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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wonder how many people feel this way about writing when everyone just types/texts everything.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

There are fewer and fewer applications for writing, but it’s still more important than reading an analog clock.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

How so?

I genuinely don't understand the clock-face-reading-is-a-useless-skill opinion so both seem equally important to me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

Fair enough. Most people don’t encounter analog clocks anymore. And many of us have smart watches or phones where we check the time. Since I have a non-analog watch, I don’t find I ever look at analog clocks anymore. If it’s in a room, I just don’t notice it. Growing up, it was important to know, but now I just never have a use for it. Learning is important, but there are so many more interesting and useful things to learn.

You could also make an argument about automatic or manual cars. Sure, we could teach our kids how to drive manual, but why? Most cars are automatic. If they want to have a manual car, they can learn. Otherwise it’s just a useless skill.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Yea that's kind of what I was thinking when I said eventually handwriting will go the same way.

If people never encounter it and do all their writing on keyboards, it'll eventually be a useless skill as well.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Exactly. I find that I sign the back of checks and write brief sentences in birthday cards. Neither of those feel like they’ll be around for a lot longer.