• MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    It’s easier to remember?

    I mean, I’m not going to discount the cool factor of the alternative, but I already forget what it is. Meanwhile the quick brown fox has been stuck in my head for years after only hearing of it a couple of times at most.

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      2 days ago

      Not me. I can never remember it. Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow feels like a declaration a wizard would make with his dying breath. I don’t think I’ll forget it soon.

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      2 days ago

      It’s easier to remember?

      Because you’ve seen it repeatedly over years and years of time

      Meanwhile the quick brown fox has been stuck in my head for years after only hearing of it a couple of times at most.

      Either you never had to take typing, never had to change your font, or just weren’t very observant. I’ve seen that phrase hundreds of times over the decades. Hell, I remember having to type the stupid phrase repeatedly in typing class back in the day.

      ‘Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow’ is much cooler and more memorable, just from one read.

      • MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca
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        1 day ago

        I took typing in highschool. We did exercises about the letters and their placement in a QWERTY layout. “Quick ask Zoe, why stop X-rays, even dogs can’t…” Fucking lodged in my brain still, even over two decades later.

        That’s right. I’ve been using computers since the early 90’s. I’m old. I predate this phrase being popular. It still only took a couple of times seeing it, for it to be permanently lodged in my brain, just like asking Zoe quickly.