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(DIR) Post #B4f6iH5kERE7wazvPs by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-26T21:39:47Z
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Can you write in cursive?
(DIR) Post #B4f6rL8gYLVf6ShD1c by waitworry@sakurajima.moe
2026-03-26T21:41:22Z
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@futurebird i used to and then I forgot
(DIR) Post #B4f6uF5NW1ojCKX6rQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-26T21:41:56Z
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Regardless if it's cursive or not, do you like your handwriting?
(DIR) Post #B4f73Ux3tcE30l3Zaa by Da_Gut@dice.camp
2026-03-26T21:43:34Z
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@futurebird I will write in cursive if I’m having a very good day essential tremors wise. Otherwise, it will become a interesting study in my ability to decipher my own handwriting.
(DIR) Post #B4f74DgzYD6plwssHw by GustavinoBevilacqua@mastodon.cisti.org
2026-03-26T21:43:39Z
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@futurebird When I was in the elementary school (mid '60) the teacher asked me to TYPE my researches, to give an idea of how bad I write 😄
(DIR) Post #B4f74zDCsFnx9TJlWi by realtegan@wandering.shop
2026-03-26T21:43:51Z
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@futurebird When I took notes as a reporter I often wrote in a half-cursive scrawl that no one but me could read. It was ... pretty bad, actually. My handwriting was never all that great.
(DIR) Post #B4f7CecTJvFdbNn9M0 by stephan324ppm@mastodon.no2nd.earth
2026-03-26T21:45:12Z
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@futurebird actually was pondering this recently ... ;-)
(DIR) Post #B4f7E6g8TzesuoCLYm by libramoon@mastodon.social
2026-03-26T21:45:25Z
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@futurebird my handwriting is a true challenge to read, and yet I do my first drafts by hand, and edit as I type it for word processing
(DIR) Post #B4f7HnJ0SADzzO8bnk by ChrisChris@theforkiverse.com
2026-03-26T21:46:02Z
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@futurebird took about thirty years. looks like someone who learned cursive and then decided it was optional — which is accurate. the notes are legible. stopped apologizing for the rest.
(DIR) Post #B4f7IUoMhRrIv68l9M by kateiacy@planetearth.social
2026-03-26T21:46:07Z
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@futurebird It would be interesting to see this broken down by broad age brackets.
(DIR) Post #B4f7JEic1AabIZnoZM by octothorpe@mastodon.online
2026-03-26T21:46:18Z
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@futurebird I write by hand a lot (and yes, cursive). My penmanship isn’t great so I don’t love it, but I do like writing by hand. I always have a pen within reach (ok, several).
(DIR) Post #B4f7M3Fb70MWbGZc8m by malte@radikal.social
2026-03-26T21:46:56Z
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@futurebird I learned to appreciate developing my own handwriting from my grand father who was an illustrator and typographist. He always had the most beautiful way of lettering signs in his home and the church he was volunteering in. Some of those signs are still there decades after. I liked to read his letters and started playing around with handwriting early on in my childhood because of it. I would write nonsense and just marvel at the letters. It is my favorite way of doodling.
(DIR) Post #B4f7QEsXowPRp3msIy by clarkiestar@mas.to
2026-03-26T21:47:41Z
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@futurebird I don’t really know another way to write
(DIR) Post #B4f7R7nTdU2I9Gq6Xg by JonnyT@mastodon.me.uk
2026-03-26T21:47:44Z
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@futurebird Yes but my handwriting is now terrible because I don't do it often enough because of computing (hell, I struggle to get my signature to look the same twice for the same reason).
(DIR) Post #B4f7RortUw7RjQEjtg by michael_w_busch@mastodon.online
2026-03-26T21:47:52Z
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@futurebird For me; this depends on the language.English and French and Spanish I can do fine.German and Russian cursive I never learned well enough to read or write. And Japanese and Chinese I have never attempted.
(DIR) Post #B4f7Sq1IhY4paq7do0 by djm62@beige.party
2026-03-26T21:48:04Z
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@futurebird I prefer my cursive in Cyrillic over English, because I have bad memories of being forced to overcome terrible writing in English, and Russian was like "new script who this" so it was all good.
(DIR) Post #B4f7TuyRlgbXFOIo9w by davep@infosec.exchange
2026-03-26T21:48:21Z
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@futurebird Blimey, I haven't tried for over 40 years. Must give it a go, it can't be worse than my usual scrawl** Ok, it can.
