Movement to boycott

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Movement to boycott

Movement to boycott the shift key

 

From here on out I am going to boycott the shift key while on this site.  It is my bitter enemy.  Why? Because it is annoying.  I mean if you hold it down for too long or press it repeatedly it triggers something weird.  So, if I need to do anything other than capitalize a letter that needs a shift key, I will type the name of what it is.

 

Please join the movement to boycott the shift key.

 

Iam changing my signature b/c of my boycott.

 

\Analesia/

submitted by Analesia, age 12, wishing I could
(December 13, 2010 - 6:10 pm)

back to the Down to Earth

Um, Analesia, sorry, but if you go without capital letters on here, you're going to annoy a lot of people. Or is that not what you meant? What else besides caps requires a shift? 

 

Yes, you'll annoy a lot of people, including Admins, who want comments on the site to represent the literary quality (including spelling, grammar, capitalization, etc.) of Cricket magazine.

Admin

submitted by ZNZ, age Lucky 13, Death's Domain
(December 13, 2010 - 9:48 pm)

Um, okay.  Yes, if you hold down the shift key for a long time or press it five times in a row, it turns on StickyKeys, on a PC anyway.  But, when do you do that except on purpose???

 

Robyn~D~

submitted by R~D~, age 14
(December 14, 2010 - 4:54 pm)

What is StickyKeys.

...I poked around on System Preferences for a while and eventually found an option to enable it under Universal Access>Keyboard, from which I gather it's something to do with helping people who have issues with typing.

That being said, if it is for people who have problems typing, why is it enabled by default on the Windows OS (as I assume is the case if Analesia is indeed having problems with it)?

And the impression I got is that she meant she wasn't going to type just ? but rather write something like question mark instead. Maybe. I don't know.

 

Off Topic: PC is a misnomer. It just means personal computer, even though most people use it to mean "Microsoft's operating system, Windows". /random minor pet peeve 

You're right, TNO: "she meant she wasn't going to type just ? but rather write something like question mark instead." That's what she did, but this Admin's pet peeve is people who don't take the time to use proper punctuation, capitalization (especially those who write in all lowercase letters!), etc. So I edited her comment before posting it. But if I don't have the time or desire to do that, especially for a long comment, I may very well just not post the comment.

Admin

submitted by TNÖ, age 17, Deep Space
(December 14, 2010 - 5:55 pm)

@TNO: (Quote computer): "StickyKeys lets you use the SHIFT, CTRL, ALT,  or Windows Logo keys by pressing one key at a time." (End quote)

submitted by Charlotte, age 12, Lost in my mind
(December 15, 2010 - 10:49 pm)

...

WHY.

That is all. 

submitted by TNÖ, age 17, Deep Space
(December 16, 2010 - 8:17 pm)

I was about to say StickyKeys... but, as usual, you beat me to it. =)

submitted by Elizabeth W., age 13 3/4, Humanoid City
(December 25, 2010 - 5:10 pm)

Ha, whoops, just hit the shift key by accident! IT WAS AN ACCIDENT.  Just why are you doing this, Ana lesia?  Forgive my appallling ignorance but I just don't see why.

 

 

@TNO- Poking around....hee hee tee hee hahahahahhohohohohohheeheheheheheheh ooohhhh tee hee. THAT IS FUNNY!

Inya says frrx..

submitted by Mattie
(December 21, 2010 - 8:55 am)

As long as you don't stop capitalizing or anything (At least, I got the impression that you weren't going to stop capitalizing. If that's wrong, that's an entirely different situation.), I don't have a problem with you not using the shift key to make question marks and things. If you want to do that, sure. It'll probably take up a lot of your time, but I certainly don't have a problem with it. I'm not going to join, because, well, I don't mind the things that happen with the shift key. Besides, it takes more time to type 'question mark' than '?'. But really, you should know that you can easily cancel all those weird effects. Whenever one turns on, it should (probably--your computer could be very different from mine) have a button you can click called 'Settings.' If you click that, it might show the section for whatever shortcut you just accidentally activated, and then you can deactivate the shortcut so that the shift key won't do those strange things anymore. That may not work for your computer, though.

Also, if you want to capitalize but don't like the shift key, you could always try caps lock...

submitted by Ima, Planet Terra
(December 14, 2010 - 8:38 pm)

I feel like typing this in script form.

Analesia: Okay.  You guys have convinced me.  The boycott is off.  Unless anyone else feels like doing it.  Which in that case, you're on your own.

 

(Random cheering from random crowd that randomly follows the random stalk of celery that randomly dances right behind Analesia)

Analesia: Excuse me!  I am trying to type on the CB!

Random Crowd Member #1: Oh, well you just got voted president of the Stalk Of Celery fan club! Congratulations!

Analesia: But I think Stalk Of Celery is uber annoying!

Random Crowd Member #1: Oh, wait, are you Boiled Lobster?

Analesia: No.  Boiled Lobster is an actual lobster.

Random Crowd Member #1: Oh.  Ha.  There is Boiled Lobster!

Analesia: But that's a... (lovingly) duck!  I love ducks!

 

Oh, that was just supposed to be my speech about calling off the boycott.  I really need to right down these random comedys plays that I accidentally type.

 

@ANALESIA@

 

P.S.  Where did the word lobster come from?

P.P.S.  CAPTCHA says myex.  You dated someone, CAPTCHA?

submitted by Analesia, age 12, wishes she coul
(December 16, 2010 - 5:26 pm)

@TNO:  I really don't know what it is (thank you Olive).  I just tried pressing shift five times!  Oh, gotcha.  I've now already used that PC thing on other people. :)  Um, you know, this is Windows, not a PC. :D:D   You guys make me smart.  hehehehehe.

submitted by R~D~, age 14
(December 17, 2010 - 12:23 pm)

Oops, I just realized it wasn't Olive who said that, it was Charlotte.  SoRrY!

 

submitted by R~D~, age 14, 14
(December 17, 2010 - 12:53 pm)

~laughs~

submitted by Charlotte, age 12, Lost in my mind
(December 17, 2010 - 9:06 pm)

You made me curious about the origin of the word 'lobster,' so I looked it up. Here's the quote: from "O.E. loppestre,  corruption of L. locusta  "lobster, locust," by influence of O.E. loppe,  "spider," a variant of lobbe.  Trilobite fossils in Worcestershire limestone quarries were known colloquially as locusts,  which seems to be the generic word for "unidentified arthropod," as apple  is for "foreign fruit." But OED says the L. word originally meant "lobster or some similar crustacean, the application to the locust being suggested by the resemblance in shape." Locusta  in sense "lobster" also borrowed in Fr. ( langouste ), Old Cornish ( legast ). The ending of O.E. loppestre  is the fem. agent noun suffix (cf. Baxter, Webster ; see -ster), which approximated the L. sound. Slang for "a British soldier" since 1643, originally in reference to the jointed armor of the Roundhead cuirassiers, later (1660) to the red coat."

Aetc says fwvu. Few view what? It rhymes...

submitted by Ima, Planet Terra
(December 17, 2010 - 10:37 pm)

Sorry, but that all sounds like gibberish.  Or maybe some long forgotten language...

Oh, wait, now I understand it.

@ANALESIA@

submitted by Analesia, age 12, Eh...
(December 18, 2010 - 5:16 pm)

@Analesia: Ha, I quickly looked over Ima's post and was like "WHAT?"  I still am unable to read it without losing focus.  :)  No offense, Ima.  :D:D:D  I don't stay focused easily.  :P

submitted by R~D~, age 14
(December 19, 2010 - 10:07 pm)