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> the ballpoint pen, invented in the 1930s, saved many clothes and tablecloths from spilled ink I used an inkwell and dip pen for a couple years to take class
by bee_rider 2y ago
> the ballpoint pen, invented in the 1930s, saved many clothes and tablecloths from spilled ink
I used an inkwell and dip pen for a couple years to take class notes. Don’t really know why. Spilling the ink was never a problem, but really they are just worse than pencils in every way. Can’t erase, the nib doesn’t want to go backwards, and ink smudges.
- DaoVeles 2y agoSorry we all know the real inventor of the Ball point pen. From Black Adder Back & Forth. ;) Blackadder: Well, this is the title page for Macbeth, signed by Shakespeare himself. [The guests look at Blackadder like he's grown a second head] Melchett: No, no, wait, you all remember Shakespeare. He's the fellow who invented the ballpoint pen! Blackadder: Well, I might have affected one or two things,
- eternityforest 2y agoMost mechanical pencils never seem that reliable. The leads break after a month of jostling in a bag and then it doesn't work when you need it. This could also just be because I used 0.5 and never thought to try 0.7 back when I was taking long paper notes daily, in the pre phone era.
- bee_rider 2y agoI keep mine in a little box. .3 2B!
- number6 2y agoHow old *are* you?!
- bee_rider 2y agoMid 30’s. It got comments, haha.