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pencil VS. pen

youngEINSTEINyoungEINSTEIN 2,443 Posts
edited November 2005 in Strut Central
which is your prefered writing instrument? i like pencil. peace, stein. . .

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  • Funky_MimizuFunky_Mimizu 631 Posts
    which is your prefered writing instrument? i like pencil. peace, stein. . .

    An old side of Einstien slowly creeping back in of late?




    I say pen.

    Peace...
    FNM
  • youngEINSTEINyoungEINSTEIN 2,443 Posts
    which is your prefered writing instrument? i like pencil. peace, stein. . .

    An old side of Einstien slowly creeping back in of late?




    I say pen.

    Peace...
    FNM
    yeah, everything goes in cycles. i need to get out more! peace, stein. . .
  • El_MezcalitoEl_Mezcalito 312 Posts
    what?? pencils suck. do you have a sharpener? cuz I definitely don't.
  • youngEINSTEINyoungEINSTEIN 2,443 Posts
    what?? pencils suck. do you have a sharpener? cuz I definitely don't.
    yes. have a sharpener. peace, stein. . .
  • Funky_MimizuFunky_Mimizu 631 Posts
    For kanji practice, pencil... Because I have to erase shit over and over.

    I don't like the smudging I often get with pencils, might be partly due to being left-handed, or I could just be careless... But with pens, it seems to dry quick, but a pencil can forever be smudged, or erased.

    Peace...
    FNM

  • canonicalcanonical 2,100 Posts
    It's all about the combination of the two. I take pride in my notes.



    For those hating on pencils, it's all about the mechanical. But real heads use the sharpener.
  • d_wordd_word 666 Posts
    I like the idea of "pencil" better - but dammit if I can remember the last time I used one instead of a pen.
  • NewLifeTrioNewLifeTrio 271 Posts
    For those hating on pencils, it's all about the mechanical.
  • planlessplanless 819 Posts
    i prefer pencils in 9B. strictly butter
  • MeepMeep 320 Posts
    I like the story of NASA spending millions on developing a pen which could be used in space, where russian astronauts just used a pencil.

    I'm still going for pen though...
  • DJPrestigeDJPrestige 1,710 Posts
    pencil at the tattoo shop...but a nice pen feels good to write with
  • funky16cornersfunky16corners 7,175 Posts
  • Sun_FortuneSun_Fortune 1,374 Posts
    I like the story of NASA spending millions on developing a pen which could be used in space, where russian astronauts just used a pencil.

    I'm still going for pen though...

    oh the space pen, Ive got a few of those. Love em. Im a pen nut. I have two mont blanc fountain pens and about five watermans. Buy yourself a nice pen and you'll thank yourself.


  • mordecaimordecai 2,204 Posts
    pencils are for school children.
    PENS.








    Are you in the PEN15 Club?
  • SouthCrackalackSouthCrackalack 3,853 Posts
    pen, no doubt
  • bluesnagbluesnag 1,285 Posts
    It's all about the combination of the two. I take pride in my notes.



    For those hating on pencils, it's all about the mechanical. But real heads use the sharpener.

    NICE. two color notes are the shit. i usually go black/blue pen though. do you study physics? grad student?
  • peacefulrotationpeacefulrotation 3,481 Posts
    Pen for me, unless sketching.




    Superugly: TUOCH HIM PENS
  • hcrinkhcrink 8,729 Posts
    4 drawing I use these kinda joints



    4 writing I'll use a normal pen. dunt yike pencils.
  • gloomgloom 2,765 Posts
    UHHHHH

  • ArtifactorArtifactor 887 Posts
    I pick marker. Fuck a pen. Pencils are cool though.
  • SwayzeSwayze 14,705 Posts
    Pencil.
  • El_MezcalitoEl_Mezcalito 312 Posts
    It's all about the combination of the two. I take pride in my notes.



    For those hating on pencils, it's all about the mechanical. But real heads use the sharpener.

    NICE. two color notes are the shit. i usually go black/blue pen though. do you study physics? grad student?

    HEY NERDS, GO BACK TO LAMBDA LAMBDA LAMBDA (tri-lam)
  • bluesnagbluesnag 1,285 Posts
    It's all about the combination of the two. I take pride in my notes.



