People don’t write in cursive or drive stick shift cars like they used to. “If we all just switched to cursive and stick shift cars, we could cripple an entire generation” is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.
“If we all just switched to cursive and stick shift cars, we could cripple an entire generation” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on July 31, 2018.
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Rounder057 July 31, 2018
If we all just switched to cursive and stick shift cars, we could cripple an entire generation
Twitter
RandomFun!
@RandomFun_
If we all just switched to cursive and stick shift cars, we could cripple an entire generation
3:29 PM · Jul 31, 2018·IFTTT
Twitter
Villi Wilson❌
@Conservative_VW
Today’s Conundrum ....
Just think ...
If we just switched to cursive hand writing and stick-shift cars ...
We could cripple an entire generation 🤔🤔
6:46 PM · Aug 1, 2018·Twitter for iPhone
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/ubewankenubi January 2, 2019
If we all shifted to stick shift cars, rotary phones and cursive handwriting we would cripple an entire generation.
Twitter
🇺🇸 Papa Mooo 🇺🇸🔨🐄
@MoooPapa
If we switched to cursive writing and stick shifts we would cripple an entire generation.
9:27 PM · Jul 26, 2019·Twitter Web App
Twitter
Brad
@xnMANBEARPiG
If we switched to stick shift cars and cursive handwriting, we could cripple an entire generation.
10:35 PM · Dec 28, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
Twitter
tempermettle 🇨🇦
@01ravenking
If we all switched to cursive and standards, we could cripple an entire generation?
9:45 AM · Dec 30, 2019·Twitter Web App
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps. Stolen and missing, 2021-2024.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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