#lots of people use the papermate flair pens but they aren't as fine tipped

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so I sent an ask with a link in it and I just realized those don’t usually work so just in case let me ask again 😳 what is/are ur fave pen(s) to write with ? :) inspired by a twitter thread of people debating the best pens 😌 take care king btw I was thinking today abt how much I miss ur city it’s been years since I went and I am thinkin bout it 🥺 blow a kiss to yr nearest shawarma place for me ... ok bye 🌟🔆💛♥️

hmmmm I have left this in my inbox way too long but there are two answers here. 

cheap pen for taking to lectures and lending to people: papermate write bros fine point in black, because it has a cap (as opposed to a clicker, which I tend to annoy people with), it glides well, and if someone forgets to give it back to me, it’s no loss. the cap also fits well on either end and I’ve never lost one. downsides: like all cheap ballpoints, it gets goopy at the tip, so watch for smearing. for some reason when the ink gets on your skin it dries blue, so I have blue fingertips annually from september to april.

nice pen for rewriting notes at home and writing birthday cards: sharpie grip pen fine point, black, .8mm. these also come in the non “grip” shape but I just prefer the grip ones. I do not understand these pens. the tip is like a super compressed felt tip pen? the ink is deep black, archival, never smears. it doesn’t have a slidey glide like a ballpoint but more of a satisfying scratch without an actual scratchy effort. these are nice as hell and I’d use them all the time if I could. downsides: if you drop one and it hits the tip, it can snap off and then your pen is toast :( I don’t like thinking about my fallen comrades

anyway yeah if you ever come to [redacted] next year or when it’s safe, we need to meet up <3 we'll get shawarma together 🙏😌 if we both have garlic sauce then the garlic breath cancels out....right

#IF YOU WANT COLOURED PENS #get the staedler triplus fineliners #lots of people use the papermate flair pens but they aren't as fine tipped #if you need the world's finest tip then look for pilot juice pens but I had to order mine from japan #and the tip is so fine it's scratchy #nick uses muji pens because he's a bougie studying king but he's told me they run out very quickly #or maybe he just studies a lot. probably both. u know engineers #smh my head #ALSO I wrote exclusively in purple bic shimmers for three years as a teenager but I switched to papermate bc i like the feel of the barrel #the papermate barrel is a softer plastic which was less damaging for my nails when i fidget with it <3 #but if the papermate barrel is too narrow for you (its pretty damn skinny) then the bic cristals are fine #just don't get the bic gelocity ones because they're so goopy they're unusable #i'm sorry i didn't know i cared this much about pens but of course I do #hope it helps <3 #asmarah #asks