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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      13 days ago

      Single spaces look odd to me, and yes, I’m in my 50s. But it does improve readability to me, breaks the thoughts apart just a bit. Not like we’re still indenting every paragraph!

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        13 days ago

        Not like we’re still indenting every paragraph!

        Wait, we’re not? I haven’t been in school for a long time so…

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        Whoa there, some folks still do. They’re more accessible for dyslexic students, and also allow ASCII formatting for quick and easy questions creation on the fly.

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            Academic/Scholarly monospace has long since fallen out of favour. It’s a shame really as it does render text less readable.

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      This is the first time I’m hearing about double spaces. For me it seems that it would have the opposite effect.