VirusMaster3073@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 18 hours agoWhat's something that's seen as Obsolete, but isn't?message-squaremessage-square71fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareMathGrunt@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 hours agoPencils. The ones where you need a pencil sharpener to sharpen them every so often. Mechanical pencils just aren’t the same.
minus-squareSludgeyy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 hours agoHave you tried an auto rotating mechanical pencil? Other mechanical pencils suck because you get a flat side on the lead. An auto rotating one fixes this problem and makes it like new everytime you pick up and put down the tip to write.
minus-square...m...@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·3 hours ago…for fine drafting, rotation is the last thing you want: that chisel-tip is precious, lead holders are love, lead holders are life…
minus-squareVirusMaster3073@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 hours agoAren’t mechanical pencils incompatible with scantrons?
Pencils. The ones where you need a pencil sharpener to sharpen them every so often. Mechanical pencils just aren’t the same.
Have you tried an auto rotating mechanical pencil?
Other mechanical pencils suck because you get a flat side on the lead. An auto rotating one fixes this problem and makes it like new everytime you pick up and put down the tip to write.
…for fine drafting, rotation is the last thing you want: that chisel-tip is precious, lead holders are love, lead holders are life…
Aren’t mechanical pencils incompatible with scantrons?