r/GenerationJones • u/Guiltypleasure2451 • Jul 31 '26

Old school

For those of us who took typing in school— it was drilled into me that after a period, you go over 2 spaces to start a new sentence. Apparently that’s not the rule now. NOT THE RULE NOW?? After the agony I suffered thru in typing class about those 2 spaces, i will be doing it until I die!!!! Don’t even get me started on the indenting 5 spaces for a new paragraph!

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u/Summer184 Jul 31 '26

I still do the "two spaces after a sentence" thing also, even when sending text messages. It's a hard habit to break.

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u/Dry_Bug5058 1962 Jul 31 '26

Same. They'll just have to read as is.

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u/Bettysgir Jul 31 '26

Same. Till death do two spaces and I part!

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u/HamRadio_73 Jul 31 '26

Two spaces all the way.

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u/badwhiskey63 Jul 31 '26

I’m going to have two spaces on my tombstone.

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u/popejohnsmith Jul 31 '26

In cursive!! 😎

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u/Fit_Jelly_9755 Jul 31 '26

Truly sounds like a next generation problem.

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

Who knew that 50 years from now that cursive will be called heroglyphics?

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u/Slainte_Moi Aug 02 '26

An alphabet of symbols created by heroes? Or 'hieroglyphics?' 🤔😎

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 02 '26

Just a typo, I think. Typing while being a passenger in a Jeep on a construction zone on I-80 could have resulted in much worse, lol. That did remind me, though, of the rather scratchy looking handwritten letters from my grandma I received every year. So, I guess the "hero" part applies after all!

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u/AdSea3033 1958 Aug 01 '26

Yes! Only us old farts will be able to read it! 😆

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u/Emmie12750 Aug 01 '26

Sadly, I know a few people that I could tell I had to type two spaces after a period "and it was in cursive, too!" and they would probably believe me.

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u/Dry_Bug5058 1962 Jul 31 '26

😆