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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Who legitimately cares about this?
This is something you probably want to care about when you're producing text in some kind of professional capacity, for e.g. a newspaper, book, documentation, or something like that. You will need a manual of style to maintain consistency of the work across multiple authors. Using a single space is a universal rule in every typesetting/style manual I've ever seen, so it's the correct choice in that case.
If you're just out typing stuff in informal correspondence, as a hobby, or otherwise, I don't really think you need to care.
Judging by the editorial standards I've seen from journalists recently (or lack thereof), I don't think this is high on their list of concerns.
I saw an analysis of the Cicada 3301 mystery which noticed a double space in the original final.jpg image to conclude it was probably written by an older and probably college educated American, as the practice is somewhat peculiar to Americans who took formal typing classes either in college before the 90's or in high school after the 90's.
Editors and former editors. As the latter, I find it distracting and impossible not to notice.
Sounds like a "you" problem. I have no issue with it. IMO, wnatnig others to cofnorm to something becuz its a distraction to u speaks more about you're shortcummings in adaptability and acceptance then it does aboot the author and there righting skillz. If too spaces after a period bothers you that much, I got some bad news bears about the younger generations...
Bud you can barely put a sentence together....
I just assumed it was forced enough that the /s wasn't necessary....
You know, I thought this might be the case, but without the /s it's a flip: is this person being very sarcastic, or are they very stupid?
There's a lot of people who are very stupid, so that's usually the assumption I revert to, when in doubt. I'm one that believes the /s is required for this reason.
In an age where headlines from The Onion are more believable than some actual headlines, omitting the /s was my bad.