• Admiral PatrickEnglish
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    Only if we continue the trend with sans-serif fonts.

    As someone who struggles with dyslexia, I’d love for serif to be the norm again.

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      I don’t have anything like that (to my knowledge) but I’ve still just never understood how it became acceptable to have multiple letters look the same or very similar.

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        My money’s on lack of foresight and stubborn resistance to change.

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      That’s interesting to hear, my work developed what’s supposed to be a very accessible font that is sans serif and I was curious if this actually helped dyslexic people. My one dyslexic friend actually said it is better for them, but people are all different.

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    Or, AIs who are programmed not to lie will start writing, “Hi, I’m AI, to avoid detection.

    • Sam, The ManEnglish
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      “As an Al, I can only provide information I found scribbled on the walls of a public washroom. Or you can watch me Google awkwardly on my phone for a beat. Your choice.

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        Man if my name was Al, all of my emails would start with “As an Al,

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    If you’ll be my bodyguard, I can be your long lost pal.

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    I had the opposite when I was a kid. Playing Nightfire on PS2 with my friend adding in AL bots as extra players.

    He wasn’t very happy with me explaining that they are A.I.

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    Nicknames In writing?

    Aren’t they more of a spoken word thing?

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    Al has been having thoughts in the shower again