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Porygon Was Innocent: An epileptic perspective on the infamous Pokémon episode

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162 points Aissen | 1 comments | 13 Nov 24 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.54s | source
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asynchronous ◴[13 Nov 24 20:26 UTC] No.42129594[source]▶
I’m glad they bring up the techniques of ghosting and others to pass the Harding test, and the outcry from western audiences about it. Because personally, I find the diminishing of the animation quality really distracting during those hype scenes.

I wish we could find some solution where we distribute the epileptic-safe versions alongside the unsafe ones and users could choose.

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1. the_af ◴[13 Nov 24 21:40 UTC] No.42130306[source]▶
> I wish we could find some solution where we distribute the epileptic-safe versions alongside the unsafe ones and users could choose.

How would the users choose though?

"I want to risk an epileptic fit" vs "I don't want to risk one"? And if you do have a fit due to an underlying condition you didn't know about, and you break your back or suffer some injury (as the author narrates having experienced, though not due to Pokemon), would the broadcaster be legally at risk?

It doesn't seem crazy to me to play it safe here...