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@cstanhope ahahahaha i got into a fight with my supervisor over using these terms because i did NOT want to do it without a heavy deconstruction of what the imagined "average user" was and who it excluded by nature

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Written by Glyph on 2024-12-13 at 19:17

@cstanhope @mcc my least favorite recent one, from the chattering class’s recent discoursing: “Everyday Americans”. As if every American doing an “identity” is only doing it as an affectation, only sometimes, not every day.

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Written by Your friendly 'net denizen on 2024-12-13 at 20:04

@glyph Oh yeah, I forgot about that one... 😩

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Written by 5225225 on 2024-12-13 at 19:45

@cstanhope

DIN standard entity

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Written by Sam Clemente on 2024-12-13 at 19:54

@cstanhope and yet I still hear stories from friends working in IT support who have to explain how to convert things to PDFs to people with multiple degrees and who have been working with PDFs longer than I’ve been alive

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Written by Kaleissin on 2024-12-13 at 21:04

@cstanhope, you forgot "friction-less"

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Written by Kaleissin on 2024-12-13 at 21:07

@cstanhope What was the name of that fighter plane designed for the average (as in body shape) pilot? It was a death trap, turns out real humans aren't of average shape

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Written by Your friendly 'net denizen on 2024-12-13 at 21:17

@kaleissin I don't know, but your comment led me to an interesting article:

https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/when-u-s-air-force-discovered-the-flaw-of-averages/article_e3231734-e5da-5bf5-9496-a34e52d60bd9.html

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Written by nex on 2024-12-13 at 21:57

@cstanhope @kaleissin Yup, that's the story in question, I was also (and similarly vaguely) reminded of it and came to the comments for that reason, but you're already ahead of me!

Thanks to that article, I learned about Norma and Normmann and found this book recommendation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_End_of_Average

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Written by Ölbaum on 2024-12-14 at 10:16

@cstanhope 1st 1/2 NGL.

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Written by EndlessMason on 2024-12-14 at 10:53

@cstanhope

"A guy i made up"

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Written by Bakunin Boys on 2024-12-16 at 10:56

@cstanhope they mean "a user with my exact needs and who agrees with me". Bring up accessibility and they either dither or proudly proclaim they do not care.

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