Subnostr

I've started journaling in cursive and I find it very calming. My hand doesn't cramp up like it used to with printing. I can read what you've written there, but I'm also a few years outside of your defined range.

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ringo 2y ago

journaling in cursive is how fountain pens were meant to be used......

its both highly rewarding and very relaxing.

ballpoint pens (ever since gradeschool) have felt like some kind of cruel and unusual torture device, to me, gel pens the same, although those didnt even exist until i was in junior high school, but yeah..

liquid pen and ink all the way.

so not only do i agree with you that its very calming but its just..... you lose track of time and space, and that's really remarkable, beacuse you're fully in tune with your sub conscious thoughts and they tend to just leak out on the page. so glad you've discovered this again, and by all means urge you to keep it up. it really is worth it, imho.

ps, i know you're outside the age range, you talk like someone around my age, but i'd be suprised if you were over 48. I'm 40 , but whatever. my intuition says that you're between 42 and 43, but that's not important unless you wish to share purely for the purposes of this post and of course, voluntarily for fun. :)

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Orange Crush

Nvm. Saw your reply

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ringo 2y ago

yezzir. :)

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Kunai

I tried reading some books by scientists back in the 1600-1900s and fuck that was a pain. So glad that shit is gone.

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ringo 2y ago

its a definite skill, something that's apparently no longer taught.

but in reality it's just way to connect the letter to one another, as you deduced, and i've always really enjoyed writing like this.

but I do have to agree with you, the farther back you go, the more difficult it is to read. the version I learned in school is far simpler in *some* aspects, than it used to be.

also, for example, leonardo used to write BACKwards, and mirrored, so you had to either know how to read that, or hold it up to a mirror and then reverse it, to even figure out what was going on... :D

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ringo 2y ago

does anyone else still get the typing performance anxiety when they identify to nickserv on their own server, even?

the moment i type /msg nickserv identify nickname and it prompts me that my nick will be changed within 1 minute i'm like "okay! gotta type this in just right" LOLOL.

a] ringo__ is now known as ringo

[a] ringo__ is now known as ringo

[21:40] -NickServ- This nickname is registered and protected. If it is your -services@services.2x2chat.com-

[21:40] -NickServ- nick, type /msg NickServ IDENTIFY password. Otherwise, -services@services.2x2chat.com-

[21:40] -NickServ- please choose a different nick. -services@services.2x2chat.com-

[21:40] -NickServ- If you do not change within 1 minute, I will change your nick. -services@services.2x2chat.com-

[21:41] -> (nickserv) identify ****redacted****

[21:41] -NickServ- Password accepted - you are now recognized. -services@services.2x2chat.com-

[21:41] mode.#2x2 (+qo ringo ringo) by BotServ

[21:41] mode.ringo (+oqsW ) by ringo

[a] +bcdfjknoqsvBCNOS :Server notice mask

[a] You are now an IRC Operator

[21:41] -Services.2x2chat.com- OperServ: USERS: ringo!omar@45.84.38.244 is now an IRC operator. -@-

21:41 [win:1] +*@ringo (+TWioqswxz) #2x2 (+Pnrt)

(ops:1) (non:3) (voc:0) (tot:4)

:)

if you irc, come idle or chat, what else are you doing right now? :)

I'm in #2x2 , on 2x2chat.com 6697 OR 6667 if you wish.

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hmm: @roya @wolf #[2] tagging yall first, cuz I think you're in the demographic. anyone else can play along as well, of course.

cc: #[3]

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ringo 2y ago

hmm.

hmm: #[5] #[6] #[3] tagging yall first, cuz I think you're in the demographic. anyone else can play along as well, of course.

cc: #[4]

okay then, that should work this time. 😂

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oops! lets try again with the text this time.

if you're between the ages of 18-30 and you can read this, let me know, and include your age in the comments. I remembered a while back, while reading something about the modern education system, that they were no longer teaching cursive writing.. So this begs the question, and a real poll. :-) If you're old, I already know you can read this. 😁

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ringo 2y ago

hmm: @roya @wolf #[2] tagging yall first, cuz I think you're in the demographic. anyone else can play along as well, of course.

cc: #[3]

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if you're between the ages of 18-30 and you can read this, let me know, and include your age in the comments. I remembered a while back, while reading something about the modern education system, that they were no longer teaching cursive writing.. So this begs the question, and a real poll. :-) If you're old, I already know you can read this. 😁

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ringo 2y ago

if you end up finding this post first, the actual image is here:

https://iris.to/post/note1we7qt0kpsvrm95g4nzueuhyd7pacml8lwkasnza7dp94erujlr6s82fgm7

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ringo 2y ago

oops! lets try again with the text this time.

if you're between the ages of 18-30 and you can read this, let me know, and include your age in the comments. I remembered a while back, while reading something about the modern education system, that they were no longer teaching cursive writing.. So this begs the question, and a real poll. :-) If you're old, I already know you can read this. 😁

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ringo 2y ago

if you're between the ages of 18-30 and you can read this, let me know, and include your age in the comments. I remembered a while back, while reading something about the modern education system, that they were no longer teaching cursive writing.. So this begs the question, and a real poll. :-) If you're old, I already know you can read this. 😁

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Yeah, no.

😉

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ringo 2y ago

😂. what are "notifications?" jk. that has been the single greatest pleasure of doing away with my smartphone. it was suddenly pre 1999, again, all the time. I realize most people will never do this, but it has its benefits. The gif is adorable, by the way.

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