(DIR) Post #B4f7UzmNO5l8RMAc9A by fay@lingo.lol
2026-03-26T21:48:24Z
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@futurebird I like it as in I made it look fun for me, but it's not generally speaking very good
(DIR) Post #B4f7X5KXigjsEg9DoO by pjakobs@mastodon.green
2026-03-26T21:48:55Z
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@futurebird I had to learn "schräge normschrift DIN 17“ and later used palm pilot and learned their special writing system. Those three together still make up my writing - I write cursive and technical a and e mixed up and many other quirks
(DIR) Post #B4f7eki2Gwleb5nBsO by stragu@mastodon.indie.host
2026-03-26T21:50:06Z
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@futurebird I don't like my writing, I find it messy and not pretty 😕I regularly have a bout of motivation to "take the time to write more slowly in a more tidy way" hoping that it will improve but it never leads to any change. Maybe it's just my usual unnecessarily abundant self-criticism at play and I should just be proud of how unique it is. (My partner makes fun / finds it endearing that I write "i"s and "j"s starting with the dot.)
(DIR) Post #B4f7glrEyPP4jq3o4u by liferstate@mas.to
2026-03-26T21:50:42Z
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@futurebird It depends on the type of writing. If it's just a note or a list, or something to be read by other people, printing. If it's creative writing or anything that requires more fluid thinking, cursive.
(DIR) Post #B4f827YZUbAS7LVanQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-26T21:54:31Z
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@emily_rugburn This is very bad IMO. It's a nonsense reason to hold a kid back. I think many schools have replaced cursive units with touch typing which is also very useful. Though neither of these things is always taught in the most thoughtful way.
(DIR) Post #B4f88Ndyas29kT1O5Y by wronglang@bayes.club
2026-03-26T21:55:39Z
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@futurebird where is the "Can you only write cursive" category?
(DIR) Post #B4f88zkKvfhTvCI0HI by literally@mstdn.party
2026-03-26T21:55:41Z
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@futurebird my style of hand writing is mostly print letters but with some cursive ones thrown in occasionally, usually s. i like my handwriting ok when i’m not hurrying it, but it gets messy when i’m in a rush
(DIR) Post #B4f8CUCq8YqNG9Hoh6 by liferstate@mas.to
2026-03-26T21:56:25Z
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@futurebird I don't know if I "like" my handwriting but I do have nonstandard ways of writing particular cursive letters, and over the years I've consciously changed the way I print certain letters. So it's very much "mine."E.g. in 2nd or 3rd grade I thought the way lowercase a looked in the newspaper was way cooler than the letter as I'd been taught, so I switched.
(DIR) Post #B4f8GKT2HtDMDIh6yu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-26T21:57:02Z
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@jiub I'm a huge fan of cursive but was never forced to use it. I think that might be the problem.
(DIR) Post #B4f8dkvG5sXivJ49Ym by darth_hideout@mas.to
2026-03-26T22:01:19Z
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@futurebird In days of yore, when I was in college & travelers' checks roamed the earth, I met an American traveler my age in a Dublin hostel who was unable ever to sign his name the same way twice. Has issues. lol
(DIR) Post #B4f8kRcqEpOf6MdnyC by SRLevine@neuromatch.social
2026-03-26T22:02:31Z
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@futurebird My handwriting somehow evolved into an idiosyncratic mix of some cursive letters and some print, often depending on where the letters are in a word? So I chose "technically yes, but I don't" because that seemed the closest (I can write full on cursive, but it's not my default).
(DIR) Post #B4f8oI3fkcH4aV1apk by rehana@mastodon.social
2026-03-26T22:03:14Z
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@futurebird Other: it's fine, better than awkward but less than love.
(DIR) Post #B4f8s2vZwpFEos1v4C by quoidian@mastodon.online
2026-03-26T22:03:55Z
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@futurebird None but pharmacists and doctors can read it, though.Cursive with a fountain pen is a sensual pleasure, regardless.
(DIR) Post #B4f8suVYjmW8zoGu0W by OneInterestingFact@mastodon.ie
2026-03-26T22:03:59Z
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@futurebird I had dreadful handwriting as a child. At secondary school they made me work to improve it. I don't think it was ever beautiful but it was regular and legible.Then computers.Now I find writing by hand a bit of a chore, I don't get enough practice. It's not degenerated to my eleven year old standard, yet. It could though if I don't take care to keep doing it.
(DIR) Post #B4f9BHXNqxkbdIswU4 by adriano@lile.cl
2026-03-26T22:07:22Z
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@futurebird I can write cursive, but it comes out awful, because I haven't written like that in about 30 years. I do like my handwriting otherwise, even though its quality varies a lot depending on how tired I am.
(DIR) Post #B4f9IZFyN8OUcCDQ6C by floreana@poliversity.it
2026-03-26T22:08:41Z
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@futurebird I write lowercase block instead of cursive. Been like that since university, I think. There was a time where I wrote cursive, though. Probably still remember how to, but it's been a while.
(DIR) Post #B4f9XSOOAwYZfaFfrU by c_merriweather@social.linux.pizza
2026-03-26T22:11:16Z
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@futurebird We had to learn cursive in school, but I found it easier to use printing if I wanted to remember what I was studying. Some of my letters are connected, just for the speed of writing. People tell me my writing is quite legible, and I can take notes faster than I can type (on any keyboard). I was that kid who almost flunked 9th grade typing class (on large mechanical typewriters), because I never got over 20 wpm without errors.
