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some pissy usage bitch on slate will kill you for putting two spaces after a period -- (link)

Posted by hell comes to pittsburgh (aka chris) Jan 13 '11, 18:47

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what a dumbass (www.slate.com)

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Who gives a flying F*** how many spaces? -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 18:56 3
- the US government requires one space. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:57 2
  - The US Government can kiss my fat ass -- nm - amoxy Jan 13, 18:57 1
    - the US government pays me (indirectly) so I do what they ask. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:58
Sorry, Mr Farhad Manjoo, but you can suck both my post-period spaces long and hard until they skeet ellipses down your throat. -- nm - TFox Jan 13, 18:52 17
- You should have asked for some Grey Poupon. - David Jan 13, 18:53 16
  - you realize pixie made this joke all the way down the thread, right? - loosilu Jan 13, 18:54 15
    - I am reading this from The BCS Championship Game -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 18:56 11
      - How's Oregon looking so far? -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:57
      - Hi.Larious. -- nm - Stephen Jan 13, 18:57 8
        
        You'd think his team won or something. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:57 7
        
        You thinking I am at the game because I took a picture of me sitting in front of my television was worth the loss. -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 18:59 6
        
        I suggest you turn off the television with about 2 minutes left in the game. -- nm - David Jan 13, 19:01 1
        
        Oh did they finally get a shot of Cam's Dad cheering his son? I only kept seeing his Mom. His Dad must have had to pee a lot -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 19:04
        
        I had my contacts in the wrong eyes, seriously! - loosilu Jan 13, 19:00
        
        That would make a better television commercial than that lame Beyonce one. -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 19:00 2
        
        you should take your picture in front of increasingly ridiculous TV shows to see how gullible I am. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 19:02 1
        
        No need. I already know. -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 19:04
      - you SUCK. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:56
    - *offers David the choice of a pistol, dagger or a hammer* -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:55 1
      - I'm thinking mace. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:56
    - I haven't had a drink in like 10 years, but this may call for one. - David Jan 13, 18:55
It's what I learned in school. -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:52
Maybe she needs space because she's on her period -- nm - Bacon Jan 13, 18:51 3
- She is either a lesbian or a man. -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:52 2
  - Farhad is a man. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:53 1
    - I figured with a wife and all. - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:56
Thanks for another useless article Slate! -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:49
two-spacers are as antiquated as people who have a hand crank starter on their vehicle. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:49 31
- I do two spaces for formal writing and one space for online writing. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:52 15
  - formal writing, such as to the King of Siam? -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:53 14
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      - and yet, the US government requires one space. They must run scripts called something like "DeLawyerize" -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:59
      - I plan on asking my father, the particular, former lawyer all about this... - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:58
      - Things can be antiquated and still persist in spite of themselves. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 18:57 8
        
        I persist with it because I learned it in typing class in high school. It's a deeply ingrained habit. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:59 6
        
        When the 1, 3 or 5 page paper requirement was at hand every space counted. - Mel Profit Jan 13, 19:02
        
        and because it totally looks better than one space -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 19:00 1
        
        ... on a manual typewriter. Even the IBM Selectric didn't need it. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 19:04
        
        I learned two spaces too. But I cast the shackles aside. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:00
        
        I learned it, then I unlearned it. ha! -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:59
        
        Yep. -- nm - the liioulu with booze cake cookbook Jan 13, 18:59
        
        Like Star Wars. (nm) - David Jan 13, 18:58
    - Halo Taunts are serious. -- nm - Mel Profit Jan 13, 18:54
    - I frequently write the Queen of England to tell her to stay out of my face. -- nm - David Jan 13, 18:54
- Yep. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:51
- I'm both a renter and a two spacer. Co-incidence? I think not. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:51 6
  - *and* you hyphenate "coincidence". -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:53 5
    - Exactly. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 18:54 4
      - i get palpably angry when a program doesn't auto-correct two dashes to an em-dash -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:55 3
        
        (en-dash) -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:01 2
        
        maybe in canada, One Space -- (link) - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 19:03 1
        
        yes, but basically every program turns two hypens into a en-dash, is what I'm saying. -- nm - Reagen Jan 13, 19:04
- I bet your pro-skub as well! -- nm - Qale Jan 13, 18:51
- pardon me, one-space snob, do you have any grey poupon? -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:50 5
  - What are you, a fixed font Luddite? -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:52 4
    - i use one of three possible fonts ever: TNR, Courier, Helvetica -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:53 3
      - Jeebus. -- nm - loosilu Jan 13, 18:55 2
        
        lawers all use TNR for everything. screenwriters use Courier for everything. Helvetica is a wild card if i'm not doing either -- nm - hell comes to pittsburgh Jan 13, 18:57 1
        
        One of the ways you can spot a US legal document right away is the TNR. That, and blocks and blocks of solid text. nm - ralph wiggum Jan 13, 19:01

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