You are in a very small, very clean apartment. You see a #blind #gay man sitting at a desk. He is shirtless and wearing a pair of large cans. He is singing Ace Of Bass in very loud, very bad falsetto. No wonder he didn't hear your entrance. There's a glass of #wine at his right hand. His left is fidgeting with something. There are shelves above the desk. On the top, you see an AM-FM broadcast receiver, a small #HamRadio transceiver, a power outlet strip, and a small #audio recorder. You turn your attention to the laptop.
>> read screen
You notice a distribution of #GNU #Linux with the Mate desktop. There are three windows open. The foremost is a vlc open on a playlist. Behind this, you see two text editors and a firefox. One editor has what looks like an #introduction post for Mastodon. The other has a #DND5E character sheet, in progress. The firefox has the DND wiki. On one of two easy chairs, you see #LGBTQIA #Pride graphic tees. You realize there's nothing worth stealing, so, you quietly exit.
@wx1g I love this! I need more text adventures in my life.
@Mlep Thanks!
@wx1g By far the coolest introduction I've seen, props
@isaacw Elvis voice: "Thank you! Thank you very much!"
@wx1g thats a very descriptive capture of a particular moment, and I like it.
@guiltmanager Are you talking about my new introduction? I am very pleased with the way it turned out! I’m sorry that the audio and written versions are somewhat different. I will do better. I thought, because taking pictures is very hard for me, I would try a narrative such as that one. The idea of making it look like it is from a text adventure came from another introduction I recently read. After reading it, I thought “hey, I can do that, and make it better“. And I have done it!!
@wx1g yes, talking about the intro! being blind myself, pictures are an imposibility for me!
@guiltmanager I have made some competent selfies. It is very difficult to keep the camera steady. Also, it is hard to know what is in the frame. I hate the “take picture “button when voice over says send “Center“, or something like that. I don’t know how these blind people take all these videos on Facebook? No one has given a good answer, either. So, I will stick to what I do best. I. E. Descriptive text. I even put alt text on my audios. There is a face picture of me on my profile. I had a cited friend take it in my apartment. People like it!
@wx1g know the feeling!! and all these websites where to verify your identity you have to, you guessed it, take a photo!! and the response you get from most of them when you contact support and say, I cant do that, is #"have you got someone to help you" they dont want to take responsibility for making things accessible, they just want you to get a "carer" to help. maddening!
@guiltmanager Have a friend take a very good face picture of you you can copy or upload it to these websites, I think. Just a thought! The one my friend took, a couple of weeks ago, is very good, and will be probably acceptable for identification purposes. How about using Be My Eyes? Will they help you take a selfie a selfie? How about scenes? I have never used them for that. All I have asked them to do is locate controls on devices. I wouldn’t go to them with a complicated computer problem, for sure!
@wx1g never heard of scenes! will have to look that up. the problem is, its not a selfie that is the problem, got one, its those live picture taking things where you have to take a picture of your passport, and you, and it has to be3 live, no uploads. so apps cant help you because when you bring focus to the identity app, boom be my eyes etc cant see your camera.
@guiltmanager Oh, I get it, now. I did not realize you couldn’t upload or paste a picture from somewhere else into those identity app things. That sucks!
@wx1g oh its a pain!! i understand security and money laundering and people stealing documents so ok then, do a video call with me so you can verify my id. no sorry we cant do that it has to go through the automated check, get a carer to help you. honestly if I had a pro bono lawyer and the legal knowledge i'd sue every damned last of them!! then make them go around with a blindfold on whilst navigating companies who cant give a shit.
@wx1g this is a great intro post!
@ljellis I'm pleased with it, and thanks!! Glad you like it!
I'm old enough to read, "You are in a" and my brain fills in "open field west of a white house" every time. Nice to meet you, Dave!
@Frances_Larina Nice to meet you, too! I think that's a copy of the New Zork Times on the stoop. Why they'd deliver to a house with a boarded front door, is anyone's guess. Now, let's go in, through the kitchen window, on the southeast corner of the house, and our adventure shall begin!