(DIR) Post #B4f9wgO7HFdkJe9XZg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-26T22:15:59Z
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@emily_rugburn @hypostase My dad is left handed and has horrible block print writing. Well... OK it's not that bad, you can always read it but there are no cases. I know too many left handed people who really struggled with writing. My dad also went through the trying to force him to use his right hand nonsense.
(DIR) Post #B4fA8RAVgkuoaYOT4q by peachfront@toot.community
2026-03-26T22:18:05Z
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@futurebird for me writing cursive is much faster than writing block letters, but as i get older my hand writing gets messier & messier so i don't know that i "like" it, i can see from my journals that i prefer cursive when i have to make written notes in a hurry just because it's so much faster but it's about as ugly as block letters nowtyping is fastest of all, 125+ WPM but that's on a full-sized keyboard not a picky little screen so in the field it's cursive or voice recorder notes
(DIR) Post #B4fABb1PVk6215dy6a by floatybirb@mastodon.social
2026-03-26T22:18:39Z
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@futurebird voting "yes" in the sense of "seems fine." rather than in the sense of "omg i really love it!"
(DIR) Post #B4fALZWdveHgGv0daS by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-26T22:20:28Z
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@theowrites I switch to cursive when I want students to ask more questions. I have my 6th grade programming students design a cursive font with turtle-like commands and they loved learning about the letters which they regard as "black magic of old people"Each kid programed the path of a letter then we put them in a bigger script so it could write words.It was hideous!(But they did use the letter for monograms which looked better.)
(DIR) Post #B4fAQMAF27pyHRoRP6 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-26T22:21:21Z
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@theowrites This was my first time trying the font making lesson... I think I can refine it so the result will be better. And you need to pick a kind who is really good with getting the turtle to dance to do letters like I and G.
(DIR) Post #B4fAdS2WV28iGeRk6i by sehe@fosstodon.org
2026-03-26T22:23:36Z
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@futurebird It's a bit of both. Yes, but I rarely do. However, when I write it's *always* in cursive. It's my only handwriting.
(DIR) Post #B4fAkG6hGODtHne2CW by crcollins@writing.exchange
2026-03-26T22:24:56Z
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@futurebird It used to be fine, but erosive arthritis has made it nearly illegible, plus I can no longer write in small spaces (my husband has to sign any checks we need to send.)
(DIR) Post #B4fAl4zi47wB6tlftI by arratoon@beige.party
2026-03-26T22:24:57Z
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@futurebird I can but years of using Teeline shorthand ruined my already terrible handwriting.
(DIR) Post #B4fBESp4YE1rPWnuGe by swoonie@mastodon.ie
2026-03-26T22:30:22Z
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@futurebird I love writing cursive regardless of the language. But there's not much opportunity to do it apart from the shopping list. Maybe I should go back to writing letters like I did until the 1990s?
(DIR) Post #B4fC8gm5rgxytmDkbQ by debcha@saturation.social
2026-03-26T22:40:30Z
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@futurebird All my notes in engineering and grad school were exclusively in clear, legible printing (I’d stopped using cursive), which ended up serving me well — while I’m a little envious of all my architect/designer friends and colleagues with ‘cool’ lettering compared to my very plain upper- and lowercase, mine is so much more readable on a whiteboard.
(DIR) Post #B4fCJKCo7Itw5SmtEW by trurl@mastodon.sdf.org
2026-03-26T22:41:24Z
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@futurebird it depends on context. If you're writing Russian as a grown-up, you write in cursive. This influenced my handwriting in English, but I'm happy with my personal longhand, which is not usually full-blown cursive but sometimes comes close.@adhdphd recently got me into using a fountain pen, and that lends itself to more cursive-like handwriting.Also, I've been meaning to pick up some form of shorthand one of these days. I always thought it would be useful for long work meetings.
(DIR) Post #B4fCLUB0154jaeyL1E by madengineering@mastodon.cloud
2026-03-26T22:42:51Z
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@futurebird Cursive was absolutely rammed down my throat as a school boy. Teachers insisted that it was the only real way to write and college would not accept paper written in print.Now I basically never use cursive, and think it's a crappy writing system that damages readability in favor of stylistic nonsense.
(DIR) Post #B4fCqN96CqPmlJoMQS by jt_rebelo@ciberlandia.pt
2026-03-26T22:48:20Z
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@futurebird I'm a lefty. My cursive has had better days: writing faster means less finesse, the "m", "n", "s" and "r" suffer from legibility, I have to slow down when writing for others (for example, public exams or queries to companies/state entities) so they can understand what I wrote.But I write at least two A4 pages of cursive every day.
(DIR) Post #B4fCxzDL4EGCr9QPZ2 by madengineering@mastodon.cloud
2026-03-26T22:49:42Z
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@futurebird My normal handwriting is a weird demented scrawl that my 11th grade English teacher joked that it should be rented to the CIA as a form of encryption. It is none the less satisfying to write.I also have a slower and more legible print for when other people being able to read it is important.
