At my last job, a bunch of the older folks did not realize they had a "two spaces" habit.
It's a clear tell.
Saw this meme and thought I'd point that out.
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The "two spaces" habit is because that was proper typing etiquette back in the day. You would lose points on on submitted papers if you didn't do that. I still do th two spaces when typing on a computer but use a single space on my phone.
Yeah, I think this is more of an "over 50" thing. Someone who's 40 today would have been born in 1984. That would have had them graduating high school in ~2002 - well into the computer age and not ever having to do anything on a typewriter.
Iβm 35 and I learned two spaces in school growing up :shrug:
Then later I learned it had changed so I stopped doing it. :double shrug:
Yea 39 checking in, thatβs the way I was taught to type in school as well. I never broke the habit and still do double spaces after a full stop.
Iβd honestly be more surprised that someone could tell enough to be bothered.
I can't not notice it. It jumps out at me, the exact same as when someone does a non-three-dot ellipse.
I feel like the Monty Python priest with the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
"Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out."
The non three dot ellipse gets worse on some devices that replace the "..." (three individual dots) with 'β¦' (one symbol with three dots that have slightly different spacing to the three individual dots). "...." looks wrong but itβs worlds better than "β¦.".
31 here. I learned double first, and at some point it switched to single. I don't remember when.