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

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162 points Aissen | 5 comments | 13 Nov 24 19:48 UTC | HN request time: 0.837s | source
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chriskanan ◴[13 Nov 24 21:33 UTC] No.42130234[source]▶
I don't understand why in the current era we don't have videos just post-processed by the media player / TV. That seems like it would increase accessibility while not irritating folks who do not have epilepsy.

I tried to search to see if something like a plugin existed for VLC, and I didn't find anything. Seems like it should be solvable at least if the media can be parsed ahead of time or with some delay for a live feed.

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devnullbrain ◴[13 Nov 24 22:50 UTC] No.42131097[source]▶
That pushes the onus onto the disabled person to avoid places and rooms with TVs that haven't had the setting enabled, repeatedly asking the same questions and revealing their health history to feel safe in public.
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alternatetwo ◴[13 Nov 24 23:37 UTC] No.42131439[source]▶
But do you honestly expect humanity to only create content for this miniscule populace? That sounds horribly limiting.
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1. hunter2_ ◴[13 Nov 24 23:42 UTC] No.42131476[source]▶
There is a place for unbounded creativity, and I think I'd argue in favor of it, but I can't imagine an easier argument against it: We try to only create websites with sufficiently high contrast for interactive elements, only create public buildings with ADA features, etc. -- even if aesthetics suffer as a result. It's just aesthetics.

To be clear, I'm discussing only that which the public is invited to enjoy. No rules when it's just for you and yours.

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2. hiatus ◴[14 Nov 24 02:32 UTC] No.42132556[source]▶
Isn't art the place for unbounded creativity?
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3. hunter2_ ◴[14 Nov 24 03:04 UTC] No.42132723[source]▶
Yes. But when you invite the public to subject themselves to art incompatible with schizophrenia, then is it that much different from inviting the public to a website incompatible with visual impairments or to a brand new store incompatible with wheelchairs? Again I do lean on the side of art in this case, but I also find the argument against it to be pretty solid.
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4. notpushkin ◴[14 Nov 24 03:18 UTC] No.42132811[source]▶
Counterpoint: while high contrast requirements can make the designer rethink the aesthetics approach, it also makes text easier to read for everybody. Of course, website authors can get lazy and just crank up the contrast without considering whether it looks good, but that’s just bad design.

On the other hand, the techniques we see applied to anime releases are just that: quick low effort fixes. Of course, this doesn’t mean the show producers are lazy or incompetent: fixing those issues properly would take extreme effort as at least a lot of re-coloring. Still, the result is that now everybody has subpar experience.

I’d say just release both versions and let people decide.

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