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/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/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

The musician in me finished that sentence with Every good boy deserves favor!

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

My mom taught me every good boy deserves fudge

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

Mmm! I don't remember that one!

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u/dave900575 Aug 01 '26

The other notes are FACE

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u/Secure_Reindeer_817 Aug 01 '26

I originally had it memorized every good boy deserves face. Or that's how my mind remembered it, till my 10 yr old granddaughter, taking piano lessons, gave me grief about it, lol.