When did ALL-CAPS type become YELLING?

Ridiculous History

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History, Society & Culture

4.2 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2018

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

You've seen them before, whether in a forwarded spam email, a strangely passionate Facebook post or a weirdly emphatic comment on your favorite website: THE DREADED ALL-CAPS TYPER. But where does this practice come from? How did everyone agree that typing

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0:00.0	Alphabet Boys is a podcast that takes you inside undercover investigations.
0:04.3	In the second season, we've got an alphabet soup with the DEA, the CIA, and the FBI all mixed up in the same case.
0:11.8	So you do personal security all over the world and you have somebody call you and say,
0:17.1	can you get grenades and guns for this guy in Colombia?
0:20.4	No, no, no.
0:22.0	It's a mystery wrapped around an international arm's deal.
0:24.8	Alphabet Boys, on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
0:30.4	Malabu was ruled by one man, Mickey Dora, a surfer, a con man, a menace.
0:38.1	The number one podcast, Lost Hills, is back with season three, The Dark Prince.
0:44.3	An evil undercurrent runs through the surf world and it all goes back to Mickey.
0:50.0	He's not only the most idolized, the bad boy, he's also the most bad guys of the bad guys.
0:54.2	Listen to Lost Hills on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:00.3	Hi, Jennifer Lopez here with the new season of My Overcomeford Podcast.
1:04.5	What's overcomeford all about?
1:06.3	It's about inspiring confidence in all of us and choosing calling over comfort.
1:10.5	Every Tuesday I'll be having real and honest conversations.
1:13.6	You'll hear it from me first before any cheeseman hits your social media feed.
1:17.8	Joining me as I create a space where opening up is not only okay, it's encouraged.
1:22.7	Listen to Overcomeford Podcasts with Jennifer Lopez on the I Heart Radio app,
1:26.2	Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.
1:53.6	Hello, or should I say hello, or should I say hello?
1:57.9	You could hear the regular letters, the capital letters, and possibly the italics.
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