please do not accuse 15 yr olds of being pedophilia apologists. theyre misguided children. if an adult is spouting pedophilia apologism they are a danger and should be attacked, but if a child is then they are IN danger of becoming a victim, and need to be informed for their own safety.
word… a lot of teens get groomed to think illegal age gaps are normal and if you make the kid feel like they’re the bad guy it just cements the idea further 😦
not to mention that most kids literally and physically CAN’T understand how young they seem to older people. Kids don’t can’t grasp their young-ness until they’re old enough to look back and really see.
So for a young person to imagine a young character in a relationship with an older one, they don’t see the problem. As adults it’s important we take the time to educate kids about this, but don’t condemn them if they don’t immediately understand because they’re not able to see the big picture yet.
if someone close to you is disabled, you have to take that into account when you go placeswith them. you have to think about accessibility, fatigue, pain, flare ups, etc because its exhausting and hurtful when people who say they love you dont bother putting the effort in to make sure you ACTUALLY have a good time.
im banning ablebodied and neurotypical people from making games unless they have someone neurodivergent and disabled helping them or testing their game. im literally so sick of being unable to play games because nobody bothered to take into account that certain levels are straight up impossible unless you have extremely percise fine motor skills and reaction times. im sick of being driven to tears from frustration with my very minor hand tremors. im sick of vague directions and fast dialogue leaving me completely lost. im sick of seeing people be unable to play games cus the lack of very simple things like changing keybinds.
i understand that some games are designed to be as frustrating as possible and im perfectly fine with that. but singleplayer splatoon 2 levels shouldnt be making me so frustrated that i wanted to bite my fingers off. its advertised towards kids.
neurotypical/ablebodied ppl can reblog but if you try to be funny im going to block you this post isnt a joke and if you cant take it seriously then ur just ableist ❤
this ended up getting way more notes than i expected it to get and many people have asked for suggestions on how to make games more accessible so here are some accessibility improvements game devs can work on. these features encompass many disabilities, disorders, or general issues people may have. some of them might not be feasible for your game but these are meant to be general suggestions.
colorblind modes: if your game relies on different colors to convey information it’s absolutely essential to include accessibility options for those who are colorblind.
screen readers: is there text on the screen that includes crucial information? provide a screen reader as an option for low-vision people.
adjustable ui size: this is very helpful for anyone who is low-vision and needs things to be larger!
closed captioning and subtitles: and not just for dialogue! do it for stuff like footsteps and guns shooting! and if you can make it so the direction its coming from is indicated.
font replacement/adjustment: dyslexia is a thing that exists! consider that when making games!
ability to turn off motion controls: self explanatory, i have occasional hand tremors and dont want to deal with that sometimes.
button remapping: it seems minor but its actually incredibly important to anyone who may not be able to use all their fingers or both hands or even have hands at all.
options to automatically button mash or just eliminating the need to repeatedly click the same button quickly: i think thats just bad design and i havent met a single person who enjoys that in a game. anyone with arthritis, general joint pain, or limited mobility in their fingers will tell you that its not fun.
unambiguous warnings: this one is important. too many times ive seen horror games try to be cute or quirky with their trigger warnings. if you’re worried about spoilers then make the specific trigger list something you need to click to reveal, but for the love of god just. give us unambiguous warnings.
minimizing flashing or bright colors/giving options to turn off flashing or bright colors/adequate warnings for flashing or bright colors: this should be a given but im shocked at how often this is ignored.
bonus if you really want to cover your bases. an arachnophobia mode: while arachnophobia isnt really a disability ive seen multiple cases of people not being able to play games due to their arachnophobia. this one is something that ive never seen a game do, its always 3rd party mods that deal with this. having a mode where you can replace or disable any spiders in the game would make games way more accessible to players who have arachnophobia. as common as arachnophobia is i think it would be a useful implementation for many people.
most of all: research accessibility options and get feedback from disabled and neurodivergent people!
if any other disabled and neurodivergent people want to add to this list feel free to do so.
Install and use a VPN that isn’t based in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United kingdom, United States, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, or Spain (ExpressVPN and NordVPN are examples)(And only use a server in one of those countries if you have to to access something)
Install and use a tracker blocker (Ghostery, Disconnect, uBlock, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, etc)
Use Protonmail (at least sometimes, it’s kinda pointless if you contact people who use Gmail with it)
Use a secure note taking app
Use Firefox (only Chromium based browsers when needed)
Use DuckDuckGo
Use non-Android/iOS phones (if you can, I’m on an Android right now)
Make your social media visibility as strict as it can be on sites like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc
Research this stuff and so what is best for what your risks are (for example, if you’re not a reporter in a hostile environment or such, complete anonymity probably isn’t that important. It’s not attainable anyway, but you don’t have to max it out)
Install and use a VPN that isn’t based in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, United kingdom, United States, Denmark, France, Netherlands, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Italy, Sweden, or Spain (ExpressVPN and NordVPN are examples)(And only use a server in one of those countries if you have to to access something)
Install and use a tracker blocker (Ghostery, Disconnect, uBlock, DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, etc)
Use Protonmail (at least sometimes, it’s kinda pointless if you contact people who use Gmail with it)
Use a secure note taking app
Use Firefox (only Chromium based browsers when needed)
Use DuckDuckGo
Use non-Android/iOS phones (if you can, I’m on an Android right now)
Make your social media visibility as strict as it can be on sites like Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc
Research this stuff and so what is best for what your risks are (for example, if you’re not a reporter in a hostile environment or such, complete anonymity probably isn’t that important. It’s not attainable anyway, but you don’t have to max it out)
maybe its bc i live in a place where forestry is one of the dominant industries but like tree planting rly isnt good. like the majority of the time its done by forestry companies to “offset” what they’ve cut down, and they almost always just plant fir & spruce monocrops and then they prevent the rest of the forest from naturally regenerating by spraying glyphosate, because they want to kill off the hardwoods that grow back since softwoods are worth more to the pulp industry… anything a company does that is supposedly “green” never is.
They aren’t actually replanting the forest, they’re building lumber farms in the middle of it and trying to pass them off as the same thing to people who think a forest is just trees because they live in a world mediated by images and have never been in an actual forest long enough to be able to tell healthy diverse growth from a struggling monocrop.
ifesbob 