(DIR) Post #B4fDj6mmjXDlwxTSqm by MedeaVanamonde@beige.party
2026-03-26T22:58:18Z
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@futurebird my cursive looks like Stimpson J. Cat’s hand writing .
(DIR) Post #B4fEN3dBskKvkV2HI0 by quoidian@mastodon.online
2026-03-26T23:05:33Z
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@futurebird You didn't ask about quality .
(DIR) Post #B4fFGQSEj8P2SfJVKq by paulc@mstdn.social
2026-03-26T23:15:32Z
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@futurebird Somewhat painful since my father had beautiful handwriting. Which was probably the result of being an engineer and spending many hours at a drafting table. A commanding officer didn't want my father to leave the unit because he was so good at making signs.
(DIR) Post #B4fFs7GgVelbxasmHo by Mage_of_Chaos@mastodon.social
2026-03-26T23:22:21Z
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@futurebird only your name in cursive is called a "signature", I write very pretty cursive, my plain type is bleh. But someone people forged letters by me by copying my handwriting. Or signatures on BIG things.That was incredibly annoying.A signature is a signifier to your legal identity. Forging a signature is considered Identity theft in some cases. :) Even Children can be fraudsters, so it's important to distinguish between all variables.
(DIR) Post #B4fFwLsg7apmRIfosi by zipidog@mastodon.uno
2026-03-26T23:23:05Z
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@futurebird I only handwrite greeting cards and love letters for my partner. I have two writing styles, and both are ugly. But I'm proud of it.
(DIR) Post #B4fG4yobFUSXVZscIi by freequaybuoy@mastodon.social
2026-03-26T23:24:41Z
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@futurebird Like, as in, comic sans?
(DIR) Post #B4fGKeiVk18NoAVTl2 by jmax@mastodon.social
2026-03-26T23:27:31Z
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@futurebird I was successful in concealing the fact that I could read cursive from my parents for almost a year. Much useful intelligence was gained.Eventually slipped up in front of Mom, but it was useful for a while.
(DIR) Post #B4fGLl8PMkFo0B97Z2 by jrdepriest@infosec.exchange
2026-03-26T23:27:43Z
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@futurebird I occasionally write in cursive just to remember how. I do sometimes have to look up how to do a few of the capital letters.A capital "Q" in cursive looks like a number 2 for some reason.
(DIR) Post #B4fGU5SnfRADMqegzI by jrdepriest@infosec.exchange
2026-03-26T23:29:15Z
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@futurebird My handwriting is borderline illegible but at least Microsoft can't use my spiral notebooks to train its Copilot models.
(DIR) Post #B4fGX3imbLHIphY3Rg by beisbolcards@mastodon.world
2026-03-26T23:29:46Z
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@futurebird While able to write cursive, I have very bad penmanship, probably due to the fact that I tried to mimic my left-handed sister when learning to write - I can't write with my left hand.My mom thought I was just playing with my siblings but didn't notice it until I was able to read, and I never really corrected my writing.
(DIR) Post #B4fGoIjo1WHGKRFSxE by Thad@brontosin.space
2026-03-26T23:32:01Z
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@futurebird I learned it. I painstakingly worked on improving my penmanship and that was good for my fine motor skills.But I had teachers in 6th grade who were militant about submitting papers in cursive, because "that's how adults communicate", not this computer fad.I can't think of a single instance in my adult life I've written anything in cursive. I don't even sign my name in cursive.Calligraphy is an art and I respect it as a skill, but no, it's not how I communicate as an adult.
(DIR) Post #B4fGoWU0v1xoxVy3Hc by geonz@mathstodon.xyz
2026-03-26T23:32:55Z
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@futurebird @jiub I think fine motor skills are an issue too, *but* where I taught folks w/ learning disabilities, *everybody* learned cursive -- but we were friendly about it -- for lots of researched reasons. Some hated it but most appreciated -- esp if they had horrible writng -- that it was a lot easier to read your own writing when you could see where words ended and new ones started. IT was the 1990s though. Everybody also learned keyboarding.
(DIR) Post #B4fGvIPxc0HJMZIkHA by BenCotterill@mastodon.social
2026-03-26T23:34:06Z
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@futurebird My handwriting has always been awful. Was very jealous when my cousins went to live in france and had their cursive corrected. There were school classes for international students.
(DIR) Post #B4fH3LhbHfsxrmONY8 by geonz@mathstodon.xyz
2026-03-26T23:28:21Z
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@jmax @futurebird I could read upside down and found out a few things that way :P
(DIR) Post #B4fH3N3cFJ5e4LhTVI by jmax@mastodon.social
2026-03-26T23:31:25Z
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@geonz @futurebird Oh, yes. I have worked as a consultant, and reading upside down is an essential meeting skill. 😙
(DIR) Post #B4fH3NrbFT4YZN5OPg by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-26T23:35:36Z
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@jmax @geonz As a tutor and teaching I've learned to write upside down (eg I can write so you can read it when I'm sitting face to face with you. )I'm a little flattered by how much it freaks people out. But it's not hard. Just imagine your wrist is extra flexible and you are writing right side up.
