Reply #33: I'd be willing to bet that a vast number of 'those who never use cursive'...

[Shandris]

...are simply overlooking the times they DO use it via a perception bias. It's like the number of people who say they 'never' use math or basic algebra. Then you point out all the various things related to both math and algebra in the real world, and they're like 'well, yeah, except for all that stuff I guess'.

Now while not nearly as common as basic math...I'm willing to bet there's a lot more cursive in use than most people remember. Signatures require it, and while that restriction may be lax NOW, it wasn't always so. Checks, invitations, scratch notes...virtually everything.

As for 'getting with the times', not everyone has a handy-dandy printer laying around when they want to make a scratch note of something. And storing them all on a computer, are you kidding me? Most people can't find a file that isn't saved in My Documents or the Desktop to begin with!