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Yes I mean this to anyone repeatedly, consciously fighting natural convention and muscle memory to purposely type every letter in lowercase, knowing that this produces in the reader a slight dissonance and distraction constantly, and choosing to do this instead of using convention that everyone understands so that "syntax" does not become the focus and instead the content of the message does.

Otherwise they're "drawing attention" to the style and themselves for narcissistic reasons. I would simply assume they'd have to know the annoyance this brings to the reader, so I assume it's on purpose.

I would feel the same about someone writing code in a consistently purposeful unorthodox style and against convention in such an obvious and effortful way that no one is used to. Personally, and YMMV, I like to try to write in as clear a way as I can to get my point across as much as possible. Useless stylistic fluff in something that isn't poetry, seems counter to that purpose.

>mistakes

It's not a mistake though to ensure every letter one writes is not following convention and English syntax. Accidents and mistakes are a different thing.




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