(DIR) Post #B4fHMTTQc9FXTGso7M by superflippy@mastodon.xyz
2026-03-26T23:39:02Z
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@futurebird It’s not much different than how you learned to write upside down. I taught myself to write backwards with my left hand back in high school. But I can only do it in cursive!
(DIR) Post #B4fHatXaUhmAN3hkie by billyjoebowers@mastodon.online
2026-03-26T23:41:40Z
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@futurebird I never wrote in cursive when I was young, when that was considered weird. Now I am starting to again.
(DIR) Post #B4fI3VaQdO80Tag4RM by woe2you@beige.party
2026-03-26T23:46:50Z
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@futurebird I don't have the education to be a doctor but I have the handwriting.
(DIR) Post #B4fIP5bPvHw2G7Qkk4 by geonz@mathstodon.xyz
2026-03-26T23:50:42Z
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@futurebird @jmax Yes, I learned that too. I *think* I could do mirror writing too. I sort of visualize what it should look like and trace what I "see." Now, I can't (I don't think :P ) do *cursive* upside down.
(DIR) Post #B4fIUmt0QGkbwtNHfM by andrew@mastodon.furrow.me
2026-03-26T23:51:32Z
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@futurebird needs more options:🤥 yes, definitely, for sure!😖 yes but I don’t do all the letters exactly right💅 only when I’m feeling fancy
(DIR) Post #B4fIiCbO7h1BTBWxiS by DaveMasonDotMe@mastodon.social
2026-03-26T23:54:12Z
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@futurebird Yes, but only when I sign my name.
(DIR) Post #B4fIkaV8Enx8Adk3Vo by penpencilbrush@mstdn.social
2026-03-26T23:54:34Z
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@futurebird Mind blown! In the "yes, every day" category. Wasn't aware that some people don't write in cursive, that it is optional. Loving the eye-opening comments.
(DIR) Post #B4fJ5KWgpLJkhsMSTw by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-26T23:58:23Z
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@stateofgary @theowrites They only see it on old documents and in movies for magic spells.
(DIR) Post #B4fJFmK0L6CVoBPTfs by NunavutBirder@mas.to
2026-03-27T00:00:13Z
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@futurebird @penpencilbrush Strangely I’d only write in cursive when I’d write numbers on a cheque. And I haven’t written a cheque in years.
(DIR) Post #B4fJLmgBvCz4eieRu4 by KydiaMusic@mastodon.social
2026-03-27T00:01:20Z
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@futurebird I journal every night, in cursive. Supposedly it helps with memory retention, which I struggle with. But I often substitute a printed letter or 2, because imo some cursive letters just look dumb (mostly the capitalized ones, if they are too different from the printed version).One time a lady complimented my handwriting, and I’ll never forget how surprised and pleased that made me feel. I think it’s barely legible.
(DIR) Post #B4fL7ehSzZZjlJdedM by DrewNaylor@mastodon.online
2026-03-27T00:21:11Z
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@futurebird The only time I don't is if I'm writing my email address or if I legally have to for something. Even then I occasionally make some characters slightly cursive because I struggle with print.
(DIR) Post #B4fMQI05iFn8ohncCO by derpoltergeist@col.social
2026-03-27T00:35:45Z
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@futurebird awkward is pretty tame for how I feel about it.
(DIR) Post #B4fMjQDDPEzRmr3qJU by WhiteCatTamer@mastodon.online
2026-03-27T00:39:13Z
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@futurebird Another lefty chiming in here. When I took the GREs, I had to copy a small paragraph that stated I wouldn’t cheat, and it HAD to be in cursive.It took me about five minutes of mental and physical strain to finish.I do print at a normalish pace, and thankfully I was a stubborn little fuck as a kid, so I think if someone tried to make me write righthanded I’d ask why until they wanted to puke while still writing lefty.
(DIR) Post #B4fMnBMqXY8euCMKAq by clew@ecoevo.social
2026-03-27T00:39:54Z
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And then, boustrophedon!@futurebird @jmax @geonz
(DIR) Post #B4fNpgPGD1CnhjFDdY by fleur_de_LA@mastodon.online
2026-03-27T00:51:33Z
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@futurebird I can write in cursive, and when I make notes for myself what comes out is a blend of block and cursive. For readability for others I write block.Never thought about it, but I've been told my block writing is nice.
(DIR) Post #B4fOAZyTJnpzpwg7oO by pumiquxt@sfba.social
2026-03-27T00:55:19Z
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@futurebird yes but not that you could read it
(DIR) Post #B4fPCS4PmDYPr7umrQ by ScriptFanix@maly.io
2026-03-27T01:06:52Z
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@futurebird Other: I don't give a f. If I have to handwrite, it's most probably a note to myself. It's also probably a bunch of squiggly lines only I know how to read. Like I literally replace certain parts of certain words wit ha squiggly line because in context, the shape will be enough for me to know what it means.
