> 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.
I'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.
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.