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TommyTuttle t1_izjhpjc wrote

You can also hang out on Reddit and learn to type by getting into stupid arguments with perfect strangers 💁‍♂️

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GaimanitePkat t1_izjv2ic wrote

"How did you learn to type so fast?"

"Well you see I get really angry at people on Reddit...."

^(actually i've always been a fast typist but my reddit argument typing is lightning speed)

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GDogg007 t1_izky7o9 wrote

The average Reddit user has nothing on MMORPG and FPS players of old. Back when you had to type a sentence blazing fast so you could get back to the hot keys. Often leading to misspellings and many times hotkeys being sent in chat.

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SgtPooki t1_izlsth5 wrote

I originally learned how to type and program on MUDs.

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GDogg007 t1_izoflai wrote

MUDs were before we had high enough speed internet that the typing could keep up. I remember typing out stuff and waiting as it slowly showed up on the screen. Memories. LOL

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kandaq t1_izmk2ko wrote

I once saw someone wrote “I f*ck my mom” followed by “*your”.

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elsjpq t1_izkh2w1 wrote

A little motivation always helps

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gunfart t1_izk8tw1 wrote

i laughed at this way harder than i should have

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FistofKroma t1_iznxsu9 wrote

This is how I learned in 2000? Except instead of reddit it was Diablo 2 and Everquest chat.

Also forums like flame4cash and ShinraOnline.

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Bikebag t1_izm3e65 wrote

Nah its about effectiveness, typing fast will make you do a typo which they'll use to disregard your whole argument with a strawman.

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betterball t1_izjz67n wrote

runescape was the main typing training for me growing up haha

as a hyperactive kid, i needed to be able to type as fast as i talked irl 😅

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Doug_Dimmadab t1_izlqp0h wrote

Same, but mine was Minecraft public servers (usually Hypixel)

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Sawses t1_izmpbvw wrote

I used to do Minecraft roleplaying back in the day. I just typed out a page of Call of Cthulu and apparently my typing speed is around 110 WPM still. When really trying, I can get it to around 120.

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Forzix t1_izm90x8 wrote

Ohhh yes, OSRS back in the day taught me my 3-total-fingers typing method of immense speed. I call it the speed-pecker technique.

I really wish I typed normally lmao, but 70-80wpm is functional enough to write code and chat people, so oh well.

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Fixes_Computers t1_izks561 wrote

This is basically the method I used.

I took two years of typing between the 8th and 10th grades. I got up to about 45 wpm.

After moving out on my own, I started calling BBSs (bulletin board systems). These were much more common in the 80s and 90s before the internet took off.

I would spend way too much of my leisure time typing messages on them.

My current typing speed is over 70 wpm. What I find odd is I don't consider my speed all that fast, but I'm way ahead of most people I know. I have one coworker who is faster. Most job descriptions I've seen require 40+. I wouldn't think that a stretch, but too many people can't type. (Side note, the keyboard I had at worked sucked so I bought my own, replaced the key switches with something stiffer, and replaced most of the caps with blanks because I'm a touch typist and a jerk.)

I find Reddit very familiar compared to the BBSs I used to call. I'll probably stay here until it or I am gone.

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blindsight t1_izl4i46 wrote

40+ with 97% accuracy is basic competency. Should be enough for most jobs.

70+ with 98% accuracy is proficient. It's a good target for any work that requires significant communication by email or report writing.

100+ with 99% accuracy is an attainable target with intentional practice. It's a good target for taking minutes and other jobs that require typing "live".

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Fixes_Computers t1_izl56j1 wrote

If I had to type live on a regular basis, I think I'd learn how to use a court reporting machine. Mind you, that only works if I get to transcribe later.

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blindsight t1_izl82ym wrote

Yeah, stenography is a whole other thing.

I can type ~95 WPM with high accuracy when I'm focusing; this is enough that I'm able to keep up with the main ideas that need to be recorded in meeting minutes (and similar reporting/tracking documents), but definitely not word-for-word transcription.

To keep up with spoken language, you either need to learn stenography or slow down an audio recording. Or limit people to talk more slowly, lol.

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Fixes_Computers t1_izlpx1b wrote

I'd be happy with a dictation machine and a foot pedal.

I used to have a client who did at home dictation on her computer. Apparently there are no good food pedals. The ones out there are expensive and poorly made.

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blay12 t1_izme8r0 wrote

As a very proficient typist (generally around 130-140 wpm with 98% accuracy, can blast past that if I'm focused in short stretches) that also works in video and has to do a LOT of transcription to caption my work if it's not pre-scripted (most of my work is for the government, so accessibility is required), I've been flirting with the idea of picking up a steno keyboard (or setting up one of my existing keyboards since I can just map it with software) and trying to learn that, especially since I've been doing a lot of live transcription and note-taking in our dnd campaigns. I can generally keep up with slow speakers on a normal keyboard, but fast conversation between 6 people eludes me sometimes if I'm trying to capture actual quotes.

Tbh the DnD is strangely driving me to learn it more than work is, since AI transcription has taken some INSANE jumps recently - with recent updates, I can now have my editing software transcribe a conversation between 3 people (that are well mic'd and assuming none of them have insane accents) and get the result with 99% accuracy, divided by person speaking (e.g. the software recognizes that there are 3 distinct people speaking and sets up the transcription as such, like "Person 1: bla bla", "Person 2: Oh of course blah blah") along with actual grammar/capitalization/etc in a matter of minutes, so all of a sudden I've just been randomly freed of a bunch of onerous busy work, which I don't hate.

For some reason it just seems super cool to me to be able to take down word for word notes as someone's speaking, which is weird, but something that would be fun to follow up on.

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Practical_Cartoonist t1_izme7d4 wrote

I started learning the Dvorak keyboard layout in the mid 90s, when IRC was at its peak, and I found IRC indispensable in learning how to type quickly. The big channels moved fast in those days, so if you couldn't get a response typed out in a few seconds, the conversation would have already moved on.

I remember distinctly that 'h' and 'a' were the first 2 letters I learned in Dvorak just because I could get in a 'haha' lightning fast on IRC. (Well 'a' in Dvorak is easy to learn anyway, since it's in the same spot as in QWERTY)

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Si_more_nalgas t1_izkuwww wrote

No you cant

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rrsafety t1_izldrxv wrote

The quick brown fox is a Fascist and so are you you pathetic piece of worthless racist trash….

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TommyTuttle t1_izlp1wp wrote

Projection at its finest. Nobody mentioned race until you brought it up, you divisive communist shit. The quick brown fox is the only one who can save our country! Why do you hate our freedom?

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NaoPb t1_izlxgjy wrote

What are you calling me perfect for then?

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TommyTuttle t1_izlymh2 wrote

Because you are. You are complete, and whole, and perfect. And you don’t even realize it. And that, is perfect.

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Publius82 t1_izl5y4l wrote

That is the worst idea I've ever heard! /s

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FearGunner t1_izm4xkx wrote

Or playing Typing of the Dead, which is great fun.

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