The gif notwithstanding, I’m not enough of a 40K fan to care. Watching the nerd rage from the sidelines is fun though.

I do, however, enjoy lore and worldbuilding in general. It’s my understanding it had previously been established in several places the Astartes were male only. Were I more invested I would certainly find this decision vexing, especially in light of the fact they already have an all-female faction in the Adepta Sororitas and the fact that Astartes are massive spotlight hogs. Shining the spotlight on these other factions would kill two birds with one stone by highlighting female characters in a way that respects the lore and stemming the endless flood of space marines.

But again I’m just casually interested watching from the sidelines. I’ve never bought any models or read any tie-in novels. The only money I’ve invested are a few video games. The entirety of my knowledge comes from lengthy wiki walks and lore videos.

I’m blind, which I could have mentioned in the OP for extra context but eh. People often greet me without telling me who they are, or even making it clear I’m the one they’re greeting.

Remembering names, as I understand it, is a very visual thing. Humans use visual cues to tell people apart. I don’t have that option, and there’s no polite way for me to say “hi, who are you again?” When I have the chance I’ll tell people to identify themselves when saying hello to me, and ideally also remind me how I know them if they see me out and about as opposed to wherever I first met them.

If I only have to interact with you over a single day, I can pretty easily use things like clothing, hair and skin tone to differentiate people, but one change of clothes later and you’re a stranger. Over time I can match voices to names but it’s not as quick as the visual method. Odor is another big one, if they use perfume or body spray, if they smoke, or if they cook in a way that produces distinct odors.

lol what training? They just had me shadow someone for a few days while they set up my station.

I like to think it’s also the aliens’ first contact too, and they’re really happy to find us after groping around alone in the darkness.

Spamming my name in conversation is a whole other thing. It feels like they’re trying to sell me something, or otherwise persuade or convince by faking a level of trust they haven’t earned.

Eye contact is also hard for me.

I like to silo my online and meatspace selves. That’s it.

I don’t like people using my full name as nothing good usually follows, but I’m pretty that’s a cultural thing, parents addressing their kids by full name usually means the kid is in trouble.

Yeah I think it comes down to social deixis. I took Spanish calls as well as English. Spanish has a formal and informal “you” Usted and tú, respectively. I got the same irritated reaction when clients used informal pronoun and verb forms with me.

To be clear this irritation is completely internal. I understand it would be rude to snap at people who I know are just trying to be friendly. My awareness of how inappropriate this reaction is is why I made this post.

That’s a cultural thing for sure. Here in Texas all women are “ma’am” regardless of age.

Something so blue it hurts to look at.

I thank dogs when they let me rub their belly.

That’s really sad, especially given the industry’s penchant for destroying its own legacy.

Here’s another one: Is there a “blind community?” This may sound odd since the very fact the question exists implies there is, since blind people have to get together and discuss it. So in some ways yes of course there is, but I’m inclined to say no, at least not in the sense that a lot of people define “community”.

Blindness does not respect class, creed, or culture, so you have blind people from all over the map ideologically speaking who all approach their blindness in different ways. That’s not getting into the difference between low- vs no-vision, or born blind vs blinded later in life, or blind people who are independent vs those that lack access to proper training. I’ve run into blind people who don’t like hanging out with other blind people IRL because the spectrum ranges from “can’t even pick yourself up when you trip without help” to “flies around the country alone with no problem.”

I think the question exists because we look at deaf people who unambiguously have cultures and languages unique to them when we don’t really have that.

Not a “common” term, but the word Neanderthal comes from the name of a river valley in Germany where neanderthals were first discovered. The valley in turn is named after a Calvinist hymn writer named Joachim Neander who often visited the valley and used its natural beauty as inspiration for his hymns. I find the unintentional synthesis of two ideas that many people would otherwise regard as incongruous to be beautiful in a weird way.

IDK, I was stupidly obsessed with Final Fantasy VII as a kid, to the point that I wanted to do a school project on it (I didn’t follow through thankfully). After playing other JRPGs I now know the story is by no means unique or groundbreaking, even if the game as a whole is well-executed.

I could see a naive young’un thinking Undertale is super unique but re-evaluating it later. Other “quirky” RPGs have come before (specifically the Mother series), so if you’ve played Earthbound first Undertale may not be so unique. I haven’t played Undertale, but I’ve read and watched plenty of content about it, enough to know what the game is doing.

when the FCC eliminated the Morse requirements.

The code requirement is what stopped me from getting a license in the mid 90s as a kid. Well that and nobody could tell me what lunch meat had to do with wireless communication. I learned morese all the same after getting my tech license just to prove to myself I now had the discipline that I lacked as a kid.

Related: There was an uproar when the FCC said they’d start charging $30 for licenses whereas before they were free. Most hams I hang out with IRL were fine with it, but I was not. If you’re on the outside wondering whether to get into the hobby, every roadblock is a potential show-stopper. If someone hands you a can of weird soda you’ve never tried, you’ll probably try it because the worst you’ll get is a bad taste. If you have to pay for that same can of mystery soda, even if it’s just a dollar, you’re more likely to pass.

The big picture is more complex though. The $30 dollar fee isn’t specific to ham licenses, it’s part of a process of standardization at the FCC that also affects other services. It’s also a pittance compared to what some other countries expect. Aussies had it really bad in the past, though googling it literally just now seems to indicate it’s gotten a lot better. They used to have to pay annual fees on top.

I’m impressed with how far you took this. I saw the YT video linked further down several months ago and I was well into it before I realized it was a joke.

Ran into this with Google docs. Everyone who does any collaboration online uses Google Docs, but I don’t want to give a random internet stranger I met on a creative writing subreddit my google account name, which for employability reasons is my IRL name. So I try making an alt account, but the phone thing rears its ugly head again. Guess I’ll never improve my creative writing then. Yeah it would be nice if someone spun up a NextCloud server, but good luck convincing a bunch of non techies of the virtues of self hosting.

And yet again, I tried setting up a nodeBB instance, but when it came time to get email notifications up and running, I had to choose a bulk email provider, and they required my phone number. Seems companies are getting wise to the fact it’s much easier to create an email account vs a phone number, so in order to pin you down as an advertising target actual human they require a phone number.

Needless account creation to play a primarily single player game that I already bought through an online store like Steam or Nintendo eShop is also really aggravating. Y’all already know I bought your game fair and square. I’m already playing it on a platform with its own DRM. Why are you punishing me for having a lawful good alignment? Valve figured this out decades ago. Piracy is a service problem.