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soylon posted:half of my students put two spaces after periods in their papers, is that a thing they teach in high school these days? It was the standard for printing when it used movable type (so, most of its history). Because of this, it was taught in most typing classes that used typewriters and then transferred into "keyboarding" teaching through sheer momentum. Single spacing is the new standard but many people (including me) were taught the old way and it's muscle memory. If there's good news, it's that HTML collapses multiple spaces so it doesn't matter how many you put in -- it only displays one.
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Oct 29, 2017 18:23
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I'm getting tired of seeing people bitching about double spacing. It seems like something only a small number of people would normally care about or notice but now it's trendy since comic sans hate is played out.
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Oct 29, 2017 18:26
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Was this an ad for clothes, because I feel like I should be buying some after watching it
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Oct 29, 2017 18:31
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Xibanya posted:I'm getting tired of seeing people bitching about double spacing. It seems like something only a small number of people would normally care about or notice but now it's trendy since comic sans hate is played out. Do we not hate comic sans anymore? Man I feel old...
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Oct 29, 2017 18:41
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I'd never even heard of double spacing until a few years ago. It seems dumb.
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Oct 29, 2017 18:44
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People double-space after periods when typing on a typewriter, because typewriters use a fixed width for every character. The document becomes somewhat more readable by double-spacing. Double spacing did not start with movable type, because the kerning and spacing of each line was set correctly by the typesetter using spaces of variable width, or with small wedges that would automatically justify the text. If you're typing on a word processor made after 1984 and using a variable-width font, the computer is already placing the correct space after each period. Double-spacing in this situation is incorrect. Microsoft Word will highlight it as a grammar error, and many other programs will just automatically correct it to a single space. tl;dr double spacing is always wrong unless you're using a typewriter
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Oct 29, 2017 18:45
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Sagebrush posted:People double-space after periods when typing on a typewriter, because typewriters use a fixed width for every character. The document becomes somewhat more readable by double-spacing. It's like pennies, guns, and a fascist police force. American's are obsessed with defending any poo poo thing they've had/done for a few decades and is (now) objectively just 100% wrong to have/do.
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Oct 29, 2017 18:51
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Jerry Cotton posted:It's like pennies, guns, and a fascist police force. American's are obsessed with defending any poo poo thing they've had/done for a few decades and is (now) objectively just 100% wrong to have/do. Apparently also apostrophes.
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Oct 29, 2017 19:00
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soylon posted:half of my students put two spaces after periods in their papers, is that a thing they teach in high school these days? I do it. I was told in school that it was just the way you have to do it and i'm not about to change now.
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Oct 29, 2017 19:02
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I was taught to double space, but I don't do it because gently caress YOU MR. SCHWARTZ. 
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Oct 29, 2017 19:05
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i was taught to double space but i was also taught to capitalize certain words and use punctuation and we see how well that worked
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Oct 29, 2017 19:10
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I was never taught to type and learned it myself, so I don't double-space. I've noticed that my company's lawyer clients always double-space, so it's definitely the lawful evil approach.
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Oct 29, 2017 19:13
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Honestly never encountered or heard of double spacing after periods until my adult life. I think all my high-school English teachers were barely young enough to not know about it either and didn't teach it. When I did learn about it in college, it was in my design courses where I was told that it was a dumb thing that only makes sense when using a typewriter and you shouldn't do it. When I was working at a print shop, I would remove it from any text that people sent me because I assumed it was just a dumb thing that old people continued to do out of habit and it looked better without it. In short, you're a dumb idiot if you keep doing it.
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Oct 29, 2017 19:17
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My grandmother taught me to type in the 80s, that's where I learned about double spacing after periods She also proofread a story I wrote and corrected the spelling of Halloween to "Hallowe'en"
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Oct 29, 2017 19:21
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Sagebrush posted:Microsoft Word will highlight it as a grammar error No the gently caress it will not. I mean, maybe there is an optional setting, but it doesn't do that out of the box. Not in American English settings at least. I was taught to double space. My high school still taught typing classes on "word processors" which were glorified typewriters. It's just muscle memory now.
