Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

Side rant: I absolutely cannot stand this "no capitalization" style. This is ostensibly supposed to be a site about summarizing science for journalists. But all I see when I browse that site is "5th graders texting". I can't tell if the implication of the style is supposed to be that the erudite scientists are dumbing themselves down for the rest of the plebians, or that the dewy-eyed journalists are amazed by "ZOMG science lol!". But either way, riding the fence between complete condescension and absolute stupidity is not attractive from either POV.

Upon reflection, this feels like a Friday rant, but it's only Thursday.
I dunno, there are two kinds of title capitalization: headline (Expert Reaction to Study Looking at Physical Fitness of Transgender and Cisgender women) and sentence (Expert reaction to study looking at physical fitness of transgender and cisgender women) and the latter is--or was, last I read a style guide--more likely to be preferred in academic and such writing. It's certainly a clearer ruleset (though being this is a TRPG site, that might not be to its advantage here) and I've tended to use it for long titles I've given things for my own use.
 

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I dunno, there are two kinds of title capitalization: headline (Expert Reaction to Study Looking at Physical Fitness of Transgender and Cisgender women) and sentence (Expert reaction to study looking at physical fitness of transgender and cisgender women) and the latter is--or was, last I read a style guide--more likely to be preferred in academic and such writing. It's certainly a clearer ruleset (though being this is a TRPG site, that might not be to its advantage here) and I've tended to use it for long titles I've given things for my own use.
Are you from the universe where it was always “Objects in mirror May be closer than they appear”?

Because reading that headline as if it had any capitalization makes me think we must be from alternate universes.
 

Mod Note:

Arguments over policies for transgender folks in sports are very apt to run afoul of our no-politics and inclusivity rules. If you don't want to see red text coming at you, maybe this isn't a good place for such discussion.
 



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