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[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 25 points 11 months ago

What's the advantage though? What benefits does this have besides being able to read book covers written by people out of touch with their audience?

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

For you personally? Probably not much. For us as a society? Well, being able to read our laws and history in their original form is pretty important.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 10 points 11 months ago

Not really, they've been transcribed and the people who need to be able to read the originals can learn just like people learn Latin if they need it, not as a mandatory language in school.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

Transcriptions are easy to alter. Kids learn reading and writing, and language in general much faster than adults. You can spend an hour a day for a few months with a kid and they'll have it down pat.

[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

It's easy to learn cursive and compare if you're that paranoid about it (although being extremely good at reading cursive doesn't guarantee you'll be able to read all documents written in cursive), it doesn't mean everyone needs to learn it.

[-] Uranium3006@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

You really think people are gonna go down to the basement in DC and reason.the original documents and failure to read those is how we lose our rights? Stuff like the patriot act are bigger threats

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Future legislatures will. I don't like the idea of nobody in our government being able to read our laws in a generation.

Average people can view the original Constitution when taking a tour, and it's pretty neat to be able to read the original. Like a lot of things in education, knowing them won't necessarily be very useful, but they can provide for a richer, more fulfilling life.

[-] SkyeStarfall 6 points 11 months ago

Since when did you have access to the original writing of some law? If you want to find out a law today, you go on a government website.

[-] constantokra@lemmy.one 3 points 11 months ago

I use it when writing text along side math or diagrams, to differentiate it. I write cursive notes and use print to add emphasis. It's also much easier to write legibly at a higher speed, which I'll admit was more important before we typed as much as we do now. My cursive is at least as legible as my printing.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 2 points 11 months ago

The advantage of learning it is being able to read when other people write with it.

I’m not saying it’s common, but it’s not hard to learn to read and I’m sure you will come across it at some point.

[-] Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

being able to read when other people write with it.

They can write legibly if they want me to read what they write.

[-] M500@lemmy.ml 1 points 11 months ago

It’s not that someone is going to write something they want you to read.

It’s more about someone wrote something and by chance you want to read it. The only problem is that it’s in cursive, you can’t.

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