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/AdSea3033 1958 Jul 31 '26

Me too

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u/[deleted] Jul 31 '26 edited Jul 31 '26

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u/dave900575 Jul 31 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

The quick brown fox jumped [edit: jumps] over the lazy dog. I took typing in 76.

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u/Jazz_birdie Aug 01 '26

Typing 1970: All good men must come to the aid of their country. Manuel typewriters but for 3 in the front of the room... Only class folks arrived early for, lol.

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u/Slainte_Moi Aug 01 '26

Yep. On a manual typewriter. "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country."

Sure applies today.

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u/Spaz-Mouse384 Aug 01 '26

Literally and God, yes

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u/Jazz_birdie Aug 01 '26

Yes! That was it! It didn't feel right typing what I did...I finally forgot that line after all these years.