Do ya think modern technology makes it easier or harder to write?

People who want to write will write. Before the internet, there were decks of cards to play Solitaire with, there were newspapers, there were books, there was a radio and television, there were phone calls to make and receive. Distractions have always existed. People who want to write will write.

There has always been distractions, but not on the device you used to write. It's silly to think that the internet is not a bigger distraction than all those things.

People who want to write will write.

Yes, but many people don't wanna write. Think of essays in school. Not everyone loves the anti social boring life of writing.



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Is it not possible to only start up a Word document? I can on this PC.

...but if you're that easily distracted, perhaps what you're writing isn't worth writing.

Yes of course it's possible, but the internet is just a click away. I actually have no internet connection at my place, so I spend most of the time writing in word. However, If I did have an internet connection, I'd probably waste a lot of time arguing with donkeys like you.



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Yes, I do.

I remember writing reports for school back in the 70s and early 80s. I used a manual typewriter. Let's ignore all the problems with putting paper into the machine, adjusting it and trying to make it perfect. Let's ignore the ink ribbons or cartridges I had to stick in. I'll focus on writing the text.

Consider writing a page of text, taking the paper out, looking at it and seeing a typo. Maybe a letter is missing from a word, maybe two letters are transposed. You can try putting the paper back in and attempting to correct the error, but it will not look right. Maybe you're lucky and caught the error before you removed the paper. Now you roll it up and into position and have to use the White-Out or eraser paper. You can fix the error but it will still look awkward. You can retype the whole page, but that's a long drag.

Or how about typing up several pages then deciding it would be better if a couple paragraphs were rearranged. What to do? Leave it as is or retype the pages until the problem is fixed?

Then there are the spelling errors. I am a terrible speller, have been since my earliest youth. I can't tell you how many letter grades I've lost due to spelling errors in my reports. I would write up an A paper that would receive a B or C grade due to all the errors. Some because I didn't know better (the word looked correct, I believed with all my heart that was the correct spelling)some because of the aforementioned typo or transposition. Let's face facts: English is a very messy and crappy language for spelling.

All these problems went away in the late 80's. I went to college and had access to computer rooms with word processors and printers. Oh heavenly joy! Bring up the spell checker (a separate function in those days, not automatic like today)and bingo, all the errors are discovered. Want to move paragraphs around, or lines? No problem. Printing is easy.

I never, ever want to go back to the typewriter. I understand the point you're making about distractions and doing other Internet or gaming stuff. But all of that together doesn't beat out the hassle of typewriters.

Why the hostility? Was my point not valid?

What hostility? Because I called ya a donkey? That's just how I talk to people. Anyway in a couple weeks my time arguing with monkey fools like you will be over. No more fud slush is a positive of this place closing.

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 Climb out of your soporific arse.

I've no idea who you are & couldn't care less what you do.