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by chrisg3 2576 days ago
Exactly.

And this isn't helped by the fact that reading internet text generally leads to misinterpretations of the authors intent.

Note, from the article in the second example:

> "Then ASK FOR WHAT YOU WANT!"

Likely, the person who wrote that text was not angry, nor frustrated when writing that, but it very much seems that way to a reader.

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What else is intended by the capitalization? To me it means shouting and I don't do that unless I'm mad.
Many people just use it for emphasis.