what the fuck are fountain pens for? (An angry rant, perhaps at my own incompetence)
apparently they're supposed to give you a more "relaxed" writing experience, but I only ever feel stressed using them.
first, I can't fucking seem to write at my normal pace without the ink "drying out" AKA not coming out of the pen. seems like this is called an "ink flow" issue or whatever. apparently the solution to this is to write with "zero pressure" whatever the FUCK that means, which I'm convinced is fucking impossible. Whenever I try that, I have to write at a quarter of my regular pace, my hand shakes randomly and my writing looks like absolute dogshit.
not to mention, I can't seem to be able to use a stub nib "correctly". apparently, vertical lines are supposed to be thick and horizontal lines thin, but in order to actually write like that, I have to turn the page at a fucking 45 degree angle, which fucks up my posture and my grip on the pen.
I swear, every positive aspect I've heard about these fucking pens seems like a major fucking psy-op to push fountain pen sales and some-fucking-how I fell for it.
I can write normally with ballpoints and gel pens and even rollerballs, but none of my regular writing experience seems to translate to fucking fountain pens.
i guess it's better to know now than later