Reading this shit gives me an aneurism.

  • NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip
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    20 hours ago

    Oh fuck off. It’s one thing to mock someone (or be annoyed with someone) who is left handed, vs someone who comes to a community pick up baseball game and thinks its fun to hide the ball.

    Being left handed, red headed, etc is one thing, this is another.

    There is being different, and there is being a pain in the ass.

    Not to mention, how does a screen ready deal with this for accessibility?

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      1 hour ago

      Is the issue in choosing to do something differently? Voluntarily steping out of a cultural standard? Why is it such a pain in the ass? Did he write your consititution like this? Cant you just not read his comments if you dont want to?

      I guess your sentiment is what helps humanity cosolidate any culture at all. But its way too big of a reaction, really…

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      15 hours ago

      I would assume that a screen reader will pronounce it properly. If it doesn’t, then that reader needs an update. Still think it’s a pointless thing to try to resurrect that character from the past and kind of annoying, but at least screen readers should in principle be able to pronounce it.

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        8 hours ago

        It’s not from the past. It’s a current letter, as are ß, ð, and æ. They’re just not currently used for writing English, even though the sounds are common. For instance, ægishjálmur, scheiße, Oðínn. Both the eth and thorn are used in modern Icelandic, the sharp s in German, and ae is used in multiple Germanic languages.