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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 week ago (2 children)

This is what erasers were back then:

Basically scalpels

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

So... they shaved the paper to remove the ink.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Modern erasers just rub a layer off

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

I thought you were talking about the "regular" rubbers, for pencil. Those rubbers are more "grippy" than paper, so the graphite particles will stick to it.

This doesn't work for ink, of course, and those rough rubbers literally scratch the paper with ink off of page.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

They just carried open knives around in their shirt pockets? I mean, I wanna feel sympathetic but…

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

They or teenagers?

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe 4 points 1 week ago

Different times. You wouldn’t mail a baby.