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๐“˜ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ด ๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“น๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ช๐“ต ๐“› ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“น๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ซ๐“ช๐“ซ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“ถ๐“ธ๐“ผ๐“ฝ ๐“ฏ๐“พ๐“ท ๐“ฝ๐“ธ ๐”€๐“ป๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ, ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ธ๐“พ๐“ฐ๐“ฑ ๐“ต๐“ธ๐”€๐“ฎ๐“ป๐“ฌ๐“ช๐“ผ๐“ฎ ๐“บ ๐“ฒ๐“ผ ๐“ช๐“ต๐“ผ๐“ธ ๐“ช ๐“ผ๐“ฝ๐“ป๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฐ ๐“ฌ๐“ธ๐“ท๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ท๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ป.

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[โ€“] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 69 points 6 months ago (49 children)

My cursive looks like a 10yr old wrote it, which is about the last time I actually wrote in cursive

[โ€“] Blackmist@feddit.uk 33 points 6 months ago (47 children)

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.

[โ€“] whoreticulture@lemmy.world 13 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It is noticabley faster if you write with a fountain pen, or any pen with flowy ink.

[โ€“] Blackmist@feddit.uk 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] whoreticulture@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] echodot@feddit.uk 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 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.

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