Notices by RealZero (bryangreyson@social.tchncs.de)

Talking about groceries, though:

I like to try unusual drinks, like, baaaaack then aloe vera drink and such.

Today I found something called:
"Ciao - The Beanless Coffee" which...is what it says, basically.

A coffee-like drink, but only made from European ingredients, no actual coffee beans.

Instead they use the "common chicory" (Cichorium intybus, not Cichorium endivia), oat, barley, rye, dandelion root and fava beans.

So... let's give that a try.

Funfact:

Vegan milk alternatives are not allowed to be called "milk", but it seems calling something coffee that does not contain coffee is fine.

Fuck the milk lobby!

#vegan

@Fragglemuppet Yeah, especially as I've seen how thick printed, for example, Harry Potter book in Braille are, I can kinda understand that. 😄

Ah well, for now I'll stick to creating captions/subtitles for cartoon animation stuff, but maybe as a next endeavor I'll try to write a script for an "audio description" for a show's episode or something, just to see how much work it is.

(Just the text writing, though, my voice isn't nice enough for that.^^)

To me, as someone who doesn't need it YET

@Fragglemuppet all this accessibility stuff is a really fun and interesting field, and while it's kinda depressing it's still so limited and not cared for, the last few years have been better, at least when it comes to video games, I think.

And at least here on Mastodon far more people write alt-text, that's also nice.

@Fragglemuppet It's interesting, but also depressing. 😄
Erm, with Latin letters, I mean.
Languages using completely different ones like that, I can understand the Braille is different, of course!

Maybe I should just learn it in English as, you know, universal language like written English.

That's also what I considered for sign languages, but in that area, there are even different English sign languages, soo, yeah, I won't be able to learn that in my life anymore. 😄

@Fragglemuppet That said: It's a pity Braille stuff is so expensive, like, I'd love to be able to print stuff in Braille. But the actual, electronic printers are so limited in numbers and so damn expensive.

One would think with how many low-vision or blind people there are, these things would at some point become a bit more mass-market accepted.

But I guess in the age of computers it shifts more towards screenreaders than printed stuff.

@Fragglemuppet I mean, at least numbers and letters seem to be the same between English and German, but even the period / full stop is different. In German it's just dot 3.

I wish stuff was standardized, of course except letters not existing in other languages. *sighs*

Same with sign languages. I was like "oh, learning sign language would be cool. I wonder if there's a universal one.", NO, of course not, of course German-speaking countries alone have like, two or three, I don't know. *cries*

@Fragglemuppet Oh my, as someone that has no clue and really just tries to get into this because he wants more accessibility in things, this is really confusing to learn, especially with language differences. 😅

Thank you very much, I'll note this down on a note on that board of mine. ❤️

@Fragglemuppet I...think so? Translation websites say "Braille board" or "Braille tablet", and some metal pins that you punch into the paper with. :-D

And well, if you reliably know which dots to use for @ in English, especially in e-mail-addresses, feel free to let me know. 😊

@Fragglemuppet Very curious answer:

The more I encounter it in the last few months, the more I get used to READING it, as in, I accidentally learn more of which Braille is which letter or number if I SEE it. Still far from perfect, though.

As in actually able to use it: No, I can absolutely not feel at which places the points are, my fingers aren't sensitive enough, yet. 😭

But I bought one of those Braille board thingies to punch your own Braille into paper!

@Fragglemuppet I appreciate people's creativity. 😁

@Fragglemuppet Haha, oh my. 😅

Is it about...the actual event, or something crazy like...I don't know, Luigi x Karl Marx romance shipping stuff? 😅

Just to clearly state it:

I assume neither the poster nor me are really serious about any implications or whatever here. This will just be intended as regular armrests, I wouldn't know of anything like homelessness and such to exist in the Pokemon world.

I just think it's funny and it gives me an opportunity to complain about hostile architecture. 😅

But yeah, fuck hostile architecture, cities and governments, take care that people don't end up homeless and you won't need shit like this!

Someone on Reddit posted this screenshot showing that future Kalos in the new (?) Pokemon game features anti-homeless benches / hostile architecture.

Reddit source: https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/1izjtjg/future_kalos_has_antihomeless_benches/

This is too realistic. On the other hand, if that's an indication that in the next game I can fight asshat governments and contractors, fight urbanization and fight for better treatment of humans and Pokemon, it would be a Pokemon game I'd be interested in playing again. 😁

#Pokemon #HostileArchitecture

God, dammit, dear Youtubers, stop putting loud background music in your videos if their main point is you talking!

It's hard enough to understand some accents, especially as no one bothers to include actually human-checked captions!

Imagine if your teachers in school had music running constantly in your lessons! *mumbles angrily*

@Fragglemuppet Haha, yeah, I agree with that.

Now that I'm a little older and have more...erm..."more radical modern views" than before I'm sometimes a little angry at Gruffi's often repeated "stick to traditions and all humans are evil", but he also gets some awesome, heartfelt moments and I also love his dynamic together with Gusto when they star in an episode together.

@Fragglemuppet The awesome feeling of still having episodes left of an awesome show. ♥️

@Fragglemuppet Haha. 😁
Sleep well, have a good night!

And thanks for being here, I don't have many cartoon and puppet folks in my timelines since leaving Twitter, so, I'm glad to have your stuff around. 😊

@Fragglemuppet Yeah, I agree!

And the "King Igthorn" episodes also really showed how big and serious they could get if it was fitting to the story.

And with so many usual fantasy tropes, dragons, magic and all, there'd be so many more stories that could still be written!

@Fragglemuppet Yeah, several characters made some nice development for the better even along the "short" time of the show.

Gusto getting more settled into the main group, Sunni understanding a bit better why one has to not just be into fun all time and Cubby, well, I personally really enjoy seeing him as the crimson avenger, caring about people and able to live out his heroic knight wishes. ❤️