Mastodawn

Of course I've noticed that different people hold pens differently but I did not realize that these even have names - so what kind of pen holder are you? https://hachyderm.io/@mononcqc/114701663734224728

	Dynamic Tripod
	Dynamic Quadrupod
	Lateral Tripod
	Lateral Quadrupod

Poll ends at 6:00am.

Fred Hebert (@mononcqc@hachyderm.io)

Attached: 1 image I bought a pen that ended up shaped to only be comfortable with the dynamic tripod grip, but I have always written with the lateral tripod method. So I’m doing the most logical thing and I decided to learn a whole new writing grip, messing with decades of muscle memory.

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Arnd Layer 13h ago

@hukl
Subjectively, everything but Dynamic Tripod feels just wrong to me. Looks like the hands are cramped and they don’t have any control.
Even worse than using the left hand😁

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hukl 13h ago

@iamlayer8 Fun fact - of my friends, the ones that use something other than dynamic tripod have all very pretty handwriting :)

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wortezimmer 13h ago

@hukl
I'll never understand how you can write a word with anything other than dynamic tripod (because that's what I learned as a child), especially the lateral versions. I often see them in movies and am full of admiration.

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misskittyfantastico 13h ago

@hukl I swear my elementary school teachers were totally distracted or something. No one ever stopped me from writing in lateral quadrupod, and now there’s no way I could unlearn it 😵‍💫

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botvolution 12h ago

@hukl
I think it would be interesting to break this down a bit further, because I bet left-handed people who use LTR systems more commonly use lateral grips?