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I'm not sure why it sounds like a humblebrag to you. I believe many people, especially those of us on our computers all day, go days at a time without writing w
by SamBam 10y ago
I'm not sure why it sounds like a humblebrag to you. I believe many people, especially those of us on our computers all day, go days at a time without writing with a pen once, except maybe to scrawl their names on receipts.
I used to keep a pad next to my desk to work out difficult programming concepts. I probably used it once a month at most.
I write more now because I try to keep handwritten notes of to-dos, but even then I had to force myself to use a pen, and not one of the million digital note-taking apps.
It's not a question of whether one is better than the other, it's just that keyboards and phones are under the fingers of a large segment of the population for the majority of the day, so people don't even think to use pens.
- taeric 10y agoAgreed that it isn't a humblebrag. The humblebrag, to me, was that the person's handwriting wasn't that bad. :)
- manibatra 10y agoHaha you are kind. I assure it looks much more prettier enlarged on a screen.
- vanderZwan 10y ago> go days at a time without writing with a pen once, except maybe to scrawl their names on receipts. Sure, but would you call that "doing it as a novelty"? (in bolded italicised text no less- I find that kind of writing style horribly annoying too; as if the author trying to "idiot proof" their writing and/or distract you from other, weaker parts of it, by SHOUTING the bits they want you to focus on)
- manibatra 10y agoThanks. The author here. It was not intended as a humblebrag like you said. I had just noticed that the only things I ever wrote where things that meant something special or something I really wanted to actuallise. You are one step ahead of me that you are trying to write using a pen.