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[GrayChild]

You tell 'em girl. We need to go even further and create more stories that bring awareness to the negative part of having kids. Like... the fact your life will no longer revolve around gaming and gaming only. Who in their right mind would want to live like that?

P.S. This is also another thread where everyone's encouraged to post some visual proof of how brilliant and forward-thinking our NeoGAF queen is.

 

[DenchDeckard]

 

[Ogbert]

Shut up you silly tart.

Cracking rack though.

 

[mdkirby]

This is a problem with Elden ring etc. obstensibly single player games but no pause. They make them pretty unplayable by my friends with kids. Returnal was particularly bad where a session may last 2hours, it’s just uninterrupted time that cannot be guaranteed by a parent. Multiplayer is ofcourse worse.

This is actually a perfect use case for those ai clones Sony patented. So when u have to check out it just takes the reins from you for a bit and mirrors your style.

 

[John Bilbo]

 

[Randall365]

She’s got this down to a tee, to be fair to her. Good wind up.

 

[BbMajor7th]

Is having a full time job also a situational disability? What about a bladder or a stomach with their own needs? I never realised how limited I was.

Also: on '...why I try to anyone anything on the internet' - try to be a little less full of your own intellectual importance, Professor Pearce.

 

[jufonuk]

 

[Randall365]

This is a problem with Elden ring etc. obstensibly single player games but no pause. They make them pretty unplayable by my friends with kids. Returnal was particularly bad where a session may last 2hours, it’s just uninterrupted time that cannot be guaranteed by a parent. Multiplayer is ofcourse worse.

This is actually a perfect use case for those ai clones Sony patented. So when u have to check out it just takes the reins from you for a bit and mirrors your style.

It is a genuine nightmare when your toddlers are jumping all over you, trying to get your attention, and you are trying to backstab a harpie right up the arsehole and get the timing just right. Come on devs - give us a pause button to fend them off and then we can get back to slaying!

 

[Zathalus]

Sounds about right, situational disability is a very broad term and refers to anything that prevents you from completing X task in an optimal manner due to a specific (often temporary) issue. Getting distracted by your phone or bright lights while driving is an example of it.

Doesn’t really mean you are mentally or physically disabled or anything like that.

 

[GrayChild]

Is having a full time job also a situational disability? What about a bladder or a stomach with their own needs? I never realised how limited I was.

1. Yes. By her definition, you can mark everything that prevents you from progressing further as disability:

Take me for example. I have to work some extra hours these days, so I can't progress that much in Shadow of the Erdtree. Therefore, my job is a disability.

2. Yes, but you can just wear a diaper, which is technically an accessibility feature.

 

[Lux77]

It is a genuine nightmare when your toddlers are jumping all over you, trying to get your attention, and you are trying to backstab a harpie right up the arsehole and get the timing just right. Come on devs - give us a pause button to fend them off and then we can get back to slaying!

No

 

[ZehDon]

... in software and game development, “situational disability” is a term that refers to any non-permanent situation that would prevent someone from progressing...

Been in software longer than I'd care to admit. Never heard of this once.

 

[Exede]

Wheres the Problem, just die ffs and play again. My kids will always be more important than dying in a video game. This shouldn't be a thing at all....

 

[Pejo]

Can we get a megathread for this girl and her shitposts so I can ignore it once and be done with it?

 

[CherryFalls]

Is she really even that hot though

 

[Methos#1975]

Is she really even that hot though

Mmmm yes

 

[Toots]

You tell 'em girl. We need to go even further and create more stories that bring awareness to the negative part of having kids. Like... the fact your life will no longer revolve around gaming and gaming only. Who in their right mind would want to live like that?

Goddam right !
I'd go even further and say what pisses man/womanchildren off is everything in their life doesn't revolve around themselves anymore...
And they seem totally oblivious to their egotistical behavior.
On dating apps some time ago i saw a lot of women describing themselves as solaire (which means "sun like", with sun qualities). I think they meant they were shining brigthly or something but im pretty sure it really meant "im the center of the universe and everything revolves around me"...

 

[Braag]

Ordering from DoorDash is also a situational disability.

 

[mansoor1980]

i am a kid with a disability , help me alanah pearce

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

Can we get a megathread for this girl and her shitposts so I can ignore it once and be done with it?

Same

Can't stand her

 

[Johnny Concrete]

I got the solution for this: play games when they are asleep.

 

[SaturnSaturn]

People still belive that the games industry wont crash lmao. These idiots and its ilk are now making your games. No one with passion is left outside of east europe and asia. Just stack up on your retro games because things will only get worse

 

[Hrk69]

 

[FunkMiller]

Good grief. I try to defend Alanah… but fuck me, she’s come out with some dumb ass California brain rot stuff recently.

Go back, love. The yanks are rotting your brain.

 

[HerjansEagleFeeder]

I didn't even know I had a disability. Where do I sign to get some free stuff?

 

[Embearded]

It's called responsibility, not disability.

