• Guntrigger@feddit.ch
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    1 year ago

    I was wrong about what exactly? My facetious point about American and World views on the matter? I still think it was on point despite not being 100% serious.

    It’s absolutely commonplace in the UK to learn this at an extremely young age and not something that “takes up valuable learning time”. It seems weird not to learn it. How about we don’t learn how to paint either because most people don’t have use for watercolours in their daily life?

    I think the fact I’m being down voted by the Americans who don’t want to learn cursive is kind of a hilarious confirmation.

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      1 year ago

      There’s no need to learn cursive, it serves no functional purpose that typing cannot match. Other than your signature, which… you have to learn how to do separate to cursive anyway to protect yourself from fraud by making it as unique and as difficult to replicate as possible.

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        1 year ago

        Good luck typing something when you have no electronic device nearby or no power. I know we live in a connected, techno-cebtric world now, but it’s wild to think that this simple skill is no longer valued at all by some.

        Also, your signature being the thing protecting you from fraud is quite hilarious from a European perspective too!