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Overheard a bank teller the other day saying they're teaching cursive in school again. And she makes her kids hand write thank notes for b'day gifts. Back In M
by ourmandave 1y ago
Overheard a bank teller the other day saying they're teaching cursive in school again. And she makes her kids hand write thank notes for b'day gifts.
Back In My Day we did cuneiform on stone tablets, and were grateful. Postage was a lot less back then too.
- 4gotunameagain 1y agoThis is a false equivalence. One is a tedious and deprecated way of writing, the other is a complete dependence in technology. Imagine if the power goes down. The kids won't be able to write anymore.
- 1718627440 1y agoA typewriter wouldn't need power.
- 4gotunameagain 1y agoOkay great. One in 10.000 that has a typewriter will be able to write.
- 1718627440 1y agoWhile they are definitely not in common use and probably have some defects, I don't think they are that seldom. Most are probably rotting in the cellar/attic.
- Podrod 1y agoBack in my day we didn't bother with this new fangled "writing" nonsense, we just remembered things.
- CRConrad 1y agoCuneiform? Bah, fancy-pants! Soot from torches onto the stone walls of our cave was good enough for us, shoulda been good enough for you too.