# Broomstick - Does His Ass Say rebeW or Not? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 19, 2015, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343 "2015-03-19T00:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 348
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2015, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343/348 "2015-08-06T19:05:16Z")
> [@cmyk](#): > > FWIW, I don’t think she’s colorblind either. I’ll find the exchange I had with her about it later, but it came across as utter bullshit. > > But, she insists, so… Okay, kids. [Here’s the thread containing her colorblind bullshit](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=755622&highlight=colorblind) from an ATMB thread I challenged her on. It pretty much starts [here.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=18327902#post18327902) > [@Are we not allowed to use different fonts anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/88): > > You misunderstand. > > I am colorblind. I don’t see green very well. That’s what I meant by 10% of the population has trouble reading your posts. That wasn’t how it appeared to me exactly, it’s a simulation of the sort of the low contrast problem you generated for my vision. > > [This site](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb263953%28v=vs.85%29.aspx) is intended for web designer but it discusses color selection and text with several illustrations as to why that can be a problem for those of us whose color vision isn’t normal. > > While I wasn’t as bothered by your color selection as many others here, it’s largely because I couldn’t see your posts very well. In many ways, it’s as if you were on “ignore” from my viewpoint. Unfortunate, if you were saying something I was interested in reading. Then it goes on, and I challenge her [here,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=18329527&postcount=113) where she starts to double down, and If IIRC, I eventually wear her down to say, “well I’m not _THAAAAT_ colorblind.” :roll eyes: > [@Are we not allowed to use different fonts anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/113): > > > [@Are we not allowed to use different fonts anymore?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/66): > > > > It’s not that your green font _annoyed_ me, it’s that _ **I can not see it** _. Well, OK, if I spend time adjusting my monitor settings, or copy and paste your post into something else so I can change the color… 10% of the population at large has that problem with the font you used. > > > > The following so you get an idea of what reading your posts is like for me. If you can’t read it then mouse over to highlight it. > > > > Your green font results in a low-contrast situation for me which is very difficult to read. This should give you some idea of the problem. > > > > Is that how you want to come across to one person in ten? > > > > For an occasional post that’s one thing, but for _every single post you make?_ Were you even aware of the problem? > > Huh? 😕 > > Using Photoshop’s Protanopia colorblindness preview, there’s no change in contrast against the white background of the board. Only a muddier change in hue. > > This is the what simulated difference is in coloration: > > From this: > Your green font results in a low-contrast situation for me which is very difficult to read. This should give you some idea of the problem. > > To this: > Your green font results in a low-contrast situation for me which is very difficult to read. This should give you some idea of the problem. That thread is classic **Broomstick.** --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/broomstick-does-his-ass-say-rebew-or-not/715343)._