If someone adtually wrote and hand sent you a letter, would you respond in kind?
from cheese_greater@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 27 Jan 09:58
https://lemmy.world/post/42238826

I feel like its all a lost art

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slazer2au@lemmy.world on 27 Jan 10:02 next collapse

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.

remon@ani.social on 27 Jan 10:10 next collapse

Nope. They can have a message or email … maybe a call.

frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml on 27 Jan 10:16 next collapse

I do.

CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de on 27 Jan 12:47 next collapse

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.

Console_Modder@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jan 14:51 next collapse

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

zero_spelled_with_an_ecks@programming.dev on 27 Jan 15:56 next collapse

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.

IndridCold@lemmy.ca on 27 Jan 16:15 next collapse

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 on 27 Jan 16:53 collapse

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.