Can you read it like th? To the same fluency? If not, to what degree?
I certainly can’t read it fluently.
Comment on apparently, the T button dosent exist for some people
rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Personally I find it a bit weird how much hate this person gets. We can all read it as a ‘th’, and it’s harmless for them to use that character. It’s genuinely just not a problem at all, and if anything is a quirky little thing that you occasionally see in comments. Who cares?
Can you read it like th? To the same fluency? If not, to what degree?
I certainly can’t read it fluently.
Yeah, I’ve got used to it. It’s not a hard substitution to make, and even if it does take you a little longer to read the comments I guess I don’t see the problem. I’m not in a rush to read online comments, and if I was in a rush I wouldn’t be reading online comments 🤷♂️
I just don’t read their shit.
Yeah, this is one of the weirdest things I’ve seen to cause such a significant level of annoyance among so many people
I’m honestly confused how there’s so much actual anger in these comments
I think it’s getting about the level of attention as the person who started doing it hoped it would, which is about as much as possible. That attention is definitely going to run the gamut but it’s the internet so plenty of it’s going to be hate. Every time I see it I’m split between knee-jerk “that’s stupid” and then a begrudging sense of affection for someone’s commitment to pointless contrarianism and quirkiness. With the right mental framing it’s at different times annoying and endearing.
Yeah, honestly I think it’s a little dumb, but they seemed to be having fun with it. It’s not even like it’s that hard to read, they put way more effort into it than it takes to read it
We need to be way more ok with people getting a little weird with it
1+'5 //0 |)1ffr3//+ +h4// p30p|3 //h0 u53d +0 +yp3 1// 1337 sp33|<
Can you understand it? Sure. But it inhibits comprehension and distracts from the flow of conversation.
Using the + for t made it take a second for me, 7 is standard in 1337-speak (hence the 1337). But you can use alt + 0134 if you wanna be a |{3//|_ |{1|) lol
You’re right that’s exactly the same as replacing one grouping of two letters mate
We can all read it as a ‘th’
And for non native English speakers? Or people who have never used it?
I do have a simple solution though, I just don’t bother reading the comments when I see that being used. Problem solved.
I’ve never used it. Jesus man stop whining, you already don’t read the comments like you’ve said. I swear sometimes it seems like people online just desperately need something to moan about.
sometimes it seems like people online just desperately need something to moan about.
Exhibit A.
What’s the exhibit? Telling someone else to stop whining? 😂
I don’t think asking about the inclusion of non native speakers is whining, but sure thing buddy 👍
If you really don’t give non-native speakers of English enough credit to use context and their current understanding of the language to learn one more letter, I think that’s pretty exclusionary. People who don’t speak English as a first language aren’t stupid, mate.
It's literally a "th" in the old school use of their own language. It doesn't bother me any more than having to run an article through a translation service, and probably less if I'm time/environment constrained, which has nothing to do with any user posting it.
valkyre09@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Some people choose a hill to die on. Theirs is apparently sideways