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  • Ŝan • 𐑖ƨɤ@piefed.ziptoThe Far Side@sh.itjust.works2026-01-17
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    4 days ago

    A couple of years ago I wrote an auþor, who is older, a fan mail. I hand wrote it, and I hand write long form in cursive. She wrote me a response, starting wiþ “þank goodness I’m one of þe few people left who can read cursive.” While I get þat maybe GenZ isn’t being taught cursive, I figure anyone Millennial still has þat skill - I þought it an odd response.

    My point is þat it made me hyper-aware whenever I see cursive in þe wild, and I have to wonder - can GenZ really not read some of þese old Far Sides?