Talk:Law of exclamation

Coined March 2008? Yah right. I nomnomnom this yummy tidbit for going bye bye soon...  ħ uman  20:42, 9 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I disagree.... It wasn't coined in march 2008, it was simply mentioned in a major article for the first time in March 2008. I think we all know this is true, and whether or not the name sticks, I think it deserves an article... However, I specifically refrained from calling it a law and putting all the category stuff on it, that was done by someone else. SirChuckB  15:07, 10 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I dunno, just because she says "In fact, we're developing another theory here: The more exclamation points used in an e-mail, the less true it actually is. (Ditto for excessive use of capital letters.)" doesn't mean the concept hasn't been used multiple times before on teh nets. What she says is "true", of course - the factcheck people are saying it to each other regarding this topic and probably others.  But I argue they surely weren't the first to come up with the idea, and naming it after one of them is really pushing it. IMHO.  ħ uman  17:17, 10 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I had heard something along these lines before, but this is the first time I've seen in articulated in an actual article anywhere.... which is why I picked that name. If you have anything else you'd like to name it, I won't really complain. SirChuckB  10:14, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * How about the "TRUTH OR NOT!!! law"?  ħ uman  17:54, 11 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I thought of stuff like that... But I figured it'd be better to stretch the concept and use a name rather than getting something that's uncomfortalble to say.... I was thinking something like the law of exclamation or Law of viral email or something like that. SirChuckB  13:19, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I like "Law of exclamation" quite well - enough that I thought I thought it up myself! If we are the only people calling it R's T, no one will ever find it.  I think we should rename it and add it to the other internet laws...  ħ uman  19:20, 12 September 2008 (EDT)
 * I have no objections SirChuckB  11:30, 15 September 2008 (EDT)
 * You move it. That way the silly "article creation" thing accrues to you.  'K?   ħ uman  00:32, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

(Unindent) Oh, no problem... I'll do it first thing Tuesday. SirChuckB  01:15, 16 September 2008 (EDT)

Capitals indicate a bird-brain?
Somewhat related, but not as extreme as the yelling capslock: Every now and then I see someone using Capital letters as Emphasis, and very often they show other signs of tending towards the unskilled end of the Dunning-Kruger spectrum. I believe this is related to Albert Bernstein's claim that birdbrains, or what he calls dinosaur brains, often apply vocal emphasis inappropriately. I've heard native English speakers do this on occasion, when someone sounds as if they keep coming back to a certain word as a mantra, laying extra stress on it whenever it pops up in the flow of speech. Has anyone else seen this Phenomenon? Sprocket J Cogswell (talk) 15:20, 1 November 2012 (UTC)
 * Yes. Evil fascist oh noez 15:31, 1 November 2012 (UTC)