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I use two spaces and you are all "no cap fr fr skibidi Ohio fam."

Fuck off.

For those of you as stunned as I am that Word now marks two spaces as an error, there's how to fix it courtesy of Microsoft Answers

Although current convention is to use just one space when using proportional fonts (two spaces were used in typing because most typewriter fonts were monospaced), you can select which convention you want to use and have Word flag exceptions (or not). At File | Options | Proofing, beside "Grammar and Refinements," click Settings... In the Grammar Settings dialog, scroll down to Punctuation Conventions. You'll see that you can select one or two space or "don't check." As to why this just started, probably no one can tell you, but this is how to fix it.

If this is bugging you you deserve to be annoyed._ You're looking for reasons to be miserable._. You’re doing it to yourself. _ You give your power away to easily.

I'm over 40. I do what I want.

30s, and that's how I was taught to type, so...

Very interesting.   I hadn't noticed that before.   Something to consider.   I'll keep an eye out for that. /s

I had a guy review a document I wrote go through and "correct" all of my spaces by adding another one.

Such a zoomer meme.

We can also clearly tell that no one at your work cares and they probably think you're an annoying little shit.

Not 40, but I still do it. When learning to type on a computer in school it was a requirement. I don’t mind though because now when I do it, periods are automatically added for me in place of the first space.

Two spaces is very ingrained. Will probably never stop. Didn't even know the recommendation had changed until very recently. Why?

I am under 40, but had "two spaces after a period," drilled into me as a kid. I only broke the habit in the last year, and it still feels weird every time I use just one.

I love that none of the commenters on this post extolling double-spacing actually have visible double-spacing in their comments.

Two spaces on a modern phone automatically gives you a full stop. Checkmate, atheists

It's a major pet peeve of mine to see two spaces after a period.

Never heard of this nonsense in my life and I'm a office worker who's over 40. What God foresaken American sub-cultural trashpile did this come from that these idiot kids from adjacent refuse heaps could start assuming everyone over 40 does?

Holy shit the traffic on this post is crazy

Imagine publically outing yourself as an agist POS with impulse control issues and an inability to rank issues worth talking about in any kind of sane manner.