[sabrebash]

Mad.

[pusheen]

[whitepeopletwitter]

[ignoranceishibiscus]

my favorites from the tags

[shyjusticewarrior]

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[casuallyodd]

Both of these tags are right. I love when a cat will just put up with your silly human games. They love you and know you love them and are just happy with you.

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[casuallyodd]

Both of these tags are right. I love when a cat will just put up with your silly human games. They love you and know you love them and are just happy with you.

[tiktoksthataregood-ish]

[casuallyodd]

Both of these tags are right. I love when a cat will just put up with your silly human games. They love you and know you love them and are just happy with you.

[pusheen]

[postmanic]

Breezy is not larger than a cranberry grape juice

[postmanic]

BIG NEWS: Breezy IS NOW bigger than a cranberry juice!!!

[uhuh100]

why do you think the cat's name is breezy

[girlballs-archive]

[10april]

[aflo]

good thing it didn't freak out or anything

[vaspider]

My wife and I laid here for like 2 minutes with me just dragging my finger back across the screen over and over to watch it.

[veryberryskye]

yeah i like to give my blessing to the most pathetic looking weak little knight at the tournament. she can’t even look me in the eye when i give her my flower and she stutters out that she’ll do her best or something of the like. i think its funny when she has to cry and beg my forgiveness and i get to say “such a shame, i suppose my hand in marriage will have to go to someone else…” and then i get to hear her whimper like a dog. ive done this like 6 times alrea-

did she just win.

[the-stew-goblin]

I shall prepare a stew for the wedding! Extra salt!

[veryberryskye]

wait wait wait stew goblin wait

[peachdelta]

get ready for the wedding

[sometiktoksarevalid]

[deafaq]

Hello. Just wondering, how can we best accommodate a HoH player in our remote D&D campaign? It has to be remote because we live at least an hour and a half away from each other. So just wondering what the best course of action would be? Call transcription software (if there's a free one)? Messaging?

Hello,

the best person to ask is the player themselves! Hoh can be very variable, from "i can't hear anything via video call" to "I understand most of it and will ask if i don't".

When I played Dnd as a deaf DM, we usually played in live chat. As in, it was live but we didnt use voice, just wrote on discord. It does have different vibe compared to voice/video calls though.

Some of the video call apps have inbuilt transcription/live subtitles - I am pretty sure Microsoft teams has it, Google Meet and Zoom too, I think. It works pretty well with English (not so much with different languages). Big barier might be "fantasy" words and made up terms, those the program usually cant catch. So, for names and specific terms, its good to write it in the chat.

There might be more options, but imo the best way is to brainstorm with the player. Ask them what they used before, if anything, what worked for them. Don't be afraid to change it up if it doesn't work out on the first try. Make sure the player understands and include them. (don't just ask "do you understand", ask "so, hoh player, what do you think of the plan against the dragon")

Best of Luck!

Mod T

[lumichenart]

😭 Listen, they’re not tears…it’s hot lava pouring from my eyeballs okay. That’s how angry I am. 😡😫

[ducissatenebrarum]

[pocketss]

ouuh brother

[deafaq]

Hello! I've tried doing research on a specific topic, but haven't managed to come up with much, so I'm wondering if there are any specific resources that will point me in the right direction. If any of the mods can answer or speculate, that would be great help too! My question is wondering how someone with auditory processing disorder (of any level) would interact with someone "speaking" in their head, kind of telepathy-style. the "speech" wouldn't have any of the nuance of human language, so more akin to a robot or synthetic (monotone) voice. If the hearing part of communication is skipped over (without any writing/captions to assist) would there still be a gap in processing?

Hello,

honestly, this is impossible to answer 100% since telepathy of that kind isn't real and so we can only speculate.

If the character is deaf but was born hearing, they would likely understand, since the telepathy bypasses the ear part. If they were born deaf, they might struggle or be unable to parse the noise, since their brain never learned to interpret them. (at least at first, they may learn it with time, its very individual)

If a person has auditory processing disorder, the issue isn't in the ear - their hearing functions fine and they can hear noises. The issue is in the central nervous system. But the science doesn't know where exactly in the nervous system/brain the issue is, plus its not uniform - different people with APD have different parts affected.

In your example, it would depend on where the telepathy is processed in the brain and if its the part where APD arised from or not. However, I would assume that if a person has APD, they would struggle with telepathy in the same ways as with normal conversation, since the issue is the nervous system and telepathy doesn't bypass that.

Considering that auditory processing disorder often appears in people with ADHD and/or autistic people, I think telepathy may be even worse than usual communication - more overwhelming and impossible to shut out via traditional ways (headphones, leaving the room). But as with anything, it would likely be very individual.

Mod T

[pityroadart]

Make It Through The Year (2024)

Finally (lino) printed this year's batch of non-festive winter cards. Lyric from Exegetic Chains by The Mountain Goats, which itself references the song This Year.

Hand carved and lino printed using Caligo safe wash ink in a blend of Rubine Red, Prussian Blue, and Phthalo Green, on heavy cartridge paper, approx. A5 size

a fun picture of today's production line below the cut:

Printed about 50 of these today, but it took me a while to get the pressure right, so a good chunk of them are very minor misprints. Gonna see how many I need to send out to people, and then I may also sell a batch - if anyone would like to buy one, watch this space