• qaz@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    We don’t need to go back to handwritten mail, FOSS is the way to go.

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      1 year ago

      Writing someone a letter is a very personal thing and you’re creating a memory. Something tangible, concrete, also weighs in on reality. Looking at a piece of paper with your handwrite makes you understand you’re commiting to something.

      I’m a FOSS loon but the craze of making everything digital is absurd. I’ve listened to people criticizing others for using paper and a pencil to take down a memo, note or even journaling, when they can do it on their phone.

      Is existing so dreadful nowadays? Does the notion of leaving proof of existence scares?

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        1 year ago

        Its nothing to do with contempt for the media, or not wanting to leave evidence of my existence or anything like that, its just that I got shit to do.

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          1 year ago

          I don’t doubt you have a busy life. And that is not the subject at hand here.

          What should concern us, collectively, is that we are constantly being pushed the notion that we do not have enough time and that tech is always the solution, when it is not.

          I’m going to take a risk and say you write faster than you type and reaching for a pencil is quicker than launching a program.

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            1 year ago

            I’m going to take a risk and say you write faster than you type and reaching for a pencil is quicker than launching a program.

            Maybe for you, but opening KWrite takes only 5-6 key presses and I type much faster than I write