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> It is now possible that the user has never seen a typewriter, so this needs explanation […] Aw man… I'm only 36, but now I feel old for growing up in a time
by Freak_NL 10y ago
> It is now possible that the user has never seen a typewriter, so this needs explanation […]
Aw man… I'm only 36, but now I feel old for growing up in a time where a typewriter was still common enough to run into (even if they were rapidly being displaced by personal computers).
They still exist in the wild though as a hipster accessory — they probably do well on Instagram too I suppose.
- jcadam 10y agoI'm 36... back in the mid-00s when I was in the Army we were still using typewriters, mostly to fill in pre-printed government forms (and award certificates, etc). I even had to deal with carbon paper. My grandmother had an old manual typewriter, which I had to use once to type up some homework when I was in High School. I do not miss them.
- SixSigma 10y agoI'm work at a global logistics company. Manual typewriters are still somehow part of our workflow for filling in forms, not even carbon backed. It boggles my mind why that hasn't been replaced by a PDF form. Perhaps IT being siloed in another building keeps such legacy going.
- digi_owl 10y agoWith many of these things i suspect it comes down to laws and regulations more than anything else. Meaning that your typewritten document will be accepted as evidence during a lawsuit or similar, while a PDF of same may not.