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Re:The Unbearable Joy of Sitting Alone in a Café by sdoering on Sunday January 04, 2026 @11:52AM (#46489725)
> The pen is meant to slow you down. The words shouldn’t land on paper at the speed of thinking or even talking.

I still, to this day - even with a good typing speed, I write way quicker with a pen. A pen isn't slowing me down. A pen is a force multiplier. At least to me and in my totally subjective experience.

> The writing must hurt your wrist or hand. It must turn into a burden. That pain is a signal telling you that you have written long enough. Maybe you wrote only five lines. Perhaps one thousand.

The author must not have used a pen much in their lifetime. I have written 50 to 80 pages in longhand - never cramped, never felt it to be a burden. No pain.

Overall - from the beginning, to the end, this to me felt so contrived. The "sampled title" (sorry, but I would call it a blatant rip off), the LinkedIn/TED-talk writing style. Making something an uncountable number of people experience every day sound like the holy grail of enlightenment - and the writing style overall - to me it read like Claude being prompted well.

Not my piece of cake. Sorry.

Re:The Unbearable Joy of Sitting Alone in a Café by JoeAltmaier on Sunday January 04, 2026 @11:54AM (#46489752)
You can think that, and not post snarky comments. Just go read something else, for instance. In fact, that's the policy here.
Re:The Unbearable Joy of Sitting Alone in a Café by acntr_employee on Sunday January 04, 2026 @12:25PM (#46490076)
Shouldn't you have just flagged it, then?

> Don't feed egregious comments by replying; flag them instead.

Not OP, just wondering if the unwritten conventions changed since I was here the last time.

Re:The Unbearable Joy of Sitting Alone in a Café by JoeAltmaier on Sunday January 04, 2026 @08:33PM (#46494373)
Yes, sorry.
Re:The Unbearable Joy of Sitting Alone in a Café by nirava on Sunday January 04, 2026 @01:15PM (#46490597)
It is kind of like coffee right? It's just bitter liquid that makes us feel good. But a good coffee is very enjoyable once in a while.

The writing might not be innovative or groundbreaking, but it is a great and relaxing piece of text that helps me connect to another person. It was a good read.