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Recently had a discussion around cursive writing returning to schools in Ontario, having been gradually removed by politicians* in the 1990s, until it was completely optional in 2006. Turns out it's a good idea to retain all of the skills developed by the civilization you currently inhabit, if only to read spicy handwritten wartime letters and to avoid Flat Earth** discussions. School could begin at the invention and manipulation of alphabets and numerals, and end when the student understands the workings of their phone/car/[complex item not yet invented] and the human body. |
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This idea is interesting, accidentally educational, and has potential to be divisive [+] |
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*Teachers, esp. Spec Ed, cautioned against removing cursive as a tool: certain dyslexic groups, those who have trouble with spacing for example, read words better when the letters are attached in string packets as in handwriting. Also, 'X' as one's signature is unattractive and off-putting on a marriage licence and/or Hollywood contract. |
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**me: You know that map-enabled phone you're flat-earther blathering on uses GPS satellite algorithms that take into account the curvature of Earth, right?
flat-earther: No it doesn't.
me: <sigh> |
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They don't teach cursive writing anymore? Yikes! |
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As for the flat Earthers, when I first heard about that I incorrectly surmised that it was a prank, nobody really believed it, which would actually have been kind of clever. |
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Unfortunately I was wrong. |
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You want to make your smartphone call up a switchboard? |
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I like the idea of that - but only if when someone calls you they have to go through it as well. |
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Oh no, it's just a fake phone operator, you just say who you want to call and it says "Putting you through." |
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You could probably have an animated fake phone operator sitting at a switchboard I suppose. Puts the patch cable in the switchboard after saying "Hold please..." |
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Whoa! Why is that mobile rotary phone the most beautiful phone I've ever seen? It's gorgeous! |
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Okay, [doctorremulac3], I'm with you. I'm 13 minutes into an 18 minute youtoob video, and I'd happily pay whatever price just for the looks on people's faces when I pull this out and make a call on it. |
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"It can be done" and "I feel like stability is in sight". |
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I have reasonable uncertainty about these statements, but I'm emotionally invested. |
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I'm glad it's not just me. I don't usually fall in love with little plastic devices, but I so want that. |
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And I'm not the only one, she's inundated with people wanting her to make them one. Marketing opportunity? |
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How about a phone that just makes calls for people who are getting over screen addiction? Then it does a kind of zen thing where you have to chill for a second to use the dial, like "You'll make your call, what's the rush? Take an extra 10 seconds and enjoy the clicking noise of the dial." |
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The ad might show a bunch of people sitting around looking at their phones and the "Simple Dial" user looking off into the sunset. |
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