Friday, January 11, 2019
lcase
lowercase is cool. it’s not trying to be all capitalized and proper. it’s laidback. it’s rebellious, but in a cute, freespirited way. sure, maybe it’s breaking some rules, but they’re just punctuation rules, it’s not like anybody’s getting hurt. i mean maybe it’s hurting some people’s feelings, like if you’re the ceo of punctuation.com or something, but normal people are just like, whatever, that’s just lowercase, doing its thang.
it’s the 21st century. we’re not all uptight like our ancestors, writing each other letters on scratchy parchment with feathers dipped in ink. now we let our tippy tappy fingers do the talking. we don’t have time for capitalizing! besides, capitalizing’s so fussy. uppercase wears suits and ties and attends boardroom meetings. lowercase wears flipflops, does beer shots, and blacks out at the beach.
if lowercase were religious, lowercase would be buddhist, because lowercase makes statements look less egotistical. i am the man i am the best i am so cool i am so full of myself but i’m also modest cuz look at my lil puny i, it’s adorably nonthreatening! it's pretty chill considering it looks like my middle finger fell asleep on the i button.
lowercase is hip. lowercase is alt lit gchats published on somebody’s tumblr. but lowercase ain’t nothing new. lowercase is old school. lowercase is e.e. cummings reinventing poetry with a falling leaf. lowercase is killer william s. burroughs lines in the soft machine like: “coffee and blood spilled all over the place. cigarette holes in the pink blanket.” no one knows what it means, but it’s provocative.
lowercase is humble. lowercase is patient, lowercase is kind. it does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. lowercase does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. it always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
lowercase is cool. you know what’s not cool? ALL CAPS. ALL CAPS IS INTENSE. ALL CAPS IS YOUR ALARM CLOCK WAKING YOU UP TOO EARLY IN THE MORNING. ALL CAPS IS AN ANGRY ROBOT. ALL CAPS IS HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, INSOMNIA, STRESS. ALL CAPS IS YOUR ENEMY.
it’s all good though. whenever ALL CAPS harshes your mellow, just settle into a lil lowercase convo with some loved ones and let the stress melt away. cuz lowercase never feels the need to scream. lowercase is maxin and relaxin. lowercase tells ALL CAPS to calm down, take a deep yoga breath, and pop a chill pill.
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