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Typewriters making a comeback, thanks in part to Taylor Swift (CBS Evening News) (www.youtube.com)

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[–] Libb@jlai.lu 3 points 3 months ago

But to be honest one of the reasons I like typewriters is because it’s not trendy.

My reason is mostly that, as a kid, I learned to touch type on my grandfather's Olympia SG1 and I grew up with that one machine that stayed with me up to the university. Back at university, I already had been using using computers for quite a few years also (it was in the late 80s) but I still preferred to type all my papers on what was back then an already 30 years old or so machine. Heck, I even published a fanzine using nothing but this machine, a pair of scissors, glue and one of... the university photocopying machine ;)

This Olympia was heavy as a tank, but it was so smooth at the same time. I loved it... still I gave it away when I got my first portable Mac computer. Always regretted it.