(DIR) Post #B4fPjf9EAvpFyJ0Ciu by deirdrebeth@mas.to
2026-03-27T01:12:53Z
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@futurebird My handwriting looks pretty much exactly like comic sans...to the point where my folks thought I'd gotten an personalized font when it first came out.I like it - a lot of people angrily don't 👅
(DIR) Post #B4fQAvDwVrlXeKCphg by 5tern1@corteximplant.com
2026-03-27T01:17:46Z
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@futurebird I love writing cursive, I'm just always insecure if other people can read cursive. Not because of my handwriting, more if they ever learned to.My mom owned books printed in cursive and that was hard to read when I was a kid
(DIR) Post #B4fUvyHJNGqCY7TK9w by KanaMauna@sauropods.win
2026-03-27T02:11:07Z
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@futurebird there’s a very good reason why I print instead of handwrite
(DIR) Post #B4fUyx5KGeB3iWHrf6 by Khyrie@sfba.social
2026-03-27T02:11:40Z
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@futurebird I like writing in cursive, but have been relentlessly shamed for my handwriting for decades now. So I try not to show my writing to others, or if it can't be avoided I take super extra care to write as neatly as I can (still get shamed)
(DIR) Post #B4fVAB3cesMkEmqKdU by autolycos@beige.party
2026-03-27T02:13:42Z
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@futurebird with a fountain pen by preference
(DIR) Post #B4fVZ0NLVhacLcuJXs by ninetiger@writing.exchange
2026-03-27T02:18:10Z
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@futurebird I detest when I have to print
(DIR) Post #B4fVikTbTfTtvwTq9g by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-27T02:19:52Z
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@nazokiyoubinbou @KanaMauna @Virginicus And did we learn anything from what a huge failure that "education idea" was?
(DIR) Post #B4fWSuX6Q6pYRa82xE by justmichelle@beige.party
2026-03-27T02:28:17Z
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@futurebird @jmax @geonz I write journals and such in cursive. Notes, lists, and booking cards in all caps printing. I can do mirror writing. But only printing.
(DIR) Post #B4fb7Fb7v7FZAwVBg0 by graveolensa@mathstodon.xyz
2026-03-27T03:20:24Z
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@futurebird @jmax @geonz
(DIR) Post #B4fbIeTRluC5VrLXMW by oheso@ieji.de
2026-03-27T03:21:40Z
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@futurebird A doctor, seeing my handwriting, would assume I’m having a stroke.
(DIR) Post #B4fbKz5M6s5018BqRU by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-27T03:22:55Z
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@oheso ... or another doctor
(DIR) Post #B4fbObNWC5hleKPVqq by oheso@ieji.de
2026-03-27T03:22:39Z
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@futurebird 🤣
(DIR) Post #B4fbyE4QKVypmnSxH6 by jfmezei@cosocial.ca
2026-03-27T03:29:58Z
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@futurebird Ever since these newfangled computer thingies were invented, I have basically lost my ability to write, cursive or normal letters.
(DIR) Post #B4fdb5NmfFtE5bcD5M by kaced@infosec.exchange
2026-03-27T03:48:13Z
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@futurebird mainly my name these days, to the point that when I was forced to write out a whole sentence by surprise when taking the GRE I could barely do it. It looked worse than when I learned in 3rd grade, pretty embarrassing
(DIR) Post #B4feAJP2WsaZhx03G4 by ahimsa_pdx@disabled.social
2026-03-27T03:54:34Z
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@futurebird For years I have typed almost everything because my hands hurt if I write more than a sentence or two. But if I had to write in cursive, I could do it, no problem.
(DIR) Post #B4fg9ThUxOX1GSMcAi by AstroMancer5G@spore.social
2026-03-27T04:16:49Z
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@futurebirdMy handwriting has not changed much since first grade. I do a decent job with cursive, but my non-cursive is basically doctor's writing.
(DIR) Post #B4fhdFaU5ros8QqMD2 by AlgoCompSynth@mastodon.social
2026-03-27T04:33:24Z
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@futurebird I struggled with cursive all through school. I could do it but it was slow and hard for the teachers to read. By the 9th grade I had switched to printing and now the only time I use cursive is twice a year - May when I mail in my primary ballot and November when I mail in the general one. ;-)
(DIR) Post #B4fpcMneakyRqc5p32 by ausgroucho@aus.social
2026-03-27T06:02:53Z
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Do you mean, do I write, or do I print words as if with a crayon? Do I look like a Trump?Of course I write.
