fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoThe Tippy Type makes typing with long nails less tediouswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square78fedilinkarrow-up1244arrow-down132file-text
arrow-up1212arrow-down1external-linkThe Tippy Type makes typing with long nails less tediouswww.theverge.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square78fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSlopppyEngineer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up30·3 months agoIt’ was a status thing. Those with manual labor jobs usually can’t have long nails, so long nails means they’re above manual labor. So the rich in the past did that, and now everybody wants to do that so and it becomes a beauty thing.
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It’ was a status thing. Those with manual labor jobs usually can’t have long nails, so long nails means they’re above manual labor. So the rich in the past did that, and now everybody wants to do that so and it becomes a beauty thing.