    For those hating on pencils, it's all about the mechanical. But real heads use the sharpener.

    NICE. two color notes are the shit. i usually go black/blue pen though. do you study physics? grad student?

    HEY NERDS, GO BACK TO LAMBDA LAMBDA LAMBDA (tri-lam)

    you're just jealous that wormser gets mad ass.
  • El_MezcalitoEl_Mezcalito 312 Posts


    you're just jealous that wormser gets mad ass.

    but he'll never go stair-jumping into a mini pool of beer
  • canonicalcanonical 2,100 Posts

    NICE. two color notes are the shit. i usually go black/blue pen though. do you study physics? grad student?
    I have an unfinished Masters in Theoretical Physics (Electron-Phonon interactions in High-Tc superconductors). But I dropped out to do a Bachelors in Honors Mathematics, and subsequently soon a PhD in studying Algebra of Quantum Mechanics.

    NERD LIKE WHOA!

    I couldn't find my really nice notes, with pencil and 3 colored pen (blue, black, and red). I had a whole system. Red for Theorem's, blue for titles and black for important sentances and notes. Pencil for the rest.
  • spcspc 534 Posts


  • bluesnagbluesnag 1,285 Posts

    NICE. two color notes are the shit. i usually go black/blue pen though. do you study physics? grad student?
    I have an unfinished Masters in Theoretical Physics (Electron-Phonon interactions in High-Tc superconductors). But I dropped out to do a Bachelors in Honors Mathematics, and subsequently soon a PhD in studying Algebra of Quantum Mechanics.


    NERD LIKE WHOA!

    I couldn't find my really nice notes, with pencil and 3 colored pen (blue, black, and red). I had a whole system. Red for Theorem's, blue for titles and black for important sentances and notes. Pencil for the rest.

    sweet. i'm a math dude myself. representation theory is my stuff. physics is too hard.

    i used to go blue for theorems and definitions, black for proofs/comments. now i'm too lazy to take notes any more though.
  • white_teawhite_tea 3,262 Posts
    I like the story of NASA spending millions on developing a pen which could be used in space, where russian astronauts just used a pencil.

    I'm still going for pen though...

    oh the space pen, Ive got a few of those. Love em. Im a pen nut. I have two mont blanc fountain pens and about five watermans. Buy yourself a nice pen and you'll thank yourself.



    I've been thinking of getting into the nice-pen game, but can't see dropping too much loot on something I'm going to lose pretty quickly. But Bics are definitely not helping me out much, as I lumber on ungracefully with my left-handed chicken scratches.

    How much did you spend on some of your fine writing instruments?




    P.S. I love pencils, but the sharpener is so key. I don't even bother writing with a dull pencil that's just so... uncouth.
  • bluesnagbluesnag 1,285 Posts

    i general i don't like pencils for writing because i don't like lead and how it smears. if having a sharpener is the problem for people, then what about mechanical pencils? i hate it when the lead breaks.

    oh, another bad thing about pencils: when the eraser is pretty much gone and you try to erase and the metal part scrapes against the paper. i HATE that.

    to keep it record related: i like it when previous owners of records decided to write on them with pencil instead of pen, because then it can be erased. nice.
  • Sun_FortuneSun_Fortune 1,374 Posts
    I like the story of NASA spending millions on developing a pen which could be used in space, where russian astronauts just used a pencil.

    I'm still going for pen though...

    oh the space pen, Ive got a few of those. Love em. Im a pen nut. I have two mont blanc fountain pens and about five watermans. Buy yourself a nice pen and you'll thank yourself.



    I've been thinking of getting into the nice-pen game, but can't see dropping too much loot on something I'm going to lose pretty quickly. But Bics are definitely not helping me out much, as I lumber on ungracefully with my left-handed chicken scratches.

    How much did you spend on some of your fine writing instruments?




    P.S. I love pencils, but the sharpener is so key. I don't even bother writing with a dull pencil that's just so... uncouth.

    a good starter fountain pen, like a waterman, will run you about sixty bucks. Mont blancs are anywhere from aout 200 hundred to thousands of dollars. I'm a totally disorganized person but Ive never lost my pens. They become special once you use them, precious even.
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