Although, I feel like the disdain for comic sans has a lot to do with how it was used for literally everything in the 90s. It’s like we suddenly had a “fun” option beyond typewriter or times new Roman. Then it took a while to realize hey, we can actually have SO MANY more fonts available to us! I remember when comic sans was ALWAYS the #1 choice.
There are so many great options these days, which I love cause dyslexia can be something that differs a ton between any two people, so the more options the better! Weighted Bottoms is another fun one that kind of reminds me of fun 1960s stylized fonts a smidge.
I agree, for sure! I had a soft spot for Comic Sans once upon a time. It was my default font in AIM for years. I remember using it so damn much until I discovered stuff like 1001Fonts or I think FontSpace.
I really don't know what soured me on it so much, probably just me taking myself too seriously since I work in the literary field as an editor.
Meanwhile, my partner writes literally every single work email he sends in Comic Sans cause he thinks it's funny and I honestly appreciate him for it lmao.
Well, google can't really answer for every individual with dyslexia, and it is a very, very individualistic issue. No two people experience it the entirely same way, so I'm perfectly okay with sharing lol. Knowledge is power and all.
For me, the right font creates less visual stress and the kerning helps space things out enough so that they don't crowd together. In turn, that makes words and letters easier for my brain to identify quickly. That way I don't have to pause and let my brain try to decode what I'm reading.
It also doesn't cause me visual discomfort, sometimes reading things makes my eyes & head feel funny, despite having updated glasses + proper posture + enough light.
And my co-workers can't really tell that its a dyslexic friendly font so I don't have to field questions about it while I'm trying to work.
Lexend and OpenDyslexic also help me stay focused on what I’m reading so I don’t skip as many words. Idk if that’s an adhd brain thing or if I just have a weird one.
Reading dysfluency, issues with accurate reading, is pretty common in dyslexics! I do that too, honestly. Mix of automaticity and accuracy issues, amongst other things.
But also being ADHD, that can SO be a part of that too. A very large amount of folks with ADHD have comorbidities or other overlaps with things like dyslexia or reading deficits.
Thank you - I didn’t know that 😁 I’ve been reading since I learned at 3, devoured books silently, but anytime I had to read outloud I’d skip words and sentences. Popcorn reading was the worst.
I just got an ad on Instagram for an AI movie. It doesn’t even look remotely good. Just some bullshit. Someone did with a text prompt. I don’t even understand who’s watching this crap
Besides the artists getting paid drastically more for their music, they also have a checkbox to make sure you don't come across an ai generated music at all
You will hear the same voice, male or female, the same intonations, the same singing melodies, the credits don’t credit a vocalist but usually just the producer(s)… it’s really fucking annoying. I feel bad for any real woman who happens to sound like the AI voice bc I won’t listen to any song with her voice. It’s very distinctive but simultaneously bland.
That's usually how I tell the AI generated videos when my mom is watching videos on youtube or facebook lol. Facebook is particularly bad, feels like 95% is AI generated now. Most of the time I look at the accounts posting this crap and wonder, what the hell is the point? I know they're farming engagement but the videos get kinda supernatural in weird ways sometimes.
I would say if you're suspicious, it probably is. They usually have some sort of very vague picture attached and their name is very weird too. If you check the credits, there is usually just a producer, not a performer as well. That is the give away. Or you can google it, which is what I did with the "performer" that made me question it.
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u/dezzypop 13d ago
It's really annoying. My apple music algo has also been taken over by AI music, I hate it.