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Oct 29, 2017 19:27
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The Bloop posted:No the gently caress it will not. I mean, maybe there is an optional setting, but it doesn't do that out of the box. Not in American English settings at least. Well, you're wrong. If you type only in monospaced fonts you can be right again though.
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Oct 29, 2017 19:30
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LMAO if you actually Touch keyboard at any point instead of just dictating your posts
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Oct 29, 2017 19:35
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It's kind of too bad that voice typing has gotten so good these days. Like, I got a few errors here and there but I miss the era of raccoon natural speed King I typed this post with voice recognition, no Corrections
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Oct 29, 2017 19:40
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Sagebrush posted:Well, you're wrong. If you type only in monospaced fonts you can be right again though. Someone has sabotaged my copy of MSWord on my home computer, and on my last three work computers! All different versions too! How deep does this conspiracy go?
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Oct 29, 2017 19:45
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The Bloop posted:Someone has sabotaged my copy of MSWord on my home computer, and on my last three work computers! All different versions too! How deep does this conspiracy go? Same.
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Oct 29, 2017 19:57
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Most sites will edit out your double spaces. So you've just been wasting precious keystrokes for years
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Oct 29, 2017 20:04
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Lol you nerds and your spacing after periods. Real men have their shell emulators render out all white space so you don’t have your Ruby or python go sideways because of course having a white space sensitive programming language is a good idea. Solarized and Consolas 4 lyfe yo. I spent 4+ hours going down a terminal wrapper and coloring hole. Send help.
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Oct 29, 2017 20:05
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Warbird posted:I spent 4+ hours going down a terminal wrapper and coloring hole. Send help. Follow these instructions to compile the bullet from source
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Oct 29, 2017 20:08
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Fried Watermelon posted:Most sites will edit out your double spaces. So you've just been wasting precious keystrokes for years Yeah, but who can't use a little more exercise? I probably burn an extra 10 calories a year with all those extra keystrokes. And my thumb is buff as gently caress. e: gently caress, this is the meme thread. *googles furiously* 
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Oct 29, 2017 20:26
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Facebook Aunt posted:And my pinky finger is buff as gently caress. Where... where is your spacebar located 
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Oct 29, 2017 20:29
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Afaict legal style is still two spaces. It helps with legibility with the crazy amounts of inline citations
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Oct 29, 2017 20:32
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Jerry Cotton posted:Where... where is your spacebar located Thumb, I meant thumb. drat it, I am old and senile.      Folks have strong feelings about spaces.
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Oct 29, 2017 20:33
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=niZpcdp2v34
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Oct 29, 2017 20:37
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That’s not how Kyle “The Yellow Dart” Smith was taught to double space
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Oct 29, 2017 20:40
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LOL at people saying double space after a period is "objectively wrong," like you found some stone tablet saying that under natural law you must only use one space. Just LOL e: for the record I use two spaces but SA automatically removes them when I post. Do you really want to be on the same side of history as these dead gay forums?
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Oct 29, 2017 20:58
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Comptroll The Forums posted:LOL at people saying double space after a period is "objectively wrong," like you found some stone tablet saying that under natural law you must only use one space. Just LOL That's actually exactly what happened. I had to read it out of a hat, though, and nobody is allowed to see it.
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Oct 29, 2017 21:29
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Sagebrush posted:People double-space after periods when typing on a typewriter, because typewriters use a fixed width for every character. The document becomes somewhat more readable by double-spacing. gently caress. You. 
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Oct 29, 2017 21:58
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Once you start using the double space you realize how drat good it feels to hit the 'bar twice. Sometimes I'll keep writing extra sentences just to keep feeling it. Mmm yeah that's the stuff.
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Oct 29, 2017 22:11
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I feel better not using double space. Feels so much more efficient.
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Oct 29, 2017 22:12
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Didn't this one literally get a guy arrested? I never followed up with that meme-related crime.
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Oct 29, 2017 22:16
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The Virgin Doublespace vs The Chad 1-page-long Run-On
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Oct 29, 2017 22:25
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Data Graham posted:That’s not how Kyle “The Yellow Dart” Smith was taught to double space 
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Tab after every sentence, let god sort it out.
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