i see capitalization as almost a vestigial system. i'm sure it had a lot more uses in yestercenturies, but i derive so little benefit from it compared to what it costs to the point where i'd consider it obsolete.

language

some languages, particularly english, have two symbols to represent the same letter, and rules on when to use which. one symbol known as uppercase and the other lowercase. these two do not differ in the information they relay. they mean the same thing. same letter, pronunciation, same everything. grammatically, they do play some roles. usually, the first letter of the first word of the sentence is capitalized. the first letter of proper names, too.

i would assume it is for readability, but even that is not a good enough reason for me. these rules are nonsensical at best, but it has been drilled into people's brains so deeply that it's an automatic action for everyone. even frowned upon otherwise.

a statement is still perfectly readable without capitalization, and nothing else about it has changed. not its meaning nor understandability. tone, maybe? that's why all caps is an effective way of relaying how angry you are, while all lowercase tends to seem calm and apathetic. but that's not something font styles cannot do.

you can express an entire statement using a single case and it would still convey the same meaning. to that point, having both is redundant. personally, i've chosen to stick with lowercases. it feels more compact, concise, and comforting.

By The Way, Did You Know That There Are People On Reddit Who Unironically Type In Title Case All The Time? And there are also THOSE who ABUSE all caps to EMPHASIZE just how addicted to TYLENOL their mothers were. absolute abominations.

technology

i have yet to meet a person who questions the layman's keyboard layout. the usual english keyboard contains every letter of the alphabet, and there is a shift button that does nothing but change the case of these letters. an entirely new set of key matrix wasted on data that hold no new meaning. you could easily half the keys you use by getting rid of uppercase letters and using shift for numbers and symbols instead.

in programming, i have long ditched the use of camel case and pascal case and embraced the beauty of snake case and kebab case.

#!/bin/MyEXEFiles/MathStuffs
const PI = 3.14;

function circumferenceOfCircle (r: f32) f32 {
   return 2 * PI * r;
}

this is a hypothetical useless file, but why do above when below is just objectively visually readable and pleasing?

#!/bin/my-exe-files/math-stuffs
const pi = 3.14;

function circumference_of_circle (r: f32) f32 {
  return 2 * pi * r;
}

truly, two symbols: the dash (-) and the underscore (_); far exceed the usability of 26 redundant letters.

the ascii table suffers from the same curse of the letters occupying twice as much space to accommodate both cases when it only really needed one. this roots back in the days when memory was expensive and people were trying to cut every possible corner to make things as compact as possible, but they just had to include each letter twice.

and do we really have to check for case sensitivity every time?

acronyms

admittedly, the only time[1] i would use uppercase is when lowercasing acronyms or abbreviations would be confusing. especially since i am in the tech industry which is littered with acronyms. when i say usb, people usually get what i mean. usa can sometimes be confusing, and it's also visually annoying to put dots (e.g., u.s.a.). though, this is not much of a big deal as it is manageable. it doesn't happen all the time, and i usually can use other terms instead, like saying united states instead of usa. and if an acronym is important enough, it will eventually become a normal word anyway. see laser.

[1] i also still do use proper casing at work or on a professional setting. as passionate as i am regarding this, i still have to conform to societal norms, unfortunately.

why not keep uppercase and ditch lowercase?

BECAUSE UPPERCASE IS FOR THE MAD

and because caps are cringe