You are a parent and you have more responsibilities now, deal with them instead of playing video games.
If a game designer doesn't want a pause screen in their game it's their choice to do so.

 

[Jack Videogames]

You just posted this thread as an excuse so people posted Alanah's pearses

 

[Big Baller]

 

[GrayChild]

You just posted this thread as an excuse so people posted Alanah's pearses

 

[DJ12]

Terminology aside, she's right though. Not being able to pause a single player game is stupid.

Some of you have a massive hate boner for this woman, not sure why.

It's called responsibility, not disability.

You are a parent and you have more responsibilities now, deal with them instead of playing video games.
If a game designer doesn't want a pause screen in their game it's their choice to do so.

Ok what about when my child needs to pause the game when he needs a piss or shit.

Should he just die and lose all his progress or sit there, shit himself and carry on.

 

[Skifi28]

Everything needs to be either a new gender or a disability these days, I don't get it.

 

[SJRB]

Having kids is a disability, this isn't news.

Imagine all the stuff you can't do anymore once you have kids. Literal nightmare.

 

[Madserb2023]

Looking at these pictures, I am unable to stand up which I guess is also a situational disability. It's really ironic because I have got an advert just pop up showing a T-shirt saying ''I know I am old, but at least I saw the world before it went to sh*t.'' Sums this story up.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

That was a tough read... I mean what the fuck...?

 

[nani17]

 

[Neolombax]

Apparently its a term used in game development? Bloody stupid way to name it if you ask me.

 

[TBiddy]

While I don't think the term "disability" fits the bill here, I definitely agree that all games (except multiplayer games, obviously) need a pause button.

 

[KungFucius]

You tell 'em girl. We need to go even further and create more stories that bring awareness to the negative part of having kids. Like... the fact your life will no longer revolve around gaming and gaming only. Who in their right mind would want to live like that?

P.S. This is also another thread where everyone's encouraged to post some visual proof of how brilliant and forward-thinking our NeoGAF queen is.

There is nothing wrong with what she is saying. Why do you feel the need to make this into something bad? Games should be pausable in most cases. Even a sneeze or doorbell could require a break. Kids is just an example where there is a constant chance of a needed interruption. Developers that don't consider this are fucking assholes.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

lol there is a disability for everything now... I'm disabled too, i had to piss and shit... it stopped me from wanking..

ai makes her look better

Alanah Pearce Stable Diffusion - Beach by AnimePlaces on DeviantArt

www.deviantart.com

 

[Lunarorbit]

Just press the share button. We've had this discussion as an industry 3 years ago maybe? People were all pissed off at not being able to pause cut scenes.

Plus that term is dog shit. I'm not captain PC by any means but putting the word disability in a term should have more gravity than meaning kid's interrupt game play.

It's called parenting.

 

[Darchaos]

Thank gid we have random people on the internet telling us things. Not proffessionals with real jobs, in this case a doctor maybe? And im pretty sure that doctor would have laughed and just walked away

The fuck is wrong with the world, it gets worse every fucking day. Thank fuck you can turn it off grab a fishing rod and just go fish and listen to the nature, then everything feels actuall fine.

 

[DAHGAMING]

For fuck sake well done, we have already got a nation of scummers with a fake disability to claim that dole money, now were guna get a new wave claiming for this shit aswell.

 

[Dirk Benedict]

She has no self awareness. a Bimbo lost in the abyss. It's Whimsical. Really.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

She has no self awareness. a Bimbo lost in the abyss. It's Whimsical. Really.

I wonder if she has kids?

Would explain a lot

 

[Mownoc]

"Situational disability refers to a temporary impairment in a person’s ability to interact with technology due to their situation, context, or environment. For instance, someone might struggle to read a screen under bright sunlight, type on a keyboard with a broken arm, or hear a phone call in a noisy crowd."

 

[Saiyan-Rox]

Next time you see a parent and a small child just tell them how sorry you are they have a temporary disability

See how they react.

You may be gorgeous chica but wrong on this one

 

[TheSHEEEP]

"Situational disability refers to a temporary impairment in a person’s ability to interact with technology due to their situation, context, or environment. For instance, someone might struggle to read a screen under bright sunlight, type on a keyboard with a broken arm, or hear a phone call in a noisy crowd."

Yes.
It is a correct term in this situation, and has nothing to do with calling having kids a disability or some nonsense like that.

So technically correct.
But... it's a problematic term to use in practice, for the other meaning of the word "disability" and because people have regressed so far mentally that they have become incapable of reason in many instances.
Getting so triggered by the use of a single word that the rest of the context just disappears from someone's mind is peak online discourse in 2024.

 

[Mownoc]

Next time you see a parent and a small child just tell them how sorry you are they have a temporary disability

See how they react.

You may be gorgeous chica but wrong on this one

A situational disability is just a term that refers to anything in your surroundings that impacts your ability to fully use your senses. You can hate that's the term if you like but it's factually correct.

 

[NuclearDiarrhea]

Breathing is also a disability.