[textnotalwabest]

Text is not the best medium for the following situations:

- I want to learn how to climb rock walls

- I want to learn how to throw a baseball

- I want to learn how to do public speaking

- I want to learn how to play piano

- I want to make a fire in the woods

- I want to understand the emotional impact of war

- I want to be involved in my child's life

[malloryerik]

I agree with all of these except the emotional impact of war where though slower a novel or memoir might work best. Think "All Quiet on the Western Front." At the same time we do want images of the war and time for grounding.

[derriz]

I don’t see the relevance to the topic. I could preface your list with something like “The monkey wrench is not the best tool for the following situations:”. It’s kinda vacuously true in a meaningless way but without expansion adds nothing to a discussion about the relative merits of monkey wrenches versus other similar tools like pliers or vice grips.

[awesome_dude]

Why did you create an account just to post that?

In text format no less

[marginalia_nu]

Honestly text is pretty good for conveying all of those things, though you'd also need to supplement it with practice in all but the emotional impact of war bit.