Topic: FAO meta
Captain Kate Carr started this discussion 7 years ago #79,609
What is your stance on: brush pens?
Meta !Sober//iZs joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 hours later[^] [v] #927,618
Against. They're used primarily by the Chinese who are RIPPING US OFF IN TRADE ?
Also why the fuck would you write with a goddamn paint brush when the West has developed superior fountain pen and ballpoint pen technology?
Also why the fuck would you write with a goddamn paint brush when the West has developed superior fountain pen and ballpoint pen technology?
Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #927,632
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Well, think of it as stealing Chinese technology if it makes you feel better. Besides, taking Chinese technology is a grand tradition. Paper, gunpowder, movable type, etc. You're not a real western power unless you've stolen from the Chinese, and Europe got a huge head start on the US in that game.
Well, think of it as stealing Chinese technology if it makes you feel better. Besides, taking Chinese technology is a grand tradition. Paper, gunpowder, movable type, etc. You're not a real western power unless you've stolen from the Chinese, and Europe got a huge head start on the US in that game.
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 11 hours later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #927,719
@927,618 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
I felt similar before I used the Pentel Sign Pen SES15C. Have you used the Pentel Sign Pen SES15C?
I felt similar before I used the Pentel Sign Pen SES15C. Have you used the Pentel Sign Pen SES15C?
Captain Kate Carr (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 29 seconds later, 16 hours after the original post[^] [v] #927,720
Captain Kate Carr (OP) triple-posted this 7 years ago, 2 days later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #928,440
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 22 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #928,446
I do not drink soy but do believe the rich should pay for the Pentel Sign Pen SES15C of the poor
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 43 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #928,460
@previous (D)
I do think the poor should have access to a writing instrument but if there were socialized pens I would recommend a ballpoint
I do think the poor should have access to a writing instrument but if there were socialized pens I would recommend a ballpoint
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 6 hours later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #928,648
@927,719 (Captain Kate Carr)No. I have used felt pens before and I hate the way it feels on paper. I'm weird with writing instruments. I cannot use pencils at all because the feeling of the graphite scraping on the paper is like fingernails on a chalkboard to me. I have to use either liquid ink rollerball (I'm quite fond of the Uniball Vision in 0.7mm) or gel (Pilot Precise V5 RT is my favorite). I also like fountain pens a lot. My current daily driver is a purple Zebra Zensation fountain pen (pic related). They're only $4.99 a pack at Office Depot!
Anyway, as far as Pentel goes the only Pentel I've tried is the RSVP which is just a generic forgettable ballpoint. I keep meaning to try the Pentel Energel pens but I never get around to it. Maybe I'll buy one just for you.
Meta !Sober//iZs double-posted this 7 years ago, 1 minute later, 3 days after the original post[^] [v] #928,649
Big Daddy Derek™ !Uvm54ORbmo joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 18 hours later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #929,079
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 3 hours later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #929,125
@previous (Big Daddy Derek™ !Uvm54ORbmo)
You've clearly been infantilized by postmodern society and brainwashed by the white man to accept syncretistic cultural Marxism. Please check your celtonegroidal privilege.
You've clearly been infantilized by postmodern society and brainwashed by the white man to accept syncretistic cultural Marxism. Please check your celtonegroidal privilege.
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 5 hours later, 4 days after the original post[^] [v] #929,203
@928,648 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Pencils are like the opposite of a brush pen though please try a ses15c. Mine is running out and I'm considering buying a colour set. Currently for different colours I use Uniball Eye(TM)s
Pencils are like the opposite of a brush pen though please try a ses15c. Mine is running out and I'm considering buying a colour set. Currently for different colours I use Uniball Eye(TM)s
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 3 weeks later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,288
@previous (Captain Kate Carr)Update: I did finally get around to buying a Pentel Energel™. I bought a 2 pack of EnerGel™ RTX™ violet ink, 0.7 mm needle tip, for $3.47 (pic related). It's... okay. The barrel is too fat. The grip is kinda slippery. The ink is really smooth but doesn't feel any smoother than Pilot's gel ink (I really think the Pilot Precise V5 RT is the gold standard of gel pens). This is the only Pentel™ pen I've ever purchased for myself. It's just okay though.
I will give it props for having a metal pocket clip instead of plastic and the purple ink is a nice shade.
I do like the Uniball Eye (we call it Uniball Vision here but it's the same pen). Though only in .7 mm - the .5 mm is a bit too scratchy for my taste.
Anonymous F joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 8 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,293
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Sheila LaBoof joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,308
Hitler was said to have a Uniball
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 57 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,332
@938,293 (F)
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Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 43 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,336
@938,293 (F)
Do it faggot.
@938,304 (G)
I am pretty autistic about pens.
@938,306 (F)
No. I hate pencils. The feeling of the lead* scratching on the paper is like nails on a chalkboard to me. If I had to pick one though I'd say the Bic mechanical pencil.
*Yes I know it's technically graphite, not elemental lead.
Do it faggot.
@938,304 (G)
I am pretty autistic about pens.
