'Duck Dynasty' Star Also Under Fire for African-American Statements

[Andy105]

sure they can type on a keyboard but with all the current spelling shortcuts will you be able to understand what they type?

OMG! LOL! U R sooo rite!

[CoderGuy]

omg! Lol! U r sooo rite!

lol! Tf!

[DanF]

[QUOTE=CoderGuy;391856]

sure they can type on a keyboard but with all the current spelling shortcuts will you be able to understand what they type?

PP

I can relate something to you (funny stuff aside) that not being able to type on a keyboard is the equilavent of not being able to read English. There are still some natural born citizens in this country who hide their illetericy wherever they go on a daily basis.

They pretend to be able to read in public but they have also mastered a way to fake it. These people (although few among us) may be sitting next to you in a restaurant and they are not able to read the menu. So they pretend they are reading the menu.

And then they just order something that they know is probably on the menu. This is like a blind person who walks around with a white cane. Not really funny but we can see the handicap and admire the effort.

Never learning how to type is a very rare afflictaion in this modern age we live in. The dumbest of the dumb (the main point of this "Georgia" post) does not include even these above mentioned.

But there are still those among us who have sailed through life will all kinds of accomplishments and even "power"....who are still hiding.

Whenever I go into a McDonalds, and order something I say under my breath to myself about the $9 an hour worker behind the counter, even in Georgia:....... "If only I could do what you do".

Dan

[whalen]

Run Forest.......Run......!

[Burnsey]

Probably close in age. When I was in high school, guys took Shop class, and girls took typing. After years of practical study work, I can now type with my index fingers. My wife has always made a living at typing, and can type dictation faster than I can talk. But I can build a toolbox.

Same here. I took all of the shop classes.....I tried to explain to my grandson (9) the other day how we set type by hand, character by character in print shop....I got the wtf look for my efforts. lol

My bro in law believes that we may be the last generation that knows how to use tools,and laughing said that maybe our opposed thumbs would disappear in generations to come......I told him not worry, thumbs are still used to type.....

[Premium Parrots]

Same here. I took all of the shop classes.....I tried to explain to my grandson (9) the other day how we set type by hand, character by character in print shop....I got the wtf look for my efforts. lol

My bro in law believes that we may be the last generation that knows how to use tools,and laughing said that maybe our opposed thumbs would disappear in generations to come......I told him not worry, thumbs are still used to type.....

too many guays wanking off for evolution to take our thumbs away. It just wouldn't be the same without a thumb.

just sayin

[Andy105]

Amen. Gotta have thumbs. I never would have found Chicago, or tied my shoes without thumbs.
P.s. They rescinded Phil Robertson's suspension. So, this whole thread is moot.

[lxskllr]

This brings me to a very personal confession (online).

Without telling you how old I am and not going into my past history of learning all kinds of stuff over the years (including my favorite: learning to speak fluent French after forty five) I am going to say that the very "dumbest" person in the South or anywhere else in the entire USA probably can .....type on a keyboard.

I still can't!

Dan

A lot of people can't type. I can't. When I was doing a lot of paperwork type stuff, I had my own wacky system that wasn't entirely too slow, but any high school girl with secretarial aspirations could have easily beaten me. Being able to type efficiently isn't that useful for most people. Doing it half assed works just as well as being a pro for casual use.

[Thunder_Snus]

LOL very true. Just try handing a fast food worker 5.25 for a 3.20 purchase and see what happens.

I can never understand this. I only had to work briefly in the retail environment but when someone hands you money you just type in how much on the register and it will tell you the change. Even if you aren't quick with math you can easily just type in the ammount they gave you and it should dawn on you that that came to a good increment of 5/10 whatever.

[Thunder_Snus]

I had keyboarding class as soon as i hit kindergarten which was probably 1997 I think. Something about typing just came very naturally to me. When I was 10 I was already up to 80 wpm. Haven't done a typing test since middle school but my 8th grade I was maxing out at about 130. I can probably go just as fast probably not as accurate though. It's not so much being able to type its really about muscle memory and hand-remember coordination. I've always had quick hands, I could type, I was able to play some video games like halo 2 and madden which had huge benefits if you could move your hands quickly and turned a nice profit for a 13 year old at them. My high school music teacher begged me all 4 years to try to learn the piano and play for them because of how quickly I could type.

So if you're a slow typist it probably isn't so much the generation gap as much as it is that you are slow at other menial things that could receive benefits by having quicker hand motion.

[Andy105]

So if you're a slow typist it probably isn't so much the generation gap as much as it is that you are slow at other menial things that could receive benefits by having quicker hand motion.

You grew up typing. In 1967, there was nothing for a kid to type. So, yes, it's more generational, than having a special skill. I'm sure that there's things kids did in the 1950's and '60's, that would make a modern kid look 'slow'.

[rickcharles606]

I'd be interested to know if any of you can write in cursive? I'm constantly amazed at "younger" people not being able to read my cursive writing (and I write very well). It's not that this person is illiterate, but it's no longer being taught in schools. It's viewed as antiquated, not needed. I've personally taught my own children to write in cursive, if for no other reason...OUR CONSTITUTION and Bill of rights are written in cursive, lol.

[lxskllr]

I'd be interested to know if any of you can write in cursive? I'm constantly amazed at "younger" people not being able to read my cursive writing (and I write very well). It's not that this person is illiterate, but it's no longer being taught in schools. It's viewed as antiquated, not needed. I've personally taught my own children to write in cursive, if for no other reason...OUR CONSTITUTION and Bill of rights are written in cursive, lol.

I can read it, but lost the ability to write it. I could if i gave it thought, and looked a couple things up, but it doesn't flow like it used to. I started printing all caps for work due to legibility, and just being the way things are done, and started using it for everything. It's easier for other people to read since my writing was always sloppy, and I just enjoy it more. I prefer writing separate distinct characters.

[Andy105]

I'd be interested to know if any of you can write in cursive? I'm constantly amazed at "younger" people not being able to read my cursive writing (and I write very well). It's not that this person is illiterate, but it's no longer being taught in schools. It's viewed as antiquated, not needed. I've personally taught my own children to write in cursive, if for no other reason...OUR CONSTITUTION and Bill of rights are written in cursive, lol.

I've lost my cursive ability, after thirty years of hand printing (in triplicate) required on everything I've written (retired Cop), and I've written a lot. They used to beat us up for writing cursive, after I learned the Palmer method of cursive writing in school, then computers came along, and we wrote everything into them. My signature is still pretty. Some things still require a signature.

[whalen]

I nevr need a spel cheeker...