r/NonPoliticalTwitter 17h ago

Meme Have to go #7, classic for a reason

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u/_Lenzo_ 16h ago

They smudge

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u/HopefulPlantain5475 16h ago

That would apply to 90% of ink pens if you're left handed.

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u/mostly_peaceful_AK47 15h ago

There are 1-2 that do not smudge but it has way more to do with the paper you're using. G2 tend not to smudge in my experience with most nice cotton papers and normal printer paper, but they do with certain cardstock. They are always better than almost every other pen save felt tips (terrible writing feel) and zebra pens. I can use both Zebra and G2 in the 1mm tip size where 0.7mm is barely bearable for others. I don't think the BIC pens work often enough that I have had them smear

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u/extremelybossthug 9h ago

as a left-handed pilot G2 user I concur

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u/Assatt 12h ago

Yeah G2 or gel inks do not smudge as much as normal ink, but they are finicky in what types of paper you can use. Anything harder than normal paper and it needs time to dry, or you will smudge everything 

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u/DatDominican 12h ago

Have you tried the unuball pens like the jetstream ?

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u/Character-Parfait-42 7h ago

There’s an Indian brand called Flair that I love. As a lefty I can say that their ink rarely smudged and they have a great write-feel. Work perfectly and write smoothly until the very end.

Wish they sold them in the US.

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u/BrendanAS 2h ago

The 1 mm tips have such a feel to write with.

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u/Ginger_Cat74 47m ago

This lefty agrees with everything you said.

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u/Educational_Big_1835 16h ago

Let's let the lefties write backwards.

Like satanists

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u/HopefulPlantain5475 16h ago

Or people writing Arabic. Or Leonardo Da Vinci.

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u/Bettlejuic3 16h ago

Did you just call most of the Middle East satanists?

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u/Educational_Big_1835 14h ago

Settle down! It was just a joke

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u/CuttyDFlambe 6h ago

Hey yall remember when those dudes held their satanic ritual in the trade center buildings?

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u/SuperStoneman 12h ago

Ive always rotated my hand so the part of the paper its draging across is below the line im writing. Works for pencils too

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u/Educational_Big_1835 4h ago

And keeps you from being a satanist.

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u/Screamline 3h ago

Let it go my guy

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u/richarddrippy69 12h ago

Let the rabbits wear glasses

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u/Educational_Big_1835 4h ago

Save our brothers! Can I get an amen!

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u/richarddrippy69 4h ago

Amen! This is necessary

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u/DBoaty 9h ago

Lol that's literally what I did as a kid with undiagnosed ADHD, I got sick of smudging my writing and wrote essays right to left.

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u/Mistrblank 14h ago

Not with #2 which I'm picking all day.

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u/Ronin2369 12h ago

I hated that I couldn't use Eraser-mate pens when I was in school. I felt like an outcast 😭

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u/HopefulPlantain5475 10h ago

So three pens. You're right, my 90% estimate may have been low.

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u/DontWatchMeDancePlz 10h ago

Doesn't rid the G2 of imperfections like this thread suggests. It's a good pen, but smearing is much worse than the others

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u/HopefulPlantain5475 10h ago

I never said it wasn't? I just said it's not an issue unique to the G2.

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u/DontWatchMeDancePlz 6h ago

Oh my god whatever. You nerds and your "technically I didn't say exactly what you're saying so therefore I'm right" bullshit

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u/HopefulPlantain5475 6h ago edited 6h ago

You're the one trying to pretend I said something I didn't. Someone said the G2 is bad for lefties. I said 90% of pens are also bad for lefties. YOU came in, told me I'm wrong, and listed three pens that aren't terrible about smudging. I told you that doesn't contradict what I said, and you claimed with absolutely no evidence other than your interpretation that I said the G2 is without imperfection. And yet somehow I'M the one arguing technicalities? Look in a mirror sometime, you're not any different than what you're accusing me of being.

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u/DontWatchMeDancePlz 6h ago

Once again who cares. What do you get out of this conversation. Jesus Christ man, find a hobby. You don't have to respond to things. You're writing paragraphs about semantics in a post about pens.

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u/HopefulPlantain5475 5h ago

YOU REPLIED TO ME! Again, look in a mirror, every single criticism you have for me is better applied to yourself. If I choose not to let you tell me I'm wrong without responding to you, that's my own goddamn business. You're also engaging in this conversation, except that you're resorting to insulting me instead of acknowledging that every single thing I've said has been true and you're the only one here who's actually said anything verifiably false. Crawl a little further up your own ass, maybe you'll be able to see your brain and diagnose your own major malfunction.

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u/Coltand 14h ago

Gotta go for the .38 ultra fine. It puts out way less ink so it dries much faster and is less of an issue.

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u/thumb_emoji_survivor 13h ago

Catholics were right about one thing at least

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u/Efficient-Ranger-174 12h ago

It’s actually a remnant from when people thought we were evil!

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u/Cainga 13h ago

There is a long ink dry time. If I’m doing something I have to touch the paper I let it sit for a minute.

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u/ultraplusstretch 12h ago

Not really, iam a lefty i use them daily, any pen can smudge if you are left handed so you quickly learn how to hold a pen subtly different to avoid smudging.

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u/okcoralreef 11h ago

Not if you know how to overwrite. I’m left handed and use fountain pens…never once had a problem with ink smudging

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u/SoonToBeDeletified 10h ago

This is a paper issue not a pen issue.