What is it about the text messages and emails sent by older people that make me feel like I’m having a stroke?

Maybe they’re used to various shortcuts in their writing that they picked up before autocorrect became common, but these habits are too idiosyncratic for autocorrect to handle properly. However, that doesn’t explain the emails I’ve had to decipher that were typed on desktop keyboards. Has anyone else younger than 45 or so felt similarly frustrated with geriatrics’ messages?

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  • @tehmics
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    27 months ago

    trackball mice

    But why? These were never more popular than traditional mice

    • Tippon
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      47 months ago

      They’re supposed to be better at preventing RSI

    • @Fondots
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      27 months ago

      I don’t know the reasoning, I’ve always personally liked trackballs so I never questioned it

      But if I had to hazard a guess, maybe because we each have 5 or 6 monitors, and it’s easier to just give the trackball a good spin when you have to go from one far edge to the other than it is to pick up and move your mouse a few times or to provide adequate desk space.