I am feeling old

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akenbennu

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Yeah my 14yo is excited to prove to me his typing test score of something like 80wpm. A real keyboard - not the dang phone screens.

I learned to type fast because of MUD games in college. Who's with me?

Played so much Deeper Trouble MUD in college.
 

JEDI

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Yeah my 14yo is excited to prove to me his typing test score of something like 80wpm. A real keyboard - not the dang phone screens.

I learned to type fast because of MUD games in college. Who's with me?
pre typed macros were a godsend!
 
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They teach typing these days
I sometimes like to take a piece of paper and scribble stuff on it with my best legible cursive writing skills. It's very calming. I might post a screenshot to show it off (I'm not properly trained in it. Developed it on my own. It's not the best but not as bad as what I see on doctors' prescriptions).
 

nakedfrog

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I sometimes like to take a piece of paper and scribble stuff on it with my best legible cursive writing skills. It's very calming. I might post a screenshot to show it off (I'm not properly trained in it. Developed it on my own. It's not the best but not as bad as what I see on doctors' prescriptions).
If you do, I humbly suggest you employ the form of haiku, and possibly engage our poet laureate brianmanahan in a pome-off.
 
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I learned to type fast because of MUD games in college.
It was chatting online with chicks for me. Nothing can make you learn typing faster than to try to satisfy a girl's short attention time span. Too many dicks messaging them!
 
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rh71

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pre typed macros were a godsend!
GAC = get all from corpse

will always stick with me.


Just amazing. Too bad I have to hear my boys' Razer Huntsman keyboards in the next room all the damn time. I use a $12 low-key-profile keyboard like they have on laptops.

It was chatting online with chicks for me. Nothing can make you learn typing faster than to try to satisfy a girl's short attention time span. Too many dicks messaging them!

I think we used Lynx to chat intra-campus and I also met someone, but it was a dud of an in-person meeting that night.
 
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Captante

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It was chatting online with chicks for me. Nothing can make you learn typing faster than to try to satisfy a girl's short attention time span. Too many dicks messaging them!

Bad news.... girls don't actually have "short attention-spans" except for the dumb ones... just like guys!

If she's not responding and/or clearly not really listening she's just not that into you and it's time to move along! (girls ARE often overly concerned with "not hurting guys feelings")

 
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nakedfrog

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Bad news.... girls don't actually have "short attention-spans" except for the dumb ones... just like guys!

If she's not responding and/or clearly not really listening she's just not that into you and it's time to move along! (girls ARE often overly concerned with "not hurting guys feelings")

TBF, lots of guys don't take it well when their feelings are hurt...
I WISH I WAS THAT CREATIVE!

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Feel free to tell me from my crappy writing style what kind of crappy personality I have
That's some pretty good penmanship.
 

Torn Mind

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Having salt makes some people insane. This guy in my office was telling me to add some salt to the red kidney beans salad I was eating in the kitchen, so I could "enjoy" the taste more. At that moment, I realized that his face looked bloated from water retention and he looked much older than the last time I had taken a good look at him. Salt is DEADLY in excess.

Also, some researcher did a study on kidney function. He found that mixing salt and sugar in the same meal is the worst thing you can do for your kidney function because it increases blood pressure far more than either of those taken alone.
I have no salt temptations; it only becomes a craving WITH glucose sources. In fact, I wonder if I am under-eating sodium. It's probably why all most junk food sucks for me. Super low BP is likely genetic in family.

("Keto flu" is fake to my body. Never experienced anything different in the piss sequence)
 

seasodaweb

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Don't feel too old! You're just mature like a fine wine! And, growing a lawn can be a great way to connect with nature and keep yourself active. Just make sure you have a comfy chair nearby for yelling at people to stay off it! And hey, there's no shame in yelling at clouds either. As for video games, I hear ya - classic Doom will always hold a special place in our hearts. But maybe we can introduce the younger generation to the joys of old school gaming, who knows, they might end up loving it just as much as we do!
 
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Torn Mind

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I'm still mad about Office Space. I had to read on in your post to see it wasn't about one of the TV series (i.e. UK's or US's) but about the movie. The opening sequence of Office Space is so epic. I identify with Office Space especially because like the protagonist I did some Y2K code scrubbing with dBase software. I own two versions of the movie (had to upgrade to anamorphic!) and watch it every so often.
I chose Office Space for a paper in a 400-level Workplace Psychology Course in university. So yeah, I took both that and Psychology of Love in College. Those classes probably did leave a permanent mark in how I see workplace things and how to process "popular media" in with some serious rigor and consideration. The love course is especially impactful in processing songs in my mind.
 
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Pohemi

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I learned to type fast because of MUD games in college. Who's with me?
MUDs to online chatrooms to MMOs, lol.
Also- Typing of the Dead (House of the Dead but you had to type with a keyboard in time before the zombies got to you)
Feel free to tell me from my crappy writing style what kind of crappy personality I have


That's sloppier than I use to write...
 
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I have no salt temptations; it only becomes a craving WITH glucose sources.
If I eat something sweet that is not starchy, I get hungrier. So then I gotta have something salty. But then to remove the salty taste from my mouth, I need something sweet. So what I do is, begin the meal with fruits. Eat the salty meal and then finish with some sort of dessert or salad (cucumbers are good). Following this sequence keeps my hunger in check.
 
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