Random Thought Thread

Blues said:
The market crashed, a recession loomed, Carothers' were scarce...


K-18: Way The F##k Beyond The Thunderdome

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"C'mon, Delta. We've got work to do."
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I need someone to put a K18 into that man's hand
 
I'm a little late to the topic, but I am a Millennial, and I can read and write cursive. Of course, I also do calligraphy in English and Hebrew, and hand draw fonts for logos... So I feel like I may be atypical for the whole handwriting stuff.

As an archaeologist, I have found that being able to read cursive is in fact a valuable and dying skill. Most of my younger co-workers have to rely on other people's parsing of old documents. When you are trying to track down the details of folk's lives from 150 years ago using Census records and the like, relying on other people's ability to figure out what Joe Enumerator meant by a given squiggle is not very advisable. I really appreciate that my elementary really pushed cursive writing. It had very little practical application back when I did security work, but since my career change, it has really come in handy.
 
It's the year 2022. Who the hell writes anything anymore? But when taking notes, I always start out in kindergarten print and find myself switching over to cursive midsentence. It's more direct, less finnicky bullshit and better reflects thinking. If you can't write in cursive, you can't really properly write your thoughts. Thoughts have flow.
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
It's the year 2022. Who the hell writes anything anymore? But when taking notes, I always start out in kindergarten print and find myself switching over to cursive midsentence. It's more direct, less finnicky bullshit and better reflects thinking. If you can't write in cursive, you can't really properly write your thoughts. Thoughts have flow.
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A previous boss had a thing about people taking notes via a computer/iPad since he thought you were checking e-mail, twitter, blade forum etc. instead of listening to what was happening in the meeting. After getting yelled at a few times, I switched to a notebook and pen. That boss has been long gone, but I stuck with the notebook and writing in cursive. I agree with Nate, ideas flow and there is something tangible about writing them on paper that is satisfying.
 
Blues said:
We should leave cursive written instructions next to the stick shift for the knuckleheads that try to steal our manual tranny vehicles.

Double whammy!!!
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There are several terms which come to mind:

- a throw back

- a throw way back

- a throw away

Let’s be very careful that we don’t slide down this perilous scale. These days I often find myself atop this list whenever I look around whether in here or IRL ;)
 
Nathan the Machinist said:
It's the year 2022. Who the hell writes anything anymore? But when taking notes, I always start out in kindergarten print and find myself switching over to cursive midsentence. It's more direct, less finnicky bullshit and better reflects thinking. If you can't write in cursive, you can't really properly write your thoughts. Thoughts have flow.
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It is very obvious to me that you are completely oblivious of those North Korean officers donned in military regalia who follow Kim Jong Un around. I think that they got all their medals in the battlefield of pens, notepads and shorthand!
 
Casinostocks said:
There are several terms which come to mind:

- a throw back

- a throw way back

- a throw away

Let’s be very careful that we don’t slide down this perilous scale. These days I often find myself atop this list whenever I look around whether in here or IRL ;)
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I haven't a clue wtf you're talking about...but carry on. 🤣
 
fonedork said:
When I was in grad school they allowed computers for the exams but I did all my tests and all my note taking by hand. In print. Not cursive because I actually write slower in cursive…
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We used to call it "script". For a long time now, everything I write is in print. The only time I use "script" is to sign my name, and it never looks the same twice...only marginally so.
 
Blues said:
We used to call it "script". For a long time now, everything I write is in print. The only time I use "script" is to sign my name, and it never looks the same twice...only marginally so.
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Yeah, aside from print being easier for me to write fast over long periods of time I think my script is harder to read too, I probably just suck at it.
 
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