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45. I have the clacky electric portable typewriter with ribbon too. Sadly, no rotary dial phone,

Sun Mar 22, 2026, 07:11 PM

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I think the first phone I owned was push-button, in 1975. It cost extra I think.

But I remember when phone numbers were like FE7-2345, which one still sees occasionally on the walls of commercial buildings when a neighboring building has just been torn down, exposing the ancient wall.

And I remember my mother making long distance calls from grandma's farm... in a slow loud clear voice, " I would like to make a station-to-station direct call..." I forget the rest of it, like she was trying to reach someone on the moon. (1960's)

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Adults Lose Skills to AI. Children Never Build Them. (Psychology Today, 3/22) [View all] highplainsdem Yesterday OP

Not happening here! SheltieLover Yesterday #1

Yvw, Sheltie! There is so much pressure and hype to use AI from the AI industry, and now from the Trump regime. highplainsdem Yesterday #4

And it's hard to escape. Most major search engines have it embedded. erronis Yesterday #16

Its similar to spell check, unless a person takes the effort to turn it off.. BlueWaveNeverEnd 9 hrs ago #57

The risks, IMO, are a given and I will never embrace this dysfunctional garbage. SheltieLover Yesterday #32

K & R Raastan Yesterday #2

Thanks! highplainsdem Yesterday #6

Important article Wild blueberry Yesterday #3

You're welcome! After seeing that editorial from the U of Pennsylvania student paper yesterday, reading highplainsdem Yesterday #46

Another skill that too many younglings have lost... GiqueCee Yesterday #5

I can't write in cursive, either. GenThePerservering Yesterday #7

Over the 70-odd years... GiqueCee Yesterday #13

For what it's worth, I can't tell time on a sundial. Or use Stonehenge to schedule a harvest. JustABozoOnThisBus Yesterday #18

Neither. I click on the receiver cradle multiple times. erronis Yesterday #22

Whoa! GiqueCee Yesterday #29

easy Mossfern Yesterday #41

The reason I was told in elementary school for learning cursive is because it is FASTER progree Yesterday #24

Personally. I like Roman Numeral clocks. Sequoia Yesterday #44

I have the clacky electric portable typewriter with ribbon too. Sadly, no rotary dial phone, progree Yesterday #45

And party line phones. Sequoia 12 hrs ago #54

Your first two sentences reveal the tenuous ground the cursive argument stands on. Ilikepurple Yesterday #25

My wife has a Masters Degree in Special Ed... GiqueCee Yesterday #38

I think it would be interesting to hear your wives anecdotes, but you only mentioned analog clocks in your prior post. Ilikepurple Yesterday #47

Cursive was torture for me. hunter 19 hrs ago #52

I have a similar background. I didn't use cursive until I started college. Ilikepurple 4 hrs ago #58

I couldn't agree more. SheltieLover Yesterday #33

IDIOCRACY becomes reality and defines a new class of fuedal peasantry. Ford_Prefect Yesterday #8

YOU GOT IT !!!!! Stargazer99 Yesterday #23

Unlike many, BidenRocks Yesterday #9

A.I. stands for Artificial Insemination. Same thing for AI except no long glove is used. twodogsbarking Yesterday #10

Just the other day I was bemoaning lost skill sets even without AI nuxvomica Yesterday #11

Or gardening...With summer coming and prices skyrocketing,well BattleRow Yesterday #21

We've given up on gardening; very expensive wildlife food, lol! mwmisses4289 Yesterday #28

Yes,that's understandable. BattleRow Yesterday #37

Lol. For us it wasn't just the various caterpillars, stink bugs and other creepy crawlers, mwmisses4289 Yesterday #39

Food insecurity is on the rise on All fronts! BattleRow Yesterday #43

My experience as well Mossfern Yesterday #42

Cripes, people can't even drive cars with manual transmissions anymore. SheltieLover Yesterday #35

Or dial a rotary phone nuxvomica Yesterday #36

LOL Yup, check writing has gone the way of cursive, apparently. SheltieLover Yesterday #40

Today's parents don't get it because they weren't taught the basics in school FakeNoose Yesterday #12

Agism is an unsavory business. littlemissmartypants Yesterday #15

Actually, quite a number of the 20 and 30 somethings I know realized they were shortchanged. mwmisses4289 Yesterday #30

Thanks for sharing this highplainsdem. ... littlemissmartypants Yesterday #14

Big K & R. ALL parents must read this Psychology Today report if they want thinking children to control their futures. ancianita Yesterday #17

There is evidence to support this all over social media debsy Yesterday #19

Just an opinion... lonely bird Yesterday #20

IMHO AI should be highly regulated, by gov't policies, parents and ourselves. Buddyzbuddy Yesterday #26

Jensen Huang is one seriously evil fuck. Initech Yesterday #27

I noticed all of these in my daughter 25 years ago - long before AI. Ms. Toad Yesterday #31

I see this with software all the time. I am not a computer scientist LisaM Yesterday #34

Adults also lost the ability to hand print and hand embellish books... WarGamer Yesterday #48

The article is about cognitive atrophy in adults and cognitive foreclosure in children, because of AI highplainsdem Yesterday #49

In my line of work (copy-editing for publishers), AI's been in use for some years. Emrys 23 hrs ago #50

That sounds maddening, Emrys. highplainsdem 12 hrs ago #53

Oh, I just scratched the surface on its cranky ways, and those of publishing in general Emrys 10 hrs ago #56

A big, not a feature DonCoquixote 23 hrs ago #51

This is going to be a big problem Johnny2X2X 11 hrs ago #55