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Re: Japan's Paper Culture

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Post by MomoXenosaga »

beermonster wrote: post #78

I should really buy something from jet pens. Not sure how how expensive they are for non-US international orders but I’ll have to check. It could potentially add quite a mark-up to a cheaper item such as the sampler packs someone else mentioned. But those packs look GREAT. You should check out the rest of their posts/articles. I’ve ended up on them before when trying to find out the difference in the types of inks an…

I struggle to think of any moment in someone's daily life where they have to write something down. You'd have to make an active decision to make your life more complicated! I noticed that even my mom who is 66 years old has terrible handwriting while it used to be quite pretty.

Re: Japan's Paper Culture

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Post by forgetfulness »

MomoXenosaga wrote: post #121
beermonster wrote: post #78

I should really buy something from jet pens. Not sure how how expensive they are for non-US international orders but I’ll have to check. It could potentially add quite a mark-up to a cheaper item such as the sampler packs someone else mentioned. But those packs look GREAT. You should check out the rest of their posts/articles. I’ve ended up on them before when trying to find out the difference in the types of inks an…

I struggle to think of any moment in someone's daily life where they have to write something down. You'd have to make an active decision to make your life more complicated! I noticed that even my mom who is 66 years old has terrible handwriting while it used to be quite pretty.

If you don't have a second monitor then pen and paper are handy for work.

I don't like the look of a second monitor in my home office, so (yeah, Japanese) stationery are a more palatable alternative for me.

Re: Japan's Paper Culture

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Post by Rd6n6 »

davgoldin wrote: post #53
bamboozled wrote: post #41

It's fun, until you live there, and find yourself forever filling out tens of useless forms and workout that pretty much everything requires a form, whether or not it makes sense. Don't get me wrong, I think the art work, Kanji and calligraphy is awesome, there are many amazing things about the 'paper culture' but, there are many drawbacks, especially in 2021 when the rest of the world has gone digital in so many are…

I'd put cleaning the mailbox in second place behind filling forms. They get filled up daily with flyers and paper ads of all kinds. It's so bad that most buildings have a dedicated trash can, just for these. Right next to the mailbox area.

That’s not a paper issue, that’s a legal issue. It should be illegal to blanket somebody with unsolicited spam

Re: Japan's Paper Culture

#125

Post by DocTomoe »

myle wrote: post #83

I understand the feeling of nostalgia in this thread, but for the actual handwriting and its flexibility I would highly recommend a ePaper tablet like remarkable.

I would love to get some actual real-world experience stories about the remarkable - when the Apple Pencil came out, I thought it would replace my pen and paper approach, and I invested in the platform (2018 iPad, Pencil, Goodnotes) - but ultimately was disappointed because the writing felt ackward and "fake" on a glass surface. Because of this experience, I am wary of investing in a new toy with little usage reports which may follow the way of the Pencil, which now gathers dust in a cabinet until finally being put into the refuse pile...

Re: Japan's Paper Culture

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Post by fnord77 »

I have an itoya oasis notebook that I adore. Paper feels lux and has the right amount of tooth and it magically lays flat despite having a cloth binding. Got it at that Japanese paper/pen shop on Santana Row in san jose.

https://itoya.com/products/notebooks-journals/profolio-oasis...

also have a kyokuto side-bound wire notebook that has held up like a champ. The wire doesn't get mangled from jamming it into my backpack like some POS mead notebook would. Got it at the japanese paper store in japantown sf https://kencrooker.com/review-kyokuto/

Still I think from now on I'm going to stick with the magic lay-flat cloth bound.

one curious statement from the article:

> Despite Japan’s international reputation for using futuristic technology...

maybe in the 1980s? As late as a few years ago, it was rare for a hotel in japan to have wifi. They're lagging in tech now in several industries.

Re: Japan's Paper Culture

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Post by fnord77 »

beermonster wrote: post #78

I should really buy something from jet pens. Not sure how how expensive they are for non-US international orders but I’ll have to check. It could potentially add quite a mark-up to a cheaper item such as the sampler packs someone else mentioned. But those packs look GREAT. You should check out the rest of their posts/articles. I’ve ended up on them before when trying to find out the difference in the types of inks an…

their prices seem a tiny bit higher than local japanese paper/pen shops in my area (SF bay area)... maybe such stores are limited to the west coast us?

Re: Japan's Paper Culture

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Post by ericmay »

harlanji wrote: post #120
maeln wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This bring back memory of middle school. I grew up in one of the poorest overseas territory of France, and if you left anything on your table while the teacher was calling you to the board, you had a 50/50% chance of having them stolen before you came back to your seat. Therefore, we all got into the habit of picking our pencil case with us when we went to the board. Then I moved back to metropolitan France and all t…

This is me bringing my backpack and laptop to the bathroom with me at cafes. Nothing has happened to make me do that, except knowing how fast things can happen. I leave something like a mouse or charger cable behind to show that the seat is not abandoned, and that's easier to replace. Most people just get up and leave it there. Being homeless, losing anything expensive is going to ruin my year. It's the little things…

> Most people just get up and leave it there.

I used to get very anxious about leaving stuff laying around even amongst people I know wouldn't steal things (think like a meetup or something) and eventually got over it. If I'm concerned I'll ask someone if they can watch my stuff. It depends on where I'm at though obviously. I think in Columbus where I live most places you can do this and 99.9% of the time it would be fine. I don't begrudge someone who doesn't trust this though. I'm familiar with "if you lose contact with it, it's compromised".

> It's the little things that give our social status away

I'm not with you on this one. I don't think a single person at a coffee shop is looking at you like you're "of low social status" for taking your backpack to the bathroom. They probably just think you don't want your stuff stolen...

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