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Why I hate the index finger (1980)

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255 points consumer451 | 1 comments | 19 Nov 24 00:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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DiggyJohnson ◴[19 Nov 24 15:33 UTC] No.42184584[source]▶
Worth the read.

I am so worried that we as a society have lost the ability to write well, and risk losing the ability to recognize and appreciate good writing. Rote professional written communication skills are changing and diminishing. The written word is generally seen to be a burden. Anyways, bittersweet thoughts from a really funny article.

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1. MrMcCall ◴[19 Nov 24 16:17 UTC] No.42185100[source]▶
This place really is good practice for all sorts of skills: expressive, physical, mental, emotional, and even spiritual. And beyond learning about various zones of my beloved nerdtech, there are very subtle levels of sociology, anthropology, and psychology on display here, too.

But yeah, the decline is real, my friend. I declined to use IRC for all these years, and I'm afraid its descendant, texting, has not improved our society's level of anything beyond the most mundane trivial pursuits.