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[–] grysbok@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 week ago

I do use cursive at work, but only to read wicked old documents. And lemme tell you 1800s court document cursive is not the same as what I was taught in school. Similar, but there are places it will trip you up.

[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Funny enough, there was an op-ed from a professor lamenting the fact that younger generations can't read cursives. He worried that the current generation will become future historians who may not be able to read them.

Might as well lament not being able to write and read cuneiforms or oghams by the masses is what I thought to myself. If cursive writing becomes obsolete and relic of history, so be it. Historians specialise reading ancient texts so the same expectations should be applied to future historians to specialise reading cursives, if they are so interested.

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Right, it's not like someone who becomes a historian can't easily learn how to read cursive. It's not exactly rocket science.

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[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Signing forms is kind of a requirement in most cases. Though I K kw a lot of Der peoe just do some sort of squiggle that looks nothing like cursive or letters.

Edit: Just looking at what I typed and holy shit, what the fuck. Proofread your posts, kids.

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[–] zephorah@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Where did he find the motivation?

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 week ago

I can barely even address a letter without my hand cramping.

[–] Justas@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

But more seriously, I find writing things down on a piece of paper so much better and serious than taking notes digitally.

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