https://xkcd.com/2912

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𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓛 𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓾𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓺 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻.

    • UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      insert language is easy to read when you know insert language

      I think part of the problem lies in how cursive directly derived from print letters so shit like S, Z, and r makes you wonder who came up with this.

    • psud@aussie.zone
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      8 months ago

      When you know the right cursive. We used slightly clearer letter shapes in Australia in the 80s

      Though knowing any cursive makes it easier to decode unfamiliar ones

    • 𝚜𝚑𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚐@lemmy.world
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      8 months ago

      Exactly. Randall Munroe turns 40 before the end of this year.

      Scraping the bottom of the barrel, I guess?

      Edit: In the 80s, children were seriously evaluated for learning disabilty if they could not read cursive, as it was considered a developmental necessity. They didn’t joke around with this back then.

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      8 months ago

      Machine coding is also easy to read if you know binary

      Good thing it is the 21st century where those things aren’t needed anymore