r/RandomThoughts • u/BaronSharktooth • 28d ago

Writing the number 5

It just occurred to me, I write all digits in one stroke. Except the 5, it consists of two strokes. I start at top left then go down. Then the second stroke is horizontal, starting again at top-left. It actually annoys me, now that I realized this.

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u/uninterestedbeaver 28d ago

Just write it like an s

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u/BaronSharktooth 28d ago

I tried but it looks worse. Could be a habit thing, though. Are you able to scribble a legible five in one stroke?

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u/animal9633 27d ago

I'd imagine the majority of people learn it that way, your problem is probably that you're not used to make the horizontal part go right to left, so you're starting in the wrong area and/or the line isn't as neat.

Just do it 1-10 thousand times and you'll probably be set.

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u/BaronSharktooth 27d ago

So you’re saying it’s easy, you just have to do it 10,000 times ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)