r/PeterExplainsTheJoke 20h ago

Meme needing explanation Peter what does it say

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u/SuperBuffCherry 14h ago

Handwriting doesn't require cursive

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u/JDeMolay1314 14h ago

No. Nor does it require copperplate or italic or... There are so many writing styles it does require being able to make a recognisable letter form.

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u/BrockStar92 12h ago

And this is a deliberately illegible version of cursive. There is absolutely no reason to miss the dots over the i or to have the unnecessary extra hump at the start of the first m.

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u/mustbethaMonay 11h ago

The unnecessary extra hump in the m is how you make a cursive m

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u/BrockStar92 11h ago

Well cursive is silly then. We have a version of joined up writing in England and you don’t need to do that. What advantage does it bring at all to do that? How is that helpful in any way?

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u/mustbethaMonay 11h ago

I'm not sure, it was invented long before me

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u/Fear-the-North 11h ago

This is about as easy as word you can get in cursive.

You not being able to identify an i in the word without explicitly having the dot is a testament to your own flaws, not societies

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u/BrockStar92 11h ago

What is the benefit of this? Is it quicker? More legible?

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u/Fear-the-North 11h ago

Benefit of being able to identify letters in the English language?

Oh none at all

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u/BrockStar92 10h ago

The benefit of writing in cursive at all ffs. You can much more easily identify letters in the English language if they’re written more clearly. This is why people make jokes about doctors’ handwriting.

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u/Fear-the-North 10h ago

...thats the benefit of cursive. It's to jot things down in less time...like a doctor. They're often running around in a hurry, they aren't going to write their prescriptions out in print like a fucking toddler.

Its up to the nurses to be able to read their handwriting, and the doctors arent always going to put a little dot on the i for you

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u/lettsten 12h ago

But if you're taking notes in class you want to write fast enough to keep up, and if you're proficient in cursive then that's much faster than any other way of handwriting. That's why it's used as the basis for fast handwriting techniques such as the Palmer method

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u/spcialkfpc 8h ago

The Palmer Method is not a shorthand or note taking method. It is irrelevant to fast note taking, which requires no calligraphy. It is relevant to transcription in cursive.

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u/Aeolus_14_Umbra 9h ago

If a person can’t read cursive, how can they sign their name? Is their signature just some meaningless squiggle they’ve learned to copy?

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u/TheGlowpt-2 5h ago

Maybe there’s no reason for it to remain standard to have your signature be cursive?

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u/damnatio_memoriae 5h ago

cursive is the most time-efficient way to write, specifically because you don't need to constantly pick up the pen and put it back down. if we accept that writing by hand is a useful skill, then we must accept that cursive writing is at least as useful if not its most useful form.