[malthaus]

i've been writing lowercase only since the 90s and i'm a first year millennial

the genz kids are just the first ones who made it broadly acceptable... thank god, because it's a waste of brain cycles without added information - and i'm a native german speaker where it's even more stupid

[sph]

Capitals are added bits of information. They're the difference between "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" and "i helped my uncle jack off a horse".

You do you, of course, but let's not pretend it's more than a stylistic affectation.