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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:
Like AI, it’s a novelty that is worse in almost every way while appearing to convey an illusory benefit!
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.
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:
That looks like a nice pen to use! It has some class and functionality.