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𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓛 𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓾𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓺 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻.

    • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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      9 months ago

      I hate that they still teach it in schools. It means that for about 3-4 years per child, you get birthday and Christmas cards and you can’t read them.

      It’s not noticeably faster and it’s certainly not neater. Just let it die.

      • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        9 months ago

        It’s definitely not neater for lefties like me who smear our script as we write.

        However, OCR input tech on phones and tablets are better at reading cursive than block print. Curiously, my grandson’s curriculum in the Solano County School District dropped cursive writing and then picked it up again.

        • peto (he/him)@lemm.ee
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          9 months ago

          I heard more than a few US states decided to expend a law on requiring it because taught, your grandson might be a victim of such a policy.

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          9 months ago

          Possibly, but I know exactly one person who writes with a fountain pen.

          I remember wanting one in school, but the value was mostly in being able to flick ink at the other kids.

          • whoreticulture@lemmy.world
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            9 months ago

            I know like, four or five people who use them! Depends on your circle. They’re an affordable and eco-friendly alternative to disposable pens, although admittedly inconvenient if you haven’t got a good setup.

            • Echo Dot@feddit.uk
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              9 months ago

              I don’t think I’ve ever owned a fountain pen that hasn’t eventually leaked on everything. It’s not broken either, it just leaks during the process of normal operations, so no matter how careful you are with it it will still leak.

              • Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca
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                9 months ago

                Modern foundation pens with universal ink cartridges/refillable ones are pretty reliable. The only time one has leaked on me was when I dropped it and broke the pen in half. I had topen body fixed and it still works well.