(DIR) Post #B4fuV0PJwoka8t1LDU by Kyna@aus.social
2026-03-27T06:57:34Z
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@futurebird I don't feel awkward about my cursive, it's just that it's messy. I'm left-handed and have struggled with messy handwriting for decades.I've been watching penmanship videos lately, I've realised that part of my problem is that I write too fast, trying to keep up with whatever is tumbling out of my brain. If I slow my writing down, I might do better.I have recently started using a fountain pen, and it means I don't need to press so hard to write - this is helping me to rethink how fast I'm writing.
(DIR) Post #B4fw2bFK6RTNuEvY0W by AVincentInSpace@furry.engineer
2026-03-27T07:14:49Z
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@futurebird when handwriting about technical topics, I write in cursive and then print words or phrases that I would put in a monospace font if I was typing
(DIR) Post #B4fwXXzkF0FQndOheK by arne_d_h@snabelen.no
2026-03-27T07:20:26Z
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@futurebird @jmax @geonz a shortcut to mirror writing would be to do it with the other hand?
(DIR) Post #B4fxc6rGf6es2SAhuK by loganer@mastodon.social
2026-03-27T07:32:19Z
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@futurebird I exclusively write cursive for a signature (my name) though I can read cursive with a bit of effort.I feel very neutral towards writing, I prefer typing on keyboard but I don't necessarily hate hand writting either.
(DIR) Post #B4fzSIdwBso7bMO252 by maswan@mastodon.acc.sunet.se
2026-03-27T07:53:05Z
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@futurebirdIt's been over 30 years since I last tried, so I'm going to assume "no".
(DIR) Post #B4g1IuyX19XdV0fojw by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2026-03-27T08:13:51Z
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@futurebird There’s a scene in a Blake’s 7 episode where the characters are made to work without computers. One of them holds up his finger and asks the supervisor what it is. The supervisor, confused, tells him it’s a finger. He then asks if it’s better designed for pressing buttons or holding a graphite writing stick.In a typical day, I type more words than I write by hand in a typical year. All of the time in schools making me use clunky writing implements and practice a key skill for Victorians was a criminal waste of my time.
(DIR) Post #B4g5QwOE2gYM1Fly0u by ersatzmaus@mastodon.social
2026-03-27T09:00:05Z
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@futurebird Over here that's just "writing": If you got through school and learned to write, you learned how to do joined-up writing.
(DIR) Post #B4gCpj8p8UkpqgKofA by swelljoe@mas.to
2026-03-27T09:26:07Z
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@david_chisnall @futurebird I have dysgraphia, so handwriting is brutally slow and uncomfortable for me and the results are embarrassing and illegible. I was allowed to use computers before computers were commonly seen in schools, and I basically never write by hand as an adult. But, I wish handwriting weren't so awful for me... it's proven to have many benefits for learning and processing. I sometimes get the urge to try again but I'm just reminded of the discomfort when I try.
(DIR) Post #B4gCpjlonVwjncZxRY by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2026-03-27T10:04:46Z
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@swelljoe @futurebird But, I wish handwriting weren't so awful for me... it's proven to have many benefits for learning and processingIs this actually true? I've seen lots of studies that compare learning and retention of handwriting versus reading, but only a handful that tried to compare handwriting with typing and these did not control for familiarity.
(DIR) Post #B4gCpkLGfiIpZZAGhM by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-27T10:22:59Z
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@david_chisnall @swelljoe There are some studies like this one. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1219945/fullBut I also find this matches my own experience and what I observe in students. For many students writing and drawing by hand (or using a stylus on a tablet, which can help students with motor issues) seems to be more efficient than typing. My personal theory is that when using a pen on paper students draw more diagrams. And drawing is very powerful.Of course there will be students who are exceptions.
(DIR) Post #B4gCwYoxuAnprsIwZk by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-27T10:24:18Z
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@david_chisnall @swelljoe So, even with studies and personal experience etc etc I think educators still need to listen to individual students.
(DIR) Post #B4gCyAgwaXnxbxJwxM by swoonie@mastodon.ie
2026-03-27T10:23:24Z
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@futurebird I think I might not know what exactly “cursive” means here. Do you simply mean the handwriting that was taught in primary school until recently, where the letters are all joined up?
(DIR) Post #B4gCyBY7OqL6GsCPq4 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-27T10:24:35Z
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@swoonie Yes.
(DIR) Post #B4gDBAP4yGQSTxA40m by futurebird@sauropods.win
2026-03-27T10:26:56Z
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@david_chisnall @swelljoe And by "more efficient" I mean that a student retains more, from the time they spend studying or taking notes. Not that they can write more. Typing is sometimes much faster.
(DIR) Post #B4gDxUEiXIJ9tPM5oG by david_chisnall@infosec.exchange
2026-03-27T10:35:38Z
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@futurebird @swelljoe I assume there's a strong correlation between a lot of these things and the subconscious elements. My mother writes without thinking. She can't spell a bunch of words without writing them down. I'm the same with typing, but handwriting requires conscious thought, which means it comes with some cognitive load.Similarly, I'd much rather draw diagrams with a mouse than a pen, even when using a device with a pen and a touchscreen. I find editing enables a load more modes of thought. And being able to draw a text box and type into it gives me something much more readable at the end.
