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CutMyFriendDown hobo/sexual :marseysnappynraged: Always Look For The Expert Helpers  22d ago (usatoday.com) 226 thread views #332955 earned 88 coins from votes

Further evidence that anyone Gen-Z and after is frickin' stupid: The National Archives needs volunteers that can read cursive writing

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2025/01/12/national-archives-needs-citizen-archivists-cursive/77493951007/
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Cursive is basically freestyle for 80% of people anyway.

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No, it's evidence that the folks at the National Archives are incompetent at technology that could do this, likely at a higher standard than volunteers. USPS achieved it for something like 99.99% of handwritten addresses, even in cursive.

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:lies:

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They had already hit a 98% rate for handwritten addresses (and 99.5% of machine written) over 10 years ago. I'm having trouble finding a more recent source for the current rate.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/us/where-mail-with-illegible-addresses-goes-to-be-read.html

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I can't hear you..

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Women, specifically Black Women, are ruining Zoomers because they've infiltrated the education system and are pooping it up from within.

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Bye buddy, hope you find your dad.

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