Mysteries of Typeism

Delving into the deeper mysteries of typed text

Points of Contention

There are a variety of deep, potentially unknowable questions that have consumed the minds of Typeists for generations. These questions warrant further consideration. As a new Typeist, you should ponder them and find a path that best suits you.

Cut & Paste

Mainstream View

Cut and paste moves characters but does not delete them and is therefore neutral. Characters are placed into a metaphysical limbo during a cut. If they are then pasted, their value is preserved. If they are discarded, deletion occurs and they are lost.

Alternate View

Cut is a form of deletion, and paste is new creation.

Radical View

Cut is murder, and paste is necromancy, a dark recreation, lacking the inherent value of normal creation.

Undo & Redo

Mainstream View

Undo is a restoration of timeline, not deletion. Characters that are undone are as though never born, and so neither their creation nor destruction is held against the Typeist.

Alternate View

If you typed it, it existed. Undo is equivalent to deletion of newly created characters.

Radical View

Undo and Redo alter the timeline in a way that is unstable and unsustainable. It will eventually destroy our reality. Their use should be avoided completely.

What is Whitespace?

Mainstream View

Whitespace, non-visual characters such as spaces and tabs, holds a much-debated position among Typeists. The mainstream consensus is that, because whitespace lacks a visible form and cannot be seen, it carries no moral weight. As such, it may be added or deleted freely without ethical consequence.

Alternate View

Some Typeists argue that even though whitespace is not seen, it is still measurable, and therefore meaningful. In this view, whitespace holds the same ethical value as any other character and should be treated with equal care and respect.

Radical View

A fringe faction contends that whitespace represents the restless spirits of deleted characters, lingering in the gaps of the text. From this perspective, whitespace is tainted residue, and its presence demands purging—not preservation.

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