@938,306 (F)
No. I hate pencils. The feeling of the lead* scratching on the paper is like nails on a chalkboard to me. If I had to pick one though I'd say the Bic mechanical pencil.
*Yes I know it's technically graphite, not elemental lead.
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 3 hours later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,344
Dongs !seoRo0Xaik joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,347
gay
Anonymous J joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,354
Who still uses pens lmao
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,355
Anonymous J replied with this 7 years ago, 17 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,358
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 8 hours later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,554
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,578
Captain Kate Carr (OP) double-posted this 7 years ago, 24 seconds later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,579
its not even felt you piece of shit
Dongs !seoRo0Xaik replied with this 7 years ago, 12 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,585
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 10 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,587
@938,579 (Captain Kate Carr)@previous (Dongs !seoRo0Xaik)
Someone's awful defensive about his --markers-- """""""""brush pens""""""". ?
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,588
@938,585 (Dongs !seoRo0Xaik)
what of it bitch
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
we are through you have shit taste in pens probably because you are such a shit person
what of it bitch
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
we are through you have shit taste in pens probably because you are such a shit person
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,589
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,590
Anonymous F replied with this 7 years ago, 21 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,608
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,616
gel pens take too long to dry
fountain pens are annoyingly scratchy sometimes and sometimes they write too thick
brush pens just look inconvenient
i don't like the sound of those tiny finepoint felt tip pens
rollerball > ballpoint but it's cheaper to get a pack of multi coloured ballpoints than rollerballs
fountain pens are annoyingly scratchy sometimes and sometimes they write too thick
brush pens just look inconvenient
i don't like the sound of those tiny finepoint felt tip pens
rollerball > ballpoint but it's cheaper to get a pack of multi coloured ballpoints than rollerballs
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 38 minutes later, 3 weeks after the original post[^] [v] #938,630
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 3 days later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,761
@938,616 (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
> gel pens take too long to dry
Seriously why can't you wait literally two seconds before touching what you've just written?
Also some are better than others - the new Bic Gelocity (make sure it says Made in Japan on the package - the Made in France ones are the original, mediocre ones with slow drying time) dries very fast. Watch out for the fragile pocket clip though!!
@previous (Captain Kate Carr)
I fixed the Pentel by putting the gel ink cartridge into a Pilot G2 body (the refills are the same size) and I like it a lot better now. In fact I'd say the Energel ink is actually much better than the G2, it's just trapped in a really shitty pen.
> gel pens take too long to dry
Seriously why can't you wait literally two seconds before touching what you've just written?
Also some are better than others - the new Bic Gelocity (make sure it says Made in Japan on the package - the Made in France ones are the original, mediocre ones with slow drying time) dries very fast. Watch out for the fragile pocket clip though!!
@previous (Captain Kate Carr)
I fixed the Pentel by putting the gel ink cartridge into a Pilot G2 body (the refills are the same size) and I like it a lot better now. In fact I'd say the Energel ink is actually much better than the G2, it's just trapped in a really shitty pen.
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 6 hours later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,788
Anonymous L joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 3 hours later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,818
My opinion is...a pen is a pen..
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,833
@939,761 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Because i write quickly and also hold pens kinda weird. By the time I've finished one line and am writing on the next, the first line hasnt dried yet and the movement of my hand smudges it
Because i write quickly and also hold pens kinda weird. By the time I've finished one line and am writing on the next, the first line hasnt dried yet and the movement of my hand smudges it
Anonymous L replied with this 7 years ago, 20 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,840
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,842
@previous (L)
gel pens do
Thats why i dont like gel pens
Rollerballs also do that to a lesser extent
Fountain pens also, but even less
Ballpoints dont
gel pens do
Thats why i dont like gel pens
Rollerballs also do that to a lesser extent
Fountain pens also, but even less
Ballpoints dont
Anonymous M joined in and replied with this 7 years ago, 44 seconds later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,843
@939,840 (L)
> Familiarize yourself wit markup syntax before posting.
Shut the fuck up, Bert. You're out of your element.
> Familiarize yourself wit markup syntax before posting.
Shut the fuck up, Bert. You're out of your element.
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Anonymous L replied with this 7 years ago, 19 seconds later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,845
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,846
@previous (L)
Its a trade off
Ballpoints usually require more pressure to write and the ink doesnt flow as easily
Your hand gets tired more quickly because youre continually applying more force
You clearly dont write much or you would know this, thanks
Its a trade off
Ballpoints usually require more pressure to write and the ink doesnt flow as easily
Your hand gets tired more quickly because youre continually applying more force
You clearly dont write much or you would know this, thanks
Anonymous L replied with this 7 years ago, 19 seconds later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,847
> Brush pens look inconvenient
Anonymous L double-posted this 7 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,849
@939,846 (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
Pffffft..
I do believe I have used pens a bit more than you since I was using them about two and a half decades before your umbilical cord was cut..
Pffffft..
I do believe I have used pens a bit more than you since I was using them about two and a half decades before your umbilical cord was cut..
