Mavis Beacon Thread
Mavis Beacon Thread
oh God I want that chocolate
grooming an entire generation into fingerers
apple+e
found out Mavis Beacon wasn't a real person who was good at typing, and they probably just wanted a smiling black woman on their products
childhood ruined
I still type with my index fingers, fuck you Mavis Bacon
She educated millions.
I spend 24/7 on computers for like 30 years now and I still cant touch type. I still have to look at the keys.
The only skill I've retained from school, thank you Mavis.
back in the old days all the vidya were typing games anyway, mavis beacon didnt teach shit like sierra "murder you for fun" adventure games
imagine putting your penis up one of her nostrils
Man that sounds like an absolute slog. Glad I learned it as a teenager and never have to think about it again.
It is kinda funny with touch typing if one hand is in the wrong position you'll just start typing absolute gibberish. Doesn't really happen since I have markers on f and j, like I assume a lot of keyboards have.
The equivalent of learning that Santa Claus isn't real, or that there were no black members of Steely Dan
Somehow my WPM is >80 despite not 'doing it right', and occasionally needing to look at my keyboard.
Who the FUCK is Mavis Beacon? Who the fuck is the black lady if she's not Mavis?
No anon, Mavis Beacon COULD have been real, and i still married a black woman anyways. But that was because of the spice girls and gauntlet legend dark legacy.
Mavis Beacon is an entirely fictional character, created for marketing purposes.
I thought she was real.
Renée L'Esperance. A model who posed for the photograph.
I accidently trained myself to touch type trash talking in the middle of gameplay.
mel b was the worst spice girl, sorceress though... i get it.
she's real in my heart
if you are already a good qwerty typist it's not worth losing the muscle memory to change but if you are learning to touch type you absolutely should learn an alt keyboard scheme, qwerty is ok, mostly by luck it's not a terrible scheme, but there's things about it that are just nonsensical like one of the most uncommon letters being the resting position of your right index. the general recommendation for an all purpose layout on a standard ansi keyboard is graphite.
Santa is real though
Betty Crocker is a fake too
what about aunt jemima?
Fake, but thed consistently used the same lady, Nancy Green
Apparently she was the first "living trademark"
My life is a lie
Honestly, taking taking a typing class in high school was such a boon, I never would have learned how to do it so quickly without other guys to bullshit around with and compete. Hated the teacher, though, overly confrontational cunt. Mavis did all the work anyways.
Famous Amos was real at least
Famous Amos is a black guy???
he was also parody'd in the 1985 movie the stuff
No, he fell into a vat of molasses
Very tragic
HOLY SHIT MAVIS BEACON'S BACK
playing driving or track & field typing game
realize the penalty for typos amounts to nothing against slapping every key on the board
car rocketing at 200 mph, windshield coated with bug splats
runner blitzing down track, face-planting through every hurdle
I learned back in 2023 and it was great fun. You should really do it because it is extremely convenient.
I got up to 70 wpm just by doing some shitty online course and practicing woth Typing of the Dead.
Correct.
Correct
Was it blackstrap?
The model chosen to be the face of Mavis was Haitian-born Renée L'Espérance, who was discovered working behind the perfume counter at Saks Fifth Avenue Beverly Hills by former talk-show host and partner at The Software Toolworks Les Crane in 1985
My life is a lie
Always has been. It's lies all the way down.
So it's a French lady? Honestly my childhood was shattered when I learned she wasnt' real.
kek
Haitian
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