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Has using a computer turned your handwriting to muck?

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  • #32
    Red Hand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Red Hand


    Mine looked like a spider's tracks after being being dropped in a pot of ink, and that was well before I knew how to use a computor.


  • #33
    Dudess
    Closed Accounts Posts: 37,214 ✭✭✭✭Dudess


    Yeah, it kinda hurts my hand to write.


  • #34
    CorkMan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭CorkMan


    veryangryman wrote: »
    Maybe its just my tourettes playing up again but...

    I do pretty much all form-filling, work etc online. Only interaction that I have with a pen is to physically sign the odd thing. With chip and pin, i barely even need that!

    My handwriting has never been too much the legible type to most normies, but especially now Its gone to absolute doo-doo. I even think that my signature style has changed somewhat because of it.

    Compare with college where the right hand was worn off you from note-taking and id actually be much more legible (I did have to read it again some stage in the future after all!)

    Anyone else feel a bit odd when they use a pen for anything longer than a short list or similar these days?

    Yes, my handwriting has suffered. I used to be able to write 80WPM, but now only 15WPM :(


  • #35
    MrSir
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 241 ✭✭MrSir


    I don't think using computers for long periods of time affects my hand writing but when undertaking history exams I've noticed instead of Hitler I say either "Troll" or "Bieber" now.


  • #36
    HxGH
    Closed Accounts Posts: 767 ✭✭✭HxGH


    My handwriting looks like it was written by a person without hands.


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  • #37
    titan18
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,075 ✭✭✭✭titan18


    My writing has always been terrible.Plenty of teachers complained about it but I never really cared.Computers make writing unnecessary.


  • #38
    Corsendonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,870 ✭✭✭Corsendonk


    Yeap, and spell check on my pen doesn't work.


  • #39
    brummytom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    Nope, my hand-writing's never been great. Anyone else left-handed end up smudging half of what they write if they use a nice Parker pen? :(


  • #40
    Lust4Life
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,350 ✭✭✭Lust4Life


    If it weren't for list making, I would forget too much.
    So I do still have lovely handwriting skills.
    That and I have a sister who adores getting greeting cards...


  • #41
    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,533 ✭✭✭SV


    Nah my handwriting is perfect.
    I always have to write, for work.


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  • #42
    JohnK
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,775 ✭✭✭JohnK


    bonerm wrote: »
    Handwriting you say? I wish! Even my signature looks like it was done by an epileptic 5-year old.
    Just like myself! Only thing I write these days is birthday cards and my handwriting is worse than my nieces & nephews. Its always been crap though so I dont think the computer is entirely to blame.


  • #43
    starbelgrade
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,739 ✭✭✭✭starbelgrade


    Whoever said that the pen is mightier than the sword, has obviously never gone head to head with a Samurai.


  • #44
    Red Hand
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,983 ✭✭✭Red Hand


    starbelgrade wrote: »
    Whoever said that the pen is mightier than the sword, has obviously never gone head to head with a Samurai.

    In a handwriting contest or swordplay? Cause Zoro is good at doing the former with the latter.


  • #45
    SuperInfinity
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,449 ✭✭✭SuperInfinity


    Pretty much the same... I tell my brain to write my signature and then think "what the hell is that scribble???!!"


  • #46
    sky88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,689 ✭✭✭sky88


    mine has always been muck so no change at all


  • #47
    lemonjelly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭lemonjelly


    I said lol on a CV once...:o


  • #48
    orourkeda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,916 ✭✭✭✭orourkeda


    lemonjelly wrote: »
    I said lol on a CV once...:o

    You probably got the job did you?


  • #49
    civis_liberalis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,772 ✭✭✭civis_liberalis


    Whenever I have write something by hand, I usually apologise for my child like handwriting.

    Actually, many children would be ashamed of it...


  • #50
    FearDark
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,425 ✭✭✭FearDark


    My handwriting has been compared to Michael J. Fox's its that good.


  • #51
    TPD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,813 ✭✭✭TPD


    My handwriting is awful, and I blame it on computers. At least that way, it's not my fault.


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  • #52
    General Zod
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,661 ✭✭✭General Zod


    no, the nuns destroyed my handwriting long before that, making me write with my right hand.


  • #53
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,350 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    My handwriting was bad to start with, being told it looked like a doctor's writing on a prescription, but now it's a lot worse. When I do write, I get really pissed off when I make a mistake and can't backspace delete:(


  • #54
    Emberly Mushy Treadmill
    Posts: 81,308 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Emberly Mushy Treadmill


    No, still do a bit of writing so my handwriting is as lovely as ever :D

    no, the nuns destroyed my handwriting long before that, making me write with my right hand.
    that's so bad - luckily I'm still left handed, no mean nuns


  • #55
    Rebel021
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 943 ✭✭✭Rebel021


    irish-stew wrote: »
    nope, it already was muck.
    What he said


  • #56
    PeterIanStaker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,072 ✭✭✭PeterIanStaker


    My handwritings always been shite but the laptop's worsened it to the extent where I cant read it myself.


  • #57
    fakearms123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,381 ✭✭✭fakearms123


    I write the exact same with my hand as I do when I insert the pen in my anus and shake my hips over a page its that bad


  • #58
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    It's the main reason why I gamble, get to practice my hand writing by writing out betting dockets :p


  • #59
    homerun_homer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,053 ✭✭✭homerun_homer


    Nope, I've always had crap handwriting like that of a child just learning to do joined writing. In fact I was once a child who was learning so I suppose I never managed to improve.


  • #60
    Banned Account
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,553 ✭✭✭Banned Account


    Meh, why bark when you have a dog?


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  • #61
    Brendog
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,976 ✭✭✭Brendog


    This sounds like one of those Solicitor ads......








    "Has using a computer turned your handwriting to ****?...
    Have you ever been harrassed by your macintosh? If so then call 'Appleburners'. We'll support your case against Apple and their mean machines".


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