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Re:Writing by hand is good for your brain by john_strinlai on Thursday July 23, 2026 @06:57PM (#49029193)
>I would even say that "crossing out lines you disagree with" is vandalism

if you cross out words in a book you borrowed, that is vandalism. if you cross out words in a book you own, by definition, that is not vandalism.

it would be uncool to mark up a textbook you planned to resell at the end of the semester, but it still would not be vandalism assuming you bought the textbook.

Re:Writing by hand is good for your brain by shash on Thursday July 23, 2026 @10:48PM (#49030702)
Again, depends… I have appreciated my seniors’ notes in some textbooks - especially where the book itself isn’t clear.