I'd love to be able to write in cursive on a caligraphy level, but otherwise I don't really care. My field of work traditionally uses all caps writing anyway.
Cursive is for rapidly writing down information for myself. If other people are meant to read what I'm writing, I switch to a more legible mix of cursive and regular letters.
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GrobianWhat's on sale?Pliers!Registered Userregular
I can't write non-cursive, never learned it. If I need to write "block letters" as they are called here, I basically write my cursive letters but with little spaces between them.
yeah. I don't know what the big problem with it is, but then I am an OLD and had to attend school before these newfangled COMPOOTERS were everywhere.
I think German schools might have started teaching non-cursive writing in the last 5 years or so? Before that it was all cursive all the time.
I only learned simplified cursive in school which is basicall print with connecting lines and slight adjustments to the letters. It's ugly as hell. I think after elementary school you could use print if you liked.
I'm a big fan of getting rid of cursive in school. So much time spent repeating letters over and over, and today I don't even know how to write half the cursive letters because I haven't had to use it since 5th grade. Now, typing classes would've been infinitely more useful, but we didn't get around to any of that until after I'd long settled into, like, 4-finger typing I still use now.
Plus, even with bad handwriting, normal lettering is usually still readable. With cursive, either the person better have been putting a lot of effort into it or they may as well have been just scribbling circles across the page.
Cursive was taught well enough after I learned print that, while I can use it, it never became something I'd regularly use.
When I was a small child, I always thought that the Disney "D" was a "G".
If that's all there is my friends, then let's keep dancing
Librarian's ghostLibrarian, Ghostbuster, and TimSporkRegistered Userregular
Back in grade school, right after I was taught cursive I was told by my teachers that my handwriting was so horrible that I could only print from then on. I basically never used cursive again. However I had to reteach myself when I was doing 1800's reenacting since writing with a quill or steel nib pen required it to get the most out of each dip of the pen.
Also as someone who has to use a cursive capital G in his signature, Yo cursive capital Gs are bullshit! Look NOTHING like the printed letter. I've been trying to force myself to move to the Thomas Jefferson method. He always printed any capital letters then the rest of the word was cursive. Looks pretty good.
I feel like every time cursive writing comes up, we all end up repeating the same arguments. I guess you could say the discussion has a tendency to be a bit.........
I feel like every time cursive writing comes up, we all end up repeating the same arguments. I guess you could say the discussion has a tendency to be a bit.........
Anyway I think I mostly dislike cursive because I was bad at writing it and remain bad at quickly reading it, so I'm a little jelly of people who it clicked for/practiced it enough
Cursive was taught well enough after I learned print that, while I can use it, it never became something I'd regularly use.
When I was a small child, I always thought that the Disney "D" was a "G".
I can't not see the "y" as a "p"
Every time the logo comes up I say "Disnep" in my head
The one about the fucking space hairdresser and the cowboy. He's got a tinfoil pal and a pedal bin
Also as someone who has to use a cursive capital G in his signature, Yo cursive capital Gs are bullshit! Look NOTHING like the printed letter. I've been trying to force myself to move to the Thomas Jefferson method. He always printed any capital letters then the rest of the word was cursive. Looks pretty good.
Also one major thing about cursive is it fucks over left-handed people. We smudge writing so easily and cursive goes from slightly-legible to a big smear.
Back in grade school, right after I was taught cursive I was told by my teachers that my handwriting was so horrible that I could only print from then on. I basically never used cursive again. However I had to reteach myself when I was doing 1800's reenacting since writing with a quill or steel nib pen required it to get the most out of each dip of the pen.
Also as someone who has to use a cursive capital G in his signature, Yo cursive capital Gs are bullshit! Look NOTHING like the printed letter.
I hate cursive in general and was glad when I reached a point in school where it wasn't required anymore. My handwriting is terrible enough without adding all that complexity.
I did kind of love writing Q's. The way you double-bounce off the line. It was fun.
Wonder if we'll be sent home early tomorrow as well when the coffeemaker catches on fire next.
Seriously who the hell thought lowest bidder was a good idea for electrical work?
The government?
Pretty much.
Just got a text from someone in contact with supervisor to wear comfortable clothes because we have two hours to clear the warehouse. This'll be a fun day.
Accidentally left my headphones at home in today and I am dying without a podcast or music or SOMETHING.
May have to go grab them at lunch.
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Another week, another game of Guess What Websites The Web Filter Thinks Are Subversive. This week's contestants are Imgur, Reddit, Tumblr, Youtube, Livejournal, and Wikileaks. Two of these sites can still be accessed at work. Can you guess which two?
Hint 1: Wikileaks is the free space on the bingo card.
Hint 2: All but Wikileaks were readily available last Friday.
Other than my signature, I haven't used cursive since grade school; once I enlisted, my signature went from fairly legible to some sort of palsy-stricken scribble because you have to sign your name and initials to about infinity documents just to start boot camp and you stop caring what it looks like when you haven't slept in two days. When you factor in all the damage my hands have taken from the bar industry and martial arts, my signature looks like someone tried to draw a series of angled loops with the hiccups.
