I feel like I used to see a lot of women with super long nails struggling to use their touchscreen phones. I’m sure at least some of them have chosen slightly shorter nails to make it easier.

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    1 year ago

    Eh technology will change again, before we see any major changes. I remember reading some fifteen years ago that due to texting on an oldschool mobile phone, our thumbs might evolve in a new way because we all of a sudden used thumbs in a new way. Some scientists predicted we’d started using thumbs for tasks we’d otherwise use our index fingers for.

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      1 year ago

      It could, however, make a social trend for shorter fingernails (primarily on women, I imagine). Just meaning people are more likely to trim their nails shorter.

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        1 year ago

        I know, but it might be a short trend (pardon the pun). It’s also not a trend currently supported by my personal anecdotal evidence.