this post was submitted on 07 Nov 2025
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[–] artyom@piefed.social 47 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Someone should inform them that they can only use one of those inks at a time...so they're not getting any more done than "alone".

[–] greygore@lemmy.world 45 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It’s a perfect analogy because it seems like an improvement because it seems like an improvement and on paper it is. But as I got a bit older I realized that:

  • I primarily used one color, meaning that it would run out of ink before the others
  • The colors that didn’t get used would be gummed up by the time I did switch to them because it didn’t have a proper cap
  • The barrel of the pen was wider to accommodate those extra cartridges inside making it more uncomfortable to use.
  • The pen was more expensive than a box of cheap pens, so I only had one; since I’d lose pens all the time this meant that I’d have to use a cheap pen anyway, if I even had any.

Like AI, it’s a novelty that is worse in almost every way while appearing to convey an illusory benefit!

[–] SkyezOpen@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

Not to mention the glorious stimulation of clicking them all while not writing anything in class. Fun but not conducive to productivity at all. A perfect analogy, really.

[–] Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I did end up finding a multi pen/pencil I really like. I typically have blue and red ink in it along with a pencil lead tip:

[–] Canadian_anarchist@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

That looks like a nice pen to use! It has some class and functionality.