[pkrotich]

Man… the battle between cultural expectations and our true selves is humanity’s oldest conflict. A few people get lucky. Most of us survive in the cracks.

No capitalization was as surprising as the narration itself… not sure how to feel about it! Counter culture?

[adi_kurian]

I drop case with everyone I know well and feel comfortable with.

I find it intimate. And her writing is very intimate.

[webdevver]

honestly ive had it with the shift key myself. just a nuisance. besides, the text looks much nicer and 'even' when every letter is broadly the same height, but that is ofcourse subjective.

it would be good to track down the 'etymology' of capital letters.

[nkrisc]

Capital letters at the start of sentences makes reading easier for those who are used to reading languages where that is customary. The absence is a noticeable reduction in ease of reading.

> it would be good to track down the 'etymology' of capital letters.

Easy: Latin script.

The more interesting question is the source of lower case letters which appeared much later.

[wizzwizz4]

Capital letters came first.

[jll29]

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