In answer to the op, I learned double after a sentence even though I grew up with computers and even learned to type on one. I never felt like changing my habit, nor did I ever feel pressure to in academia even though I wrote a lot across a wide range of disciplines and had some pretty detail oriented profs. Not sure if I just wasn't paying attention when I learned, but I never did put two spaces after a colon.
The first time I confronted the single space dogma, it had the kind of fervor from the
xkcd strip attached below. In real life, I've never heard anyone who uses double spaces try and demand it of someone else.
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'The monospaced-typewriter-font story is a COMPLETE FABRICATION! WAKE UP, SHEEPLE' 'It doesn't matter! Studies support single spaces!' 'Those results weren't statistically significant!' 'Fine, you win. I'm using double spaces right now!' 'Are not! We can all hear your stupid whitespace.'
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