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GenThePerservering

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7. I can't write in cursive, either.

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Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:04 PM

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I'm no youngun. IMHO, cursive is far outweighed by the rot AI is creating.

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Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them. (Psychology Today, 3/22) [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

Not happening here! SheltieLover Yesterday #1

Yvw, Sheltie! There is so much pressure and hype to use AI from the AI industry, and now from the Trump regime. highplainsdem Yesterday #4

And it's hard to escape. Most major search engines have it embedded. erronis Yesterday #16

Its similar to spell check, unless a person takes the effort to turn it off.. BlueWaveNeverEnd 3 hrs ago #57

The risks, IMO, are a given and I will never embrace this dysfunctional garbage. SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #32

K & R Raastan Yesterday #2

Thanks! highplainsdem Yesterday #6

Important article Wild blueberry Yesterday #3

You're welcome! After seeing that editorial from the U of Pennsylvania student paper yesterday, reading highplainsdem 20 hrs ago #46

Another skill that too many younglings have lost... GiqueCee Yesterday #5

I can't write in cursive, either. GenThePerservering Yesterday #7

Over the 70-odd years... GiqueCee Yesterday #13

For what it's worth, I can't tell time on a sundial. Or use Stonehenge to schedule a harvest. JustABozoOnThisBus Yesterday #18

Neither. I click on the receiver cradle multiple times. erronis Yesterday #22

Whoa! GiqueCee Yesterday #29

easy Mossfern 22 hrs ago #41

The reason I was told in elementary school for learning cursive is because it is FASTER progree Yesterday #24

Personally. I like Roman Numeral clocks. Sequoia 21 hrs ago #44

I have the clacky electric portable typewriter with ribbon too. Sadly, no rotary dial phone, progree 21 hrs ago #45

And party line phones. Sequoia 5 hrs ago #54

Your first two sentences reveal the tenuous ground the cursive argument stands on. Ilikepurple Yesterday #25

My wife has a Masters Degree in Special Ed... GiqueCee 22 hrs ago #38

I think it would be interesting to hear your wives anecdotes, but you only mentioned analog clocks in your prior post. Ilikepurple 19 hrs ago #47

Cursive was torture for me. hunter 12 hrs ago #52

I couldn't agree more. SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #33

IDIOCRACY becomes reality and defines a new class of fuedal peasantry. Ford_Prefect Yesterday #8

YOU GOT IT !!!!! Stargazer99 Yesterday #23

Unlike many, BidenRocks Yesterday #9

A.I. stands for Artificial Insemination. Same thing for AI except no long glove is used. twodogsbarking Yesterday #10

Just the other day I was bemoaning lost skill sets even without AI nuxvomica Yesterday #11

Or gardening...With summer coming and prices skyrocketing,well BattleRow Yesterday #21

We've given up on gardening; very expensive wildlife food, lol! mwmisses4289 Yesterday #28

Yes,that's understandable. BattleRow 22 hrs ago #37

Lol. For us it wasn't just the various caterpillars, stink bugs and other creepy crawlers, mwmisses4289 22 hrs ago #39

Food insecurity is on the rise on All fronts! BattleRow 21 hrs ago #43

My experience as well Mossfern 21 hrs ago #42

Cripes, people can't even drive cars with manual transmissions anymore. SheltieLover 23 hrs ago #35

Or dial a rotary phone nuxvomica 23 hrs ago #36

LOL Yup, check writing has gone the way of cursive, apparently. SheltieLover 22 hrs ago #40

Today's parents don't get it because they weren't taught the basics in school FakeNoose Yesterday #12

Agism is an unsavory business. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #15

Actually, quite a number of the 20 and 30 somethings I know realized they were shortchanged. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #30

Thanks for sharing this highplainsdem. ... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #14

Big K & R. ALL parents must read this Psychology Today report if they want thinking children to control their futures. ancianita Yesterday #17

There is evidence to support this all over social media debsy Yesterday #19

Just an opinion... lonely bird Yesterday #20

IMHO AI should be highly regulated, by gov't policies, parents and ourselves. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #26

Jensen Huang is one seriously evil fuck. Initech Yesterday #27

I noticed all of these in my daughter 25 years ago - long before AI. Ms. Toad Yesterday #31

I see this with software all the time. I am not a computer scientist LisaM 23 hrs ago #34

Adults also lost the ability to hand print and hand embellish books... WarGamer 19 hrs ago #48

The article is about cognitive atrophy in adults and cognitive foreclosure in children, because of AI highplainsdem 18 hrs ago #49

In my line of work (copy-editing for publishers), AI's been in use for some years. Emrys 17 hrs ago #50

That sounds maddening, Emrys. highplainsdem 6 hrs ago #53

Oh, I just scratched the surface on its cranky ways, and those of publishing in general Emrys 4 hrs ago #56

A big, not a feature DonCoquixote 16 hrs ago #51

This is going to be a big problem Johnny2X2X 5 hrs ago #55