I feel like its all a lost art

  • CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    9·
    5 days ago

    I’d put it on the to do list, and it would stare at me on my desk.

    I’d eventually get a bill that sits on top of it, and then some notes, and eventually it would be lost in the shuffle.

    Not unlike emails which require a thoughtful response, if I respond, it will be after a considerable delay.

  • slazer2au@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    5 days ago

    Yes, and did.

    Like a decade ago an online friend sent me a snack pack of local lollies so I sent her some back with Aussie lollies and snacks.

    She also hand wrote a letter with how to make smores so I sent her instructions on how to make a Bunnings snag and fairy bread.

  • zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev
    5·
    5 days ago

    My sister sent me a letter a few years ago and we exchanged maybe 5 before I set a boundary on religious content and that was the last letter.

    Generally I like to edit my thoughts and ink doesn’t have a backspace key so it’s one of my least favorite ways of communicating.

    My grandmother used to send a weekly letter to her 6 children (a copy of the original) which was basically how we heard what everybody was up to before social media. It was definitely one way.

  • Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works
    5·
    5 days ago

    Depends on the content of the letter and who sent it. If it’s from someone I know, I would probably respond with a text unless the letter was letting me know they decided to get rid of their phone and go off the grid or something like that. The last hand written letter I did receive was some kind of repentance someone had to do for the Mormon church. I know they had to send a hand written letter to everyone in my apartment building, not sure if that extended into the other buildings and neighborhood nearby. But yeah, they ain’t getting a response, I wanna stay off their radar

  • IndridCold@lemmy.ca
    4·
    5 days ago

    No. I don’t think mailing a physical letter and wasting time, gas, and energy to deliver it is a proper use of my dumb thoughts.

    They can print out my email if they want to save it for generations to come.

  • BCsven@lemmy.ca
    3·
    5 days ago

    Yes. My sister said my nieces love getting mail. It something unique for their era.

    They are also fascinated by alarm clocks, since it is just a single purpose device and you can physically set the time on.

    No NTP time server intervention.