Silly Conspiracy Theories

[ethernautrix]

Okay. I have a silly conspiracy theory, and it's sortv related to pens.

For a couple of years, I've noticed the headlines shared in FP fora, and skimmed comments, about the disappearing cursive handwriting, how it is no longer being taught in schools and *clamor, wail, clamor, clamor*.

Maaaaaybe it's cos cursive is too difficult to program into handwriting recognition software. So folks, who have to use e-mail these days, cos come on, really, to communicate with their operativ--errr, I mean, friends can handwrite their missives, scan them as jpg or png or what have you, (save-as Supplies List For Upcoming Camping Trip), then write some innocent e-mail and attaching the jpg. But that "list" is written in cursive! What's an OCR bot to do? (Robot voice, but in a whisper: "Jackson Pollock scan. Ignore.")

And that's why cursive handwriting is being phased out.


Hmm? Hmmmmmmm?