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In practice it works out great, this is yet another example of the whole "contrarian-means-im-smart" thing that's entirely too prevalent here on HN. Cursive is
by P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y ago
In practice it works out great, this is yet another example of the whole "contrarian-means-im-smart" thing that's entirely too prevalent here on HN.
Cursive is there for exactly what the other person said, it's much faster to write than print. There are generations of people who have successfully written and read large swathes of cursive, yet somehow this person thinks they know better, and their explanation for it is akin to a new way of writing (which is what cursive is) and recommendations on practicing it.
queue xkcd reference about standards.
- usrusr 4y agoIt might be much faster to write when you spend many hours per week writing on paper. I don't even spend spend many hours writing on paper per year! Abandoning cursive should habe been put up for debate already back when phones displaced letters in personal communication.
- layer8 4y agoIt doesn’t need to be on paper, taking notes with a tablet and stylus is a use-case as well.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoCursive is dying, at least in the US it's not taught in school anymore. I was responding to the idea that it's slower to write put forth by the other poster.