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  • Scott R Nelson
    UofU/BYU mixed marriage
    • Apr 2010
    • 1508

    #91
    Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
    At this point, only commies and terrorists use two spaces.
    And maybe a few older people who learned to type on a manual typewriter a long time ago...

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    • Eddie
      Senior Member
      • Apr 2009
      • 8098

      #92
      Apparently I'm a communist. Or a terrorist. Except when autocorrect makes me not be a communist or a terrorist.

      I just think it's easier to read with two. What's next, paragraphs? We don't need to break up pages of text! It's a waste of space!

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      • Jeff Lebowski
        Corporate lackey for Jesus
        • Nov 2008
        • 69579

        #93
        Originally posted by Eddie View Post
        Apparently I'm a communist. Or a terrorist. Except when autocorrect makes me not be a communist or a terrorist.

        I just think it's easier to read with two. What's next, paragraphs? We don't need to break up pages of text! It's a waste of space!
        Why you should never, ever do it:

        Can I let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong.
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        • MartyFunkhouser
          Disciple of RNGesus
          • Nov 2008
          • 18724

          #94
          Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
          Balderdash.

          At this point, only commies and terrorists use two spaces.
          I have fully accepted and embraced using one space. When I copy and paste from previous documents, I even do a find and replace to fix every two space to one space.
          As I lead this army, make room for mistakes and depression
          --Kendrick Lamar

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          • Topper
            Pre-Historic Man
            • Nov 2011
            • 11764

            #95
            Originally posted by MartyFunkhouser View Post
            I have fully accepted and embraced using one space. When I copy and paste from previous documents, I even do a find and replace to fix every two space to one space.
            I do too. It drives me nuts correcting those malcontents who still use two spaces.
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            • Flystripper
              Degenerate Gambler
              • Nov 2008
              • 14089

              #96
              preach
              Dyslexics are teople poo...

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              • old_gregg
                scaly man fish
                • Nov 2009
                • 16915

                #97
                our doc cleanup people always change to one so i assume that’s the right answer. also which of you dumb boomers is the one still using straight quotes? knock that off you bonehead
                Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                • Uncle Ted
                  The Big 12 money shot.
                  • Apr 2010
                  • 28853

                  #98
                  Originally posted by Jeff Lebowski View Post
                  Balderdash.
                  ------- (What are people that put an extra line in?) --------
                  At this point, only commies and terrorists use two spaces.
                  ...
                  "If there is one thing I am, it's always right." -Ted Nugent.
                  "I honestly believe saying someone is a smart lawyer is damning with faint praise. The smartest people become engineers and scientists." -SU.
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                  GIVE 'EM HELL, BRIGHAM!

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                  • YOhio
                    Hipster Mode
                    • Nov 2008
                    • 26165

                    #99
                    Originally posted by old_gregg View Post
                    our doc cleanup people always change to one so i assume that’s the right answer.
                    Yeah. This is a problem for low-t males and jr high english teachers. Definitely not one that we care about.

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                    • falafel
                      loves to talk on things
                      • Mar 2009
                      • 37920

                      #100
                      Originally posted by Uncle Ted View Post

                      Balderdash.
                      ------- (What are people that put an extra line in?) --------
                      At this point, only commies and terrorists use two spaces.
                      ...
                      Editors.
                      Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

                      Dig your own grave, and save!

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                      • old_gregg
                        scaly man fish
                        • Nov 2009
                        • 16915

                        #101
                        Originally posted by YOhio View Post
                        Yeah. This is a problem for low-t males and jr high english teachers. Definitely not one that we care about.
                        7/10
                        Te Occidere Possunt Sed Te Edere Non Possunt Nefas Est.

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                        • Pelado
                          Bald not naked
                          • Sep 2010
                          • 21112

                          #102
                          Originally posted by Eddie View Post
                          Apparently I'm a communist. Or a terrorist. Except when autocorrect makes me not be a communist or a terrorist.

                          I just think it's easier to read with two. What's next, paragraphs? We don't need to break up pages of text! It's a waste of space!
                          I do it because it's how I was taught. And because I'm a communist terrorist, apparently.
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                          • CardiacCoug
                            вот так штука
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 11013

                            #103
                            Two spaces!

                            Jordan Peterson explains why better than I could:

                            You've been doing it for a long time, and that's what people do. There are reasons the ritual came about, but the ritual lasts long after the reasons have been forgotten.

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                            • Northwestcoug
                              Cocked and Loaded
                              • May 2011
                              • 17961

                              #104
                              One. But I was a two-space holdout for awhile.
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                              • cowboy
                                Homer Weems
                                • Dec 2008
                                • 5740

                                #105
                                Two. Just to piss off all the people who think it's a big deal. On the list of annoying writing and grammar issues, this is somewhere between last and absent.

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