People who own typewriters, what is your favorite use for it? (lemmy.world)

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Is it a note-taking station? Is it a decoration only? Is it your regular journal? Is it a shopping list maker? Is it on display or tucked away?

I use mine to quickly write down ideas, so that I don't get distracted by other things on a computer or have to wait for a computer to boot up. Other than that it's a conversation piece and a decoration.

Edit, I forgot to include, I have a Royal like the one below. It was the cheapest one at the antique store, and it has worked perfectly for the 10+ years I've owned it.

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[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

It's gotta be worth a lot more than that since it has the power to kill people.

[-] punkwalrus@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

I'm still alive, though. I used it a lot as a teen to write some of my first works of fiction, school reports, and so on. But yeah, that did occur to me. My mother died from suicide and my mother in law from medical malpractice, so they aren't related. Still... superstitions are the worst stitions.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

No, they're super!

If you give the typewriter to someone else, either they'll die or you will ...

Wait, how much did you use that typewriter before your mother passed?

[-] punkwalrus@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

She switched to some "Sharp" (the brand) model that had a single-line LCD screen that you typed and when done, it would print the entire line at once. This made it easy to "backspace" typos before it was on paper. So she loaned me the Smith Corona. I think I used it for 2-3 years before she died.

[-] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

New theory: the typewriter is in love with you, and will kill its owners in order to stay with you.

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