Super cool how many wholesome nich communities spring up in VR.
I love that there's just random sketchy german cosplayers.
I still remember interactions with deaf people at old jobs. I always feel like a cad, it's not that hard to learn. I've always thought it's kind of ridiculous sign language isn't as normative as spoken language. It's so useful to be able to communicate without having to yell at people. Loud environments, crowds, people are asleep, you're hiding from the cops. And from what I understand there have been cultures where signs were more normative. Plains trade sign language being the big one, where people from across most of the US great plains region had a shared sign language they used for trade and when travelling among speakers of other spoken language.
Also - For anyone who hasn't, deffo try VR chat if you ever get a chance, just to experience how weirdly normal it is to be in a conversation with Goku, Darth Vader, a dragon-person, a bunch of anime moes, and a rain cloud.
Also, VRchat's absolute contempt for IP rights warms the cinders of my soul.
Watching this I kept thinking I really should learn ASL. Like you said, it's not that hard to learn. It really should be more common for the reasons you listed. You don't have to have a disability for there to be tons of situations where it would be useful.
Vrchat and VR in general is really good at breaking down walls when it comes to appearance. When someone can be anything, you stop seeing them as anything other than human. If that makes sense. Like, once youve had a conversation with a sentient hamburger, you realize that people can look like anything and still be people. It can be a powerful tool to rid a person of appearance based brainworms.
Absolute contempt for IP rights
The blatant copyright infringement is one of the best parts. LSMedia is a weekly thing for me. My friends and I are currently watching the fall of the house of usher there.
