Wish You Could See What You’re Saying
(A new colleague and I are screen-checking a film that is about to start and making sure people aren’t disturbing others or fooling around. The “strobe lighting” warning comes up on the screen to alert anyone who is sensitive to light effects that they are in the film. The warning is white text on a black background but no speech.)
New Colleague: “What’s that for?”
Me: “To warn people the film contains strobe lighting in case they need to leave.”
New Colleague: “Why would they need to leave?”
Me: “Well, strobe lighting can cause seizures in people with epilepsy, for example, so they put a warning on it.”
New Colleague: “Oh, okay.”
(Pauses.)
New Colleague: “There’s no sound on it.”
Me: “No.”
New Colleague: “What about the blind epileptics?”
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