# Omnibus Stupid MFers in the news thread (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 5, 2024, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657 "2024-01-05T16:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2253
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2024, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657/2253 "2024-08-14T15:30:01Z")
My hands always type them. But the HTML standard says browsers are _required_ to display multiple repeated ordinary space characters as if they were exactly one ordinary space character. So you never see them. You can force the visible double-spacing behavior by using space characters other than the basic one, but that’s a lot of extra keystrokes, like 10 or 12, for rather little result. And is very unlikely to become muscle memory. Unlike the double-tap of the spacebar that I’ve now stroked five times in this post. 🙂 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/omnibus-stupid-mfers-in-the-news-thread-part-2/995657)._