(DIR) Post #B4gE0uL5wVNNiZyBBQ by kbm0@mastodon.social
2026-03-27T10:36:15Z
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@futurebird @david_chisnall @swelljoe I wonder if this is primarily true in mathematics and certain sciences, but not so much in other subjects? My OH teaches mathematics, and of course it's still hand writing all the way. Not much opportunity to get into the cursive flow of a long essay though.
(DIR) Post #B4gH7vD3PAWgJ5FEaO by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2026-03-27T11:11:06Z
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@futurebird Wow, it really feels like a scene of The Exorcist !(yes, I know that there was no such scene in The Exorcist, but there definitely should have been one)(Who's up for "The Exorcist - math teacher edition" ?)@jmax @geonz
(DIR) Post #B4gHv2wNRx4ATQrvU0 by lienrag@mastodon.tedomum.net
2026-03-27T11:19:56Z
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@futurebird You forgot the option "does it need to be readable after the fact to count as writing ?".
(DIR) Post #B4gIpB22YNLpmkHaSG by sbourne@mastodon.social
2026-03-27T11:30:09Z
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@futurebird I used to hate my handwriting - it was so childish. The summer before I went to college I changed my style to be quick to write, easy to read, and looked a lot better. I guess I could claim I designed my own font? Still really like it.
(DIR) Post #B4gJGEl2oCnJ9xEhvc by Klara@drupal.community
2026-03-27T11:35:03Z
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@futurebird other. I think I have a bit of disgraphia. When I write fast my hand seizes up an it becomes a scribling line. The rounded letters aren't round but triangular, and not in the same direction. So for note taking I use capitals.But the weird thing is, calligraphy does work, i can do school cursive and all the medieval script types and lettering. That feels more like drawing I suppose.
(DIR) Post #B4gLokp6IRfGMYiiie by sollat@masto.ai
2026-03-27T12:03:40Z
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@futurebird Somehow I have multiple handwriting styles. Which one I use depends on the writing implement, the amount of flat space available, the time I have, and the type of content.So I guess “it depends”.
(DIR) Post #B4glx5dzMnwc3v9sNk by maysonic@twit.social
2026-03-27T16:56:31Z
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@futurebird Mainly on my monthly rent check…
(DIR) Post #B4hESgoA2U8T1BlwmW by PattyCat@mastodon.social
2026-03-27T22:15:57Z
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@futurebird except when writting down in log books
(DIR) Post #B4hgmfz9bZAiyVEVV2 by garland@social.seattle.wa.us
2026-03-28T03:33:17Z
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@futurebird I can write in cursive, but I don’t. I can drive stick shift, and I do.
(DIR) Post #B4hranPFHtXk0jyUq0 by dgodon@mastodon.online
2026-03-28T05:34:25Z
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@futurebird I can but it’s a struggle. Hard to believe I once was fairly fluent at it.
(DIR) Post #B4i2I9KKf59PzTzJB2 by lufthans@mastodon.social
2026-03-28T07:34:17Z
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@futurebird @jmax @geonz for some of us writing legibly in any direction seems like a super-power
(DIR) Post #B4iVsCUdGTTauELem8 by jgamble@fosstodon.org
2026-03-28T13:05:48Z
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@futurebird I've been going through the replies and finding the reasons for using/not using cursive (or block writing in capital letters or other variants) fascinating.Except for check-writing, I stopped using cursive in college. Using cursive was not faster than printing, and printing was much more legible.I am not left-handed, and there was no trauma in my education. But I suspect the people who can do cursive well can also draw, and I can't.
(DIR) Post #B4k8TckWb8RgTA0ujw by JosephLord@union.place
2026-03-29T07:53:02Z
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@futurebird @jmax @geonz Would mirror writing be possible with a similar trick if you imagine you are writing on the other side of the paper with a super flexible wrist? Not that I can do either mirror or upside down, just trying to extend the logic of your upside down approach.
(DIR) Post #B4l7joujETSM2BuCZc by Salvo@aus.social
2026-03-29T19:19:28Z
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@futurebird @nlowell I was the first person in my class to get my Pen License.I was the first person in the history of the school to get their pen license revoked.
(DIR) Post #B4lNKRYaXEhJcXTG4W by ShurykaN@ani.work
2026-03-29T22:14:08Z
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@futurebird @nazokiyoubinbou @KanaMauna @Virginicus we learned forcing someone to do something doesn't work
(DIR) Post #B4lpbghEIWqGDKWXWS by krnlg@mastodon.social
2026-03-30T03:31:02Z
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@futurebird I deliberately went out of my way in a previous job to do a lot of writing by hand, because I think it's cool and fun. Also in that job I used to have a *stamp* I could *kerchunk* and sign! I don't have to write much in work these days but that won't stop me. It is embedded by now!