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AIBU?

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To silently judge all those with non capitalised usernames

198 replies

QuacksLikeADuck · 20/11/2014 09:46

Consider these two usernames:

  • QuacksLikeADuck
  • quackslikeaduck

IMHO the first one is clearer, easier to read and just looks better!

AIBU to judge a username by its capitalisation and to secretly attribute the following characteristics to the owner of said username...

People with capitalised usernames are:

  • More organised
  • More punctal
  • Neater

People with uncapitalised usernames are:

  • Scatter brained
  • Always late
  • Messy

And even if your username is only one word it should still start with a capital letter!

OK I know IABVVU, and I am probably offending a good 50% of you right now! That's the point of AIBU innit?

But... am I right? Grin

OP posts:
JamaicanMeCrazy · 20/11/2014 11:02

I am going with YABU purely for the fact that starting a thread about it is the complete opposite of silent judging Wink

I happen to find non-capitalised names difficult to read so am with you, but your Aibu was such that you abu Grin

MadeInChorley · 20/11/2014 11:03

Feeling smug

southeastastra · 20/11/2014 11:04

we've had this discussion before and i think the general consensus was \link{http://www.soest.hawaii.edu/expeditions/mariana/images/annsoupy/kids-easter%20soupy%20closeup.jpg\this}

plantsitter · 20/11/2014 11:05

I'm messy and disorganised so you're right! But I am never, ever, late. That puts your nice little labelled box for me where the sun don't shine, don't it?!Rassssp, as they say in the Beano (circa1985 they did anyway)!

IDismyname · 20/11/2014 11:07

In RL I am so judgemental on bad spelling, bad grammar and lack of capitals.

However, when I'm on here, I'm a different person entirely Grin

LiviaDruscillaAugusta · 20/11/2014 11:09

^^

I am organised, punctual and shockingly messy though! Grin

ThatDamnedDog · 20/11/2014 11:09
PoirotsMoustache · 20/11/2014 11:13

Well, I'm definitely not neater, but go ahead and judge that I am, anyway Grin

momb · 20/11/2014 11:13

YADNBU I have all of the flaws you cite, plus I'm ugly and I smell of wee.
Anything else?

DaemonPantalaemon · 20/11/2014 11:13

I love you, OP!!

AdamLambsbreath · 20/11/2014 11:20

Random Capital Letters maker the Poster sound like they are Typing from the Eighteenth Century

skylark2 · 20/11/2014 11:46

I tend to think the opposite. Usernames like yours remind me of forum posters Who Insist On Typing Everything Like This All The Time.

ghostyslovesheep · 20/11/2014 11:50

I am a rebel - and an enigma Grin I like that no one can understand my name

Latara · 20/11/2014 11:58

I'm more organised but I'm late quite often, I'm neat at times & messy at times.

I think I'm a bit mixed up.

flowery · 20/11/2014 12:00

Feel free to judge. I think my username looks better with a lower case f, it's more pleasing to my eye, as someone said earlier. Plus it's an adjective and doesn't really feel like an actual name as such, more a bit of a handle.

larryphilanddave · 20/11/2014 12:01

I am very organised, punctual and neat.

This might sound odd, but the reason I don't capitalise in my name is because the capitals make the name stand out more to me and easier to remember and recognise. I NC regularly and always choose lowercase, as well as just picking a name at random based on whatever is around me at the time, because I just want to disappear a bit on here.

Schoolaroundthecorner · 20/11/2014 12:04

I started off correctly but then got lazy....

ElizaPickford · 20/11/2014 12:04

I am

  • Scatter brained
  • Always late
  • Messy

but I edit stuff for a living. Grin

GerundTheBehemoth · 20/11/2014 12:06

I was going to say that I am punctual, but actually I am nearly always too early, which I guess is just another way of being disorganised.

spiderlight · 20/11/2014 12:06

My lower-case name is deliberate too. It's a quote from the book I was reading when I first signed up to MN and it described my mental state at the time (and most of the time thereafter) - faint, weak and ephemeral. I am neat and very punctual though.

0898 · 20/11/2014 12:07
MrsPiddlewink · 20/11/2014 12:10

at 0898

DiseasesOfTheSheep · 20/11/2014 12:10

Meanwhile I am the least tidy, organised or punctual person in the world...

differentnameforthis · 20/11/2014 12:12

Using capitals is often grammatically incorrect.

elfycat · 20/11/2014 12:12

Sorry but when the ebay name suggester came up with my name it didn't capitalise. Take up your issue with ebay would be my suggestion.