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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 28 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I just talked about this topic with a few friends and family members and they all cringed in response. Every. Single. One.

If you're writing with a wooden pencil, the graphite snaps out, and the wood of the pencil drags across the paper.

Just writing this made my skin crawl.

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[–] baguettefish@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 days ago* (1 child)

I love mechanical pencils. If you still wanna pencil, check out mechanical ones. There are loads of good options out there, including ones that spin the lead with each stroke to keep a consistent sharpness and ones where the lead is suspended via springs so it doesn't break as easily, as well as ones with retractable lead sleeves so the lead and the metal pipe at the end don't break when you move it around.

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[–] SoleInvictus@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago

I've avoided wooden pencils my entire life because of it. I love the ultra-fine 0.3mm graphite with a retractable sleeve, like you suggested. It's funny that I'm fine with scratchy graphite on paper, but hate scratchy wood on paper.

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[–] iocase@lemmy.zip 1 point 4 days ago*

I equally love and hate writing on a hard desk with a single sheet of the shittiest loose leaf paper known to man with a wooden pencil.

I hate it because it fucking sucks, but I love it for nostalgia and for a like 15% sensory thing that actually feels nice sometimes, but 85% of the time it fucking sucks.

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