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,850
@previous (L)
Doesnt mean you wrote much during your fifty wasted years on this earth. Clearly you havent, or everything i said would be obvious to you already. Thanks.
Doesnt mean you wrote much during your fifty wasted years on this earth. Clearly you havent, or everything i said would be obvious to you already. Thanks.
Anonymous L replied with this 7 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,851
chill dog !!81dzJNNYL replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,857
@previous (L)
When was the last time you completely filled a notebook? Im at about ten a year since like...fucking high school
When was the last time you completely filled a notebook? Im at about ten a year since like...fucking high school
Anonymous F replied with this 7 years ago, 20 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,886
@previous (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
> When was the last time you completely filled a notebook? Im at about ten a year since like...fucking high school
good for you, that's really great
> When was the last time you completely filled a notebook? Im at about ten a year since like...fucking high school
good for you, that's really great
Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 2 hours later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,923
Anonymous L replied with this 7 years ago, 31 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,936
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 1 hour later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,967
@939,833 (chill dog !!81dzJNNYL)
Are you a lefty? What pen do you write with? I'm still using the Zebra disposable purple fountain pen for the most part.
Are you a lefty? What pen do you write with? I'm still using the Zebra disposable purple fountain pen for the most part.
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,971
@939,761 (Meta !Sober//iZs)
> Seriously why can't you wait literally two seconds before touching what you've just written?
No because you're living a life full of joyous moments and insightful thoughts that you want to scribble down for posterity. You don't want to stop periodically and wait for the ink to dry like some medieval scribe setting his illuminated manuscript out in the evening sun while he patiently ponders God and waits to die.
Even if you're not a lefty, the end of one line can get smudged when you move down and start writing on the next. You don't want to pause for seconds at a time at the end of every line. You want to keep writing and finish your thought. It's distracting.
> Seriously why can't you wait literally two seconds before touching what you've just written?
No because you're living a life full of joyous moments and insightful thoughts that you want to scribble down for posterity. You don't want to stop periodically and wait for the ink to dry like some medieval scribe setting his illuminated manuscript out in the evening sun while he patiently ponders God and waits to die.
Even if you're not a lefty, the end of one line can get smudged when you move down and start writing on the next. You don't want to pause for seconds at a time at the end of every line. You want to keep writing and finish your thought. It's distracting.
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Captain Kate Carr (OP) replied with this 7 years ago, 14 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,975
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 21 seconds later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,976
@939,971 (C)
I'm writing on 8 inch wide paper. I'm writing right handed, from left to right. There is no fucking way you could write 8 inches of text, legibly, in under two seconds for the ink at the beginning of the previous line to not have dried by the time your hand comes back to the left side of the page. It's not happening. Thanks.
I'm writing on 8 inch wide paper. I'm writing right handed, from left to right. There is no fucking way you could write 8 inches of text, legibly, in under two seconds for the ink at the beginning of the previous line to not have dried by the time your hand comes back to the left side of the page. It's not happening. Thanks.
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 16 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,981
@previous (Meta !Sober//iZs)
Sometimes I make lists or diagrams or write columns of numbers too. Sometimes I drag my hand back through the line I just wrote while moving down the the next. I dunno, I'm with trip here. Gel pens are too apt to smudge. I'm glad you find them satisfying. It just baffles me how you manage. Maybe you have cleaner habits than I do regarding keeping your hands off the writing surface.
How are those disposable fountain pens? I saw something about them not too long ago. Does the ink ever dry or clog up on the nib like with other fountain pens?
Sometimes I make lists or diagrams or write columns of numbers too. Sometimes I drag my hand back through the line I just wrote while moving down the the next. I dunno, I'm with trip here. Gel pens are too apt to smudge. I'm glad you find them satisfying. It just baffles me how you manage. Maybe you have cleaner habits than I do regarding keeping your hands off the writing surface.
How are those disposable fountain pens? I saw something about them not too long ago. Does the ink ever dry or clog up on the nib like with other fountain pens?
Meta !Sober//iZs replied with this 7 years ago, 5 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,984
@previous (C)
> How are those disposable fountain pens? I saw something about them not too long ago. Does the ink ever dry or clog up on the nib like with other fountain pens?
They're really good. Especially because at only ~$1.25 each you don't have to worry about breaking or losing one.
I haven't had any trouble with ink drying/clogging. You do have to be religious about keeping them capped when not in use, though.
> How are those disposable fountain pens? I saw something about them not too long ago. Does the ink ever dry or clog up on the nib like with other fountain pens?
They're really good. Especially because at only ~$1.25 each you don't have to worry about breaking or losing one.
I haven't had any trouble with ink drying/clogging. You do have to be religious about keeping them capped when not in use, though.
Anonymous C replied with this 7 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 month after the original post[^] [v] #939,985
> at only ~$1.25 each
Shit, at that price you can buy them and take them to work as bait pens. Wait for people to steal your pens and watch chaos ensue.
Shit, at that price you can buy them and take them to work as bait pens. Wait for people to steal your pens and watch chaos ensue.