How Many Spaces Go After a Period?
 

This is a very trying issue in the modern age. When typing, how many spaces do you put after you end a sentence?

*fist bump*

One, obviously.
Are you bored?

I'm a problem solver.

A lot of people think it should be two and I'm all fired up about it.

You should specify in the title you don't mean the sort of period a woman has. People might get confused, and this could lead to some serious arguments with girlfriends. "But honey, he wants to know how many spaces you use after your period! No! Put my laptop down! Don't you dare..."

Could you live with the guilt of having caused such disharmony? Are you that much of a monster? I think we all know the answer.

That relationship sounds like it was already on the rocks, I'm probably doing them a favour by driving them apart.

whousesspacesanywaylmaoamiright?

no

It was two back when people used typewriters. When you're using a computer, the font automatically adds slightly more space after a period so there's no need for the double space.

/thread

I think the dividing line between young and old is basically whether or not you ever used a typewriter.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

i'm young as **** and i had a type-writer so get debunked bitch

The people have spoken. The age of three is at hand.

>_>

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>_<

Number of days between a period? On average, 28.

Yes I have, and even a manual one. Does anyone remember having to watch the ribbon turn from black to red as an indication you had to change it, and then all the fun you had changing the damn thing? Ink all over your hands, ribbon always twisting between the spools.... fun times.

That's what that means? I thought it was just for flair.

Like you ever used a typewriter in your life.

It sits right next to my bed. I'll take a photo of it when I get home, it's nice.

I've used a typewriter some time back in school. Not for class, just one they had to toy around with. I vividly remember the feeling of weight the buttons have when you press them down. Would be fun to have one, until I get tired of it and realize it's better to write on a PC.

You ever written a hipster chick poetry from a typewriter? If you haven't, it's a very good approach.

Not me.
I haven't even written poetry for that matter.
Or written anything to a hipster chick.

All of those seem like bad ideas for me.

Just smash nice sounding words together and act like there's a deeper meaning and when they do find a deeper meaning they think you're a genius and you're just like "well of course".

Pabst
like the blue ribbons in your hair
ride your fixie all the way to Dixie
Nietzsche set the arcade on fire
and I saw the light in your eyes
before it was mainstream


did I score yet?

Too much narrative. Try again.

damn, this is hard

Too conspicuously erotic. Try again.

dance by the embers of tomorrow
yearn for a cage beyond
you stretch your wings
clipped by fear
like melting crayons on pavement
of your dreams, and of dust
tread lightly, breathe deep
and cry not for yesterday
my sweet princess
we are all birds before the storm


that must be pretty good, because it made me gag

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What used to annoy me was double spacing. If you were submitting anything, like a story to a magazine or a competition, you had to type double spaced. All the wasted paper used to annoy me. I think it was just so the editor could scribble stuff in between the lines, or maybe they were all just short sighted, but it was annoying.

Oh. Dear. God.

I've been using four spaces all this time.
Thank you, Frownland. You saved my life.
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I very much approve of this. These are the dad jokes TH should be using.

Already alluded to this much earlier. Ignore me if you like, I don't care.
(sulking emoticon not found)

What this?

This is supposed to be a dad joke? It’s too long...