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[–] [email protected] 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 years ago (7 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My 5s are apparently unreadable for most people. Whenever someone asks me what that sign or letter is on anything I wrote I will say it's a 5 without looking. They'll say how I didn't even look. But it's always correct.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Your 5 is just a fucked up b, right?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

No, it's a 5. Idk why people don't see it.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

attach pic of your 5 and let lemmy judge

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

yeah kinda messy I rate 5/10

here's my suggestion for making it less ambiguous

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's still a 5 out of 10 though.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

anyways why does lemmy rotate our images without our consent?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Good lord finally someone with legible writing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I think that's perfectly readable. My 5 just looks like an upside down L.

[–] ProvokedGamer 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I’d like to see too. My 5’s look like S’s so usually people can’t discern it when I write the number in writing.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

I draw the "top" of my 5's with a separate line to help avoid this. Also I cross my 7's and Z's. If it's just a jumble of alphanumeric characters, I'll cross the 0's and add the serif to 1's.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Same, I can't write a 5 in one smooth motion, when I try to it ends up looking like an S.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

My 5 wears the top line like a floating hat. It's frustrating even to myself

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

I went to Bangor, A55!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Missed opportunity for "5ame"

[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just do the same to the other letters, so it looks like a stylistic choice.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago

Yeah, I just like to sketch every letter... it's totally on purpose.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago

Then I try to erase the whole word and rewrite it, but you can still see the D after I erase it so it looks even worse

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 years ago

Ever since I was a kid, I've had trouble with 8s. To the point that the bottom part comes back together on the right side so it looks like a 9.

When I was little and learning how to write numbers, my grandma said my 8s looked. "sickly".

Somethings never change.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The best is when you try to do that with one of the numbers on a check.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I just rip it up and start over. I figure it looks too suspicious.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The text line is the only one that matters.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (3 children)

i have a erasable pen (via friction thing)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fun fact: these pens don't actually erase, they just use heat to become invisible

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not same diff at all

The erasing can be reversed with cold

Don't write secrets in erasable ink

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago

Oh, I didn't know it could be reversed. My bad.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

It's neat for writing fun secret messages. Just hold it above your stove or other heat source to easily erase the entire page, then have the recipient put it in the freezer a bit.

But yeah, don't write anything too important.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

They are so freaking good. I can't just write the letters in the right orders for the life of me

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

That is my daily driver pen type too

[–] Rentlar 9 points 2 years ago (5 children)

Who writes TODAY in All capitals on paper?

What happens more often is my sloppy 6 and 0 look too similar.

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

starting a to-do list i guess

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[–] ProvokedGamer 2 points 2 years ago

For me it’s:

9 looks like 0

0 looks like 9

5 looks like S

6 looks like b

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This extends to every day life... minor mishap? Nah fam... let's introduce life ruining quest paths... what the F is wrong with me?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Me: "I'm lonely. I'ma find a gf or bf."

One terrible marriage + divorce later

Me: "I'm lonely. But I'm too scared to find a gf or bf. What if it turns out like last time?"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

You got this homie.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wait till you are old (or rich, or qualified) enough for don't give a fuck about weird looking letters.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

I'm likely past the mid point of my life and still waiting for the day when I wake to find myself imbued with this sort of audacious level of confidence.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Bust out the white paint and pour it all over the paper

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

The second one actually does read easier, and that’s because with characters it’s the thought that counts

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