's a pretty reliable indicator that you're talking to someone < 25 years old.

I'm in my 40s now; I was a big lowercase-only typist back in the '90s and much of the '00s. I still do it when using messaging platforms, but tend to use proper capitalization elsewhere, like here.

Funny how it's coming back, with the younger generation embracing it. Everything cycles, I guess.

i've been writing lowercase only since the 90s and i'm a first year millennial

the genz kids are just the first ones who made it broadly acceptable... thank god, because it's a waste of brain cycles without added information - and i'm a native german speaker where it's even more stupid

Capitals are added bits of information. They're the difference between "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" and "i helped my uncle jack off a horse".

You do you, of course, but let's not pretend it's more than a stylistic affectation.

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