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When scifi works construct species whose culture narrowly reflects their biology in simplistic ways, while humans are off doing everything they can to defy their bodily limits, including shooting themselves into space

c'mon, it's not the 90's anymore - you don't need to stick to web-safe genders

subtooting a bunch of companies 

"We are apolitical and therefore allow nazis to use our platform" is an extremely political statement.

Comic Sans is for furries.

The designer is on record, stating, "Dogs don't talk in Times New Roman."

Vincent Connare, Paris Review, boom: theparisreview.org/blog/2017/0

you can tell football is very cis and het because they named a team the Packers

I was the manic pixie dream girl for some of my exes, despite being a boy, and depressed/angry, and very boring

Fire Embem design whinging and analysis 

@melissasage This angle both clarifies what the "slingshot" is and makes Chrom look significantly less cool.

He looks like he rolled out of bed after a drunken bender, without putting all of his clothes on.

Fire Embem design whinging and analysis 

@melissasage I like how Chrom has a little slingshot in his backpocket there. Gives him a real Dennis the Menace, Bart Simpson vibe. What a rascal!

Comic Sans: Chaotic good
Fira Code: Neutral good
Bembo: Lawful good

Futura: Chaotic neutral
Frutiger: True neutral
Times New Roman: Lawful neutral

Gill Sans: Chaotic evil
Arial: Neutral evil
Helvetica: Lawful evil

One of the most important questions a dev can ask is, "How can this be abused?"

Lack of empathy for the potential audience + making loads of assumptions about their level of knowledge == documentation that is opaque and unreadable

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