It’s a perfect analogy because it seems like an improvement because it seems like an improvement and on paper it is. But as I got a bit older I realized that:
I primarily used one color, meaning that it would run out of ink before the others
The colors that didn’t get used would be gummed up by the time I did switch to them because it didn’t have a proper cap
The barrel of the pen was wider to accommodate those extra cartridges inside making it more uncomfortable to use.
The pen was more expensive than a box of cheap pens, so I only had one; since I’d lose pens all the time this meant that I’d have to use a cheap pen anyway, if I even had any.
Like AI, it’s a novelty that is worse in almost every way while appearing to convey an illusory benefit!
Not to mention the glorious stimulation of clicking them all while not writing anything in class. Fun but not conducive to productivity at all. A perfect analogy, really.
Someone should inform them that they can only use one of those inks at a time…so they’re not getting any more done than “alone”.
It’s a perfect analogy because it seems like an improvement because it seems like an improvement and on paper it is. But as I got a bit older I realized that:
Like AI, it’s a novelty that is worse in almost every way while appearing to convey an illusory benefit!
I did end up finding a multi pen/pencil I really like. I typically have blue and red ink in it along with a pencil lead tip:
That looks like a nice pen to use! It has some class and functionality.
Not to mention the glorious stimulation of clicking them all while not writing anything in class. Fun but not conducive to productivity at all. A perfect analogy, really.