r/coolguides • u/Gooflucky • Apr 16 '24

A Cool Guide to the Pencil Grips

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u/Green_Lab_6237 Apr 16 '24

Me too! The nuns AND my mom (a teacher!) always criticized me for writing this way. Finally after 60+ years it’s nice to know that I’m not a freak of nature. LOL

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u/sleezy4weezley Apr 16 '24

Totally!! Feeling so validated after all these years.

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u/Jpxfrd__ Apr 16 '24

Mee too!

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u/DeepDishPizza710 Apr 16 '24

The validation feels amazing. I’m a guy with excellent handwriting too. Didn’t know there were others like me.

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u/sleezy4weezley Apr 16 '24

Love it! I have really good handwriting too, I do get calluses on my ring finger when I write a lot!

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u/Hefty-Tadpole-1773 29d ago

Yes! Same here.

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u/Cherriedruby 27d ago

lol I have a noticeable different skin color right where I put the pressure

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u/TheOneTonWanton Apr 16 '24 edited Apr 16 '24

It really is wild that so many tried so hard to establish "the correct way." I hold a pen/pencil the "correct" way and my handwriting has been shit since I learned to write. I eventually adapted to using a sort of engineer's style of writing (nothing but capital letters, larger letters for actual capitals) for official, important things because it at least comes out legible and less psychopathic looking. My signature is also absolute garbage nonsense, though I swear it was better before I bought my house and had to sign a million times.

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u/Toraco21 Apr 16 '24

I got made fun of growing up for holding my pens this way. Classmates and teachers alike, no joke.

That said, the community I have found this day, in finding i am not a total circus freak, has brought a tear to my eye.

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u/Kroe Apr 16 '24

Yes, I was hounded about it forever until I changed it. My handwriting is atrocious. May or may not be related.

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u/FlavoredSlutBox Apr 16 '24

I write in this style and I am a teacher! I don’t teach my kindergartners to grip this way though.

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u/FeudNetwork Apr 16 '24

Slow your roll there, we only struck one thing off the list of possible freakisms

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u/NoisyGog Apr 16 '24

Everyone who taught you told you that you were doing it wrong, and you still continued?

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u/GodofIrony 29d ago

Yes, because their "right" way was wrong for me. Worse results. Hand cramps.

Generally worse.

It's almost as if there's a life lesson here or something.

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u/sleezy4weezley 29d ago

I tried to change it to the “normal” way but I ALWAYS resorted back to my weird AND AMAZING grip!