Which is kinda funny if you imagine it happening to Darth Vader.
My new litmus test is showing people at work the SpaceX drone ship landing.
"Holy shit."
"WOah holy shit."
"That's not real is it? Is this a game video?"
"The space program is such a waste of tax payer dollars." -Never talk to this person again.
lonelyahavaCall me Ahava ~~She/Her~~Move to New ZealandRegistered Userregular
I can write cursive. Sometimes I still do. But the annoying letters like Q and G almost always start off printed and the rest of the word is cursive.
I moved school systems in third grade. Old school taught cursive starting in third.New school taught it end of second grade. So I was behind on it anyways. Had do extra credit work to catch up . Then got to fifth grade and my teachers refurefused to read my handwritten stuff, it was pretty illegible. So I typed everything.
My new litmus test is showing people at work the SpaceX drone ship landing.
"Holy shit."
"WOah holy shit."
"That's not real is it? Is this a game video?" "The space program is such a waste of tax payer dollars." -Never talk to this person again.
It's pretty rare in my area, but yeah there's quite a few folks who still think NASA money should be used on more useful things like, I don't know, Eagles Stadium or some shit.
Joined up writing is clearly a bigger deal than I thought
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The server room is right off my library and the door is immediately next to my office. There are some guys from the security company running wires and computer stuff for security cameras in the school. Whatever they are doing, every 30 seconds there is a loud BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP.
I really don't want to get my hopes up, but there's a non-zero chance I might actually get a promotion at work, and it is killing any other thought I have in my head. I mean, where I work is unionized so it's a matter of seniority, but like I said, it's a non-zero chance and the job itself is seemingly pretty good.
edit: I'm also not going to find out if I get it for a few months, so there's that as well.
My new litmus test is showing people at work the SpaceX drone ship landing.
"Holy shit."
"WOah holy shit."
"That's not real is it? Is this a game video?" "The space program is such a waste of tax payer dollars." -Never talk to this person again.
Yeah, they are. They also refuse to listen to any cogent explanation of how research funding is actually a good thing and led to the creation of most of the modern conveniences they take for granted.
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I only learned simplified cursive in school which is basicall print with connecting lines and slight adjustments to the letters. It's ugly as hell. I think after elementary school you could use print if you liked.
Plus, even with bad handwriting, normal lettering is usually still readable. With cursive, either the person better have been putting a lot of effort into it or they may as well have been just scribbling circles across the page.
When I was a small child, I always thought that the Disney "D" was a "G".
Also as someone who has to use a cursive capital G in his signature, Yo cursive capital Gs are bullshit! Look NOTHING like the printed letter. I've been trying to force myself to move to the Thomas Jefferson method. He always printed any capital letters then the rest of the word was cursive. Looks pretty good.
recursive
Just send us home.
Yes but should one?
Anyway I think I mostly dislike cursive because I was bad at writing it and remain bad at quickly reading it, so I'm a little jelly of people who it clicked for/practiced it enough
Kind of a waste of leave but I think I need the long weekend to reset my brain so I can go back to work properly relaxed.
So how long will they be down? Seems like you're the person to ask.
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Even when people have good penmanship, I have to struggle to read certain letters because by the nature of cursive a lot of letters look alike.
On my sleeve, let the runway start
I can't not see the "y" as a "p"
Every time the logo comes up I say "Disnep" in my head
Hi! Hello? Yes. I'm here from the government....
That sounds neat, but I don't think it was his:
The government?
I hate cursive in general and was glad when I reached a point in school where it wasn't required anymore. My handwriting is terrible enough without adding all that complexity.
I did kind of love writing Q's. The way you double-bounce off the line. It was fun.
Pretty much.
Just got a text from someone in contact with supervisor to wear comfortable clothes because we have two hours to clear the warehouse. This'll be a fun day.
May have to go grab them at lunch.
Hint 1: Wikileaks is the free space on the bingo card.
Hint 2: All but Wikileaks were readily available last Friday.
Which is kinda funny if you imagine it happening to Darth Vader.
"Holy shit."
"WOah holy shit."
"That's not real is it? Is this a game video?"
"The space program is such a waste of tax payer dollars." -Never talk to this person again.
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I moved school systems in third grade. Old school taught cursive starting in third.New school taught it end of second grade. So I was behind on it anyways. Had do extra credit work to catch up . Then got to fifth grade and my teachers refurefused to read my handwritten stuff, it was pretty illegible. So I typed everything.
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They could just move it from English class to Art class.
I hated cursive in English class but I think I would be okay with it in Art class.
Weird.
Holy shit those people are real?
Steam ID: Obos Vent: Obos
I might cause harm to something.
They are really full of themselves, demanding IT guys. I'm sure that would go over well.
edit: I'm also not going to find out if I get it for a few months, so there's that as well.
Yeah, they are. They also refuse to listen to any cogent explanation of how research funding is actually a good thing and led to the creation of most of the modern conveniences they take for granted.