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KatyLied -> Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:18:15 AM)

I have to ask. Where did this get its start? Why is it prevalent among some members who post? Is this some secret protocol?

Please don't flame me for being stupid, many thanks.



edited for spelling



ownedjulia -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:20:06 AM)

I hate it. I think it's pathetic and silly.

It also makes reading a post damn hard.




JustaTop -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:20:36 AM)

I have no idea where this came from-but might like to try breath play on the orgionator.[:D]

I just refer to it as "ARP"

anal

retentive

protocol.



OsideGirl -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:25:09 AM)

It started in some internet chat room. I've been involved in BDSM for 11 years. I started noticing people doing that about 7 years ago. So, it seems that it's a fairly new thing. Personally, I hate it. It's difficult to read and I firmly believe that a lower case letter cannot define submission. For Master, it's a deal killer.



CaptCraig -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:33:15 AM)

ARP is apt. It is also an asinine protocol mostly used by subs to demonstrate how "With it" they are.



angelic -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:38:16 AM)

ok from one who does 'that'... it's how i was taught to respond to Prick when in dialogue with Prick online. some habits just die really hard. when i do it i rarely am even aware i'm doing it.

and i NEVER mean it to be rude, offensive or show my lack of intelligence



TallDarkAndWitty -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:40:29 AM)

Hmmm...the first online BDSM community I was ever involved with was the Basement of Bianca's Smut Shack (anyone else remember that???), back in 1995...I don't remember it there, nor on s.s.b.b. My first IRC experiences, however, certainly featured C/cap S/speak...that has to be sometime around the birth of Bondage.com...but I am not sure when that was.

Basically, it is an online way of showing respect. Works for some...can be annoying. But I appreciate the clues that people give off when they communicate. A person using C/cap S/speak can be pretty safely ignored.

Taggard



JustaTop -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:41:42 AM)

"With it"?

It's always made those who use it seem ludicrously insecure to me.



SirSix72 -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:42:06 AM)

I have to agree with all of the posters here with this one it is ass-a-nine,,,,I personally abhore this one and I have took the belt to bella for this many times,,,,,


Master Six



JustaTop -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:45:22 AM)

True Six,it only makes the communication fuzzy-and folks have enough difficulty with clear expression as it is. Why screw it up even more?




fastlane -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:46:27 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: angelic

ok from one who does 'that'... it's how i was taught to respond to Prick when in dialogue with Prick online. some habits just die really hard. when i do it i rarely am even aware i'm doing it.

and i NEVER mean it to be rude, offensive or show my lack of intelligence

....................LOL, you're not being offensive. Prick/prick, should be made to know that his Prick/prick has been reduced to small p.....hence forward.
Now, I'm taking my Prick and going to watch some Football.
Good question Katie/katie.....LOL



angelic -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 10:50:33 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: fastlane


quote:

ORIGINAL: angelic

ok from one who does 'that'... it's how i was taught to respond to Prick when in dialogue with Prick online. some habits just die really hard. when i do it i rarely am even aware i'm doing it.

and i NEVER mean it to be rude, offensive or show my lack of intelligence

....................LOL, you're not being offensive. Prick/prick, should be made to know that his Prick/prick has been reduced to small p.....hence forward.
Now, I'm taking my Prick and going to watch some Football.
Good question Katie/katie.....LOL


LOL i did that on purpose.. and it was with total sarcasim (sp?) [:D]



EmeraldSlave2 -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 11:02:52 AM)

I think insulting someones protocol openly like that, while honest, is probably at least riding the edge of politeness very close.

I don't like it, I think it hinders communication, I hardly ever see it used consistently even by the same person, and I don't think it does what most people say it does. The symbol of a capitalized letter to me holds nothing in regards to respect. Plus no one has yet told me what to do when talking to switches.

But if people want to do it, they should enjoy it. I do not enjoy however, when someone tells me its the PROPER or RIGHT way to do things. I've been told on numerous occasions that it's inappropriate to have my name capitalized and not use that sort of protocol.



angelic -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 11:07:42 AM)

emerald: personally i've never been asked not to cap or TO cap Aanother's nic (well, except for prick); nor have i ever been asked to not call One Sir or Ma'am... which is what i do frequently when responding to e-mails. if Oone asks me not to, i will of course respect those wishes. However, i do not like being judged because of the way i type. that bothers me.

(ok today is a good one; i'm getting more feisty) [sm=tongue.gif]



grits -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 11:10:31 AM)

It seemed to start way before b.com's IRC's location, i remember seeing it a couple of years before on Undernet and Dalnet's #BDSM_Chathouse where i called home, back in 1996. It was a primary reason i never went into Gor -- no way was i gonna remember all their rules. It was hard enough not to cap the "I", but i learned that a couple of years earlier at a local BBS, and still do it when on line.

grit



quote:

ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

Hmmm...the first online BDSM community I was ever involved with was the Basement of Bianca's Smut Shack (anyone else remember that???), back in 1995...I don't remember it there, nor on s.s.b.b. My first IRC experiences, however, certainly featured C/cap S/speak...that has to be sometime around the birth of Bondage.com...but I am not sure when that was.

Basically, it is an online way of showing respect. Works for some...can be annoying. But I appreciate the clues that people give off when they communicate. A person using C/cap S/speak can be pretty safely ignored.

Taggard




AAkasha -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 11:16:05 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: TallDarkAndWitty

Hmmm...the first online BDSM community I was ever involved with was the Basement of Bianca's Smut Shack (anyone else remember that???), back in 1995...I don't remember it there, nor on s.s.b.b. My first IRC experiences, however, certainly featured C/cap S/speak...that has to be sometime around the birth of Bondage.com...but I am not sure when that was.

Basically, it is an online way of showing respect. Works for some...can be annoying. But I appreciate the clues that people give off when they communicate. A person using C/cap S/speak can be pretty safely ignored.

Taggard


The Internet and IRC were not the birth of online chat as we know it today. There were plenty of BBS' that served the kink community and featured chat rooms, and the capping was already happening there. It probably originated all over the place at the same time since it would "seem" like a good idea in a chat room for those interested in cyber only. They have to have some way to feel dominant or submissive.

Akasha



KatyLied -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 11:18:45 AM)

Thank you all for the replies. Personally I find it bizarre. But there are also kinks in the lifestyle that I find bizarre. So like the America song...to each his (or her or their) own.



LadyJulieAnn -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 11:26:09 AM)

It's just something that developed online to designate "sub" from "Dominant". It's amazing how much effect it has on those of you who "abhor" it.

Be well,
Julie



JohnWarren -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 11:26:48 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: AAkasha
The Internet and IRC were not the birth of online chat as we know it today. There were plenty of BBS' that served the kink community and featured chat rooms, and the capping was already happening there. It probably originated all over the place at the same time since it would "seem" like a good idea in a chat room for those interested in cyber only. They have to have some way to feel dominant or submissive.

Akasha


When Libby and I started The Boston Dungeon Society in 1994, one of its components was a 24-line BBS with chat capability. It was a few years after that that we began to see the U/l titling and pronouns. Generally, the members showed disapproval and it quickly vanished from the chatroom.

Of course, part of that may have come from BDS having a large face-to-face presence.



perverseangelic -> RE: Y/you, A/all, U/us (10/9/2005 11:45:16 AM)

Not a fan of it myself. Find it hard to read. T'weach their own.

I came into WIITWD via the net, so when I got started, I thought that's just what people -did-. But then, I also started online when I was at the "never use caps" phase in my life.

I've grown up some :)



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