When I put out a call for freelance pitches last week, I also asked readers to send me ideas for posts or topics they’d like to read, even if they didn’t want to write them themselves. That’s how a 53-year-old newspaper editor named Andy contacted me with an undeniably good idea: Parents should buy their kids a typewriter.

Andy, who didn't want to write the post himself, explained his argument. It's flawless and goes something like this, but in my own words:

My work laptop has louder-than-normal keys, which would be incredibly annoying if I were sitting in an office all day with a bunch of people typing click-clack. But since I spend most of my typing time alone in my home office, I have to admit I love it. When I actually start writing a sentence, the clack-clack-clack-clack-CLACK is so satisfying—and it reminds me of typewriter keys, which have even more clack (my word, not Andy’s).

I realize I'm probably in the minority when it comes to adult opinions on these keyboards, but I'm sure most kids would agree with me that a noisy keyboard is more fun than a nice, quiet one.