The thorn looks too much like a poorly written p for it to be easily read.
Comment on apparently, the T button dosent exist for some people
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Is it really that hard to read? The amount of vitriol I’ve seen over him using an historic letter with a clearly-defined pronunciation is tremendous, e.g. ITT.
JcbAzPx@lemmy.world 1 day ago
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Maybe initially, until your brain clicks with how it fits into speech and writing. It’s pretty natural to read their stuff at this point, for me at least.
Unless you have dyslexia, of course. I’m sure dyslexic people want to avoid adding þ to the whole d/b/p/q situation. I kinda like her tho.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
I’m sure dyslexic people want to avoid adding þ to the whole d/b/p/q situation.
Seems like a good reason not to do it then.
Maeve@kbin.earth 23 hours ago
Pfft, go real old school and call it thurisaz.
ameancow@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I couldn’t read it, but also I don’t care enough to try.
So the moral of the story: you do you, but don’t whine if a lot of people don’t absorb your information. At some point you have to ask if you’re just performing for yourself or if you actually care about what you’re saying on a broader level.
Fiery@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
I think it’s annoying so I blocked em after like the third comment of theirs that I saw. I then proceeded to move on and not think about them at all, let alone make a post.
Same thing with Drag and probably a bunch of other people I blocked. They are free to type whatever they like, but I’m not gonna see it.
ameancow@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Yeah also blocked 'em. There are some absolute knobs on this site. I swear on reddit my block list was over a hundred deep after 10 years. Here it went up to a hundred within a couple months.
It’s the smaller-community vibe makes trolls and people with personality disorders feel like they get more response fucking with people. People on larger sites I think are more hesitant to get scrutiny from larger numbers of people, which really betrays how insecure they are.
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day ago
Are they whining about that? I never took Sxan as the type of person to complain.
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
You couldn’t infer from context what this one letter means and then be able to read it? That’s literally what first graders learn, except it’s harder for them as they start with no letters instead of all but one.
Kissaki@feddit.org 11 hours ago
Would you be fine with everyone making their own choice of single character replacements? Or does this only work because it’s just one person?
petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 hours ago
All at once, or do we get a month to slowly introduce the new kibble? 'Cause that’s, like, all of human history, man.
ameancow@lemmy.world 1 day ago
If your choice of self expression makes me stumble when trying to read it, I am not making extra effort. This is how most people feel. It must feel spectacular being so incredibly smart in a world full of first graders. You must be fabulously wealthy and powerful.
flying_sheep@lemmy.ml 17 hours ago
I’m not saying that this makes me feel superior, I’m saying that you’re exaggerating. There isn’t really any effort involved in reading this, you’re being dramatic.
krooklochurm@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
I think it’s funny.
ohulancutash@feddit.uk 19 hours ago
To those who use screen readers or other accessibility tools yes.
CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
Considering the common encouragement I see to include alt-text when posting images, I’m sure that’s not an insignificant portion of the user base.