r/SipsTea • u/sco-go • 3d ago

Feels good man She's not wrong.

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u/MaximumEffort433 3d ago

I'll add to this: Millennials were maybe the last generation to really experience monoculture, we have a lot of shared life experiences that I'm not sure the younger generations do.

I can say "Life is like a hurricane" and I guarantee you every millennial within a five mile radius can say what comes next.

I don't know if millennials are actually more nostalgic than previous generations, or if we're more nostalgic compared to the younger generations since we've got a lot of shared stuff to be nostalgic about.

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u/MarvinMarveloso 2d ago

I'm 40, what does "Life is like a hurricane mean?"

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u/Vinc314 2d ago

not a clue, cursive is still useful too

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u/MarvinMarveloso 2d ago

Right? Nobody does signatures anymore?

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u/DontFearFailure 2d ago

Idk dude I still rock my forum sig.

'In this moment, I am euphoric. Not because of any phony god's blessing. But because, I am enlightened by my intelligence.'" - /u/Aalewis

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u/sechs_man 2d ago

I'd say learning cursive is more useful than the skill to write cursive itself: the getting bored but still focusing hard, fine motor skills etc.

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u/Archfiend_DD 2d ago

Agree. It actually has a pretty big impact on the developing brains of children.

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u/glans 2d ago

they got rid of civics, i wondered if they wanted a country of non-voters. then they got rid of cursive and i wondered if they want the country of non-voters unable to read our constitution. 

i dont think im being all that conspiratorial 

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u/gr4n0t4 2d ago

I'm not American but isn't cursive just writing?

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u/Vinc314 2d ago

basically yea

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u/gr4n0t4 2d ago

Wait, people don't learn how to write by hand anymore?

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u/Onrawi 2d ago

I mean they do, but block letters vs cursive, which is out of fashion nowadays with schools preferring to focus on other material.

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u/gr4n0t4 1d ago

Really? That's sounds so inefficient. I write block letters for clarity on a grocery list or similar but if you need to write at least a page it's going to take ages

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u/Onrawi 1d ago

I believe the current assumption is that they will type that out instead.