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Say it ain't so (thelemmy.club)
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[–] 24 points 4 months ago* (8 children)

They don't teach typing anymore. Which is like. Makes zero sense.

I see college kids typing out essays with two index fingers.

No one learns typing unless forced. It's super boring.

They need to make it mandatory in public schools. Or future generations will be unable to type properly.

I learned it back in like 8th grade or something.

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  • [–] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    When I was a kid they taught us how to type in school. But they taught everybody how to type wrong: with your hands parallel to each other, instead of wrists straight. I nearly got carpal tunnel syndrome and had to learn how to type a second time!

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    We were taught the same. With a paper over our hands so we couldn’t cheat. My hands naturally moved off home row because it felt awkward to have my wrists bent. I hate the “natural” keyboards but my hands rest like they’re designed

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I learned to keep my hands like that thanks to a really weird looking A4Tech ergonomic keyboard, then I realized I could just keep my wrists like that on any keyboard.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago*

    I used to have one of those ergonomic keyboards at my last job. Took a week probably to get fully used to (I typed all day). But I recall liking it.

    I have small hands but even I feel like most keyboards are cramped. Especially laptop ones.

    the egonomic one felt more open and relaxed. But it was wonky to use at first.

    Was something like this one.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    8th grade? I had typing lessons in 4th!

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Really depends on your age. I self-taught with my mom's typewriter when I was like 8 or 9 and then wasn't officially taught until 8th grade when computers became more commonplace in schools. Then I had to relearn when I went to school for transcription in my 20s because apparently my 8th grade teacher did a bad job.

    Love typing though, my first video game was a typing game on a floppy disk on our windows 97.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago

    That's actually so cool. I'm just a bit too young to have done so, but I would have loved to have learned on a typewriter. I've only ever touched one as a fun relic of the past, never for actual use.

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