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This is really funny but also practically helpful. My muscle memory for words like colour and centre is so strong that I have to pause whenever I write them to
by benjaminjosephw 6y ago
This is really funny but also practically helpful. My muscle memory for words like colour and centre is so strong that I have to pause whenever I write them to make sure I'm using the right spelling in the right context.
On a related note, I was on a website owned by a German company the other day that used ReCAPTCHA which asked me to identify all the images that include a "crosswalk". The right answer was clear from context but the assumption that I would know the answer was a little worrying.
As a British person I'm glad I occasionally rub up against the colonial attitude of Americans on the internet. It reminds me to think a little more about the cultural assumptions I'm making embedded in what I create.
- bryanrasmussen 6y agoI had that recaptcha also, I am in Denmark, I missed the first one not because it was unclear but because I have bad vision and didn't have glasses with me and one of the crosswalks was partially obscured so I wasn't sure if there actually was a crosswalk there. I thought there was but couldn't really see it so I said no. Then I had to answer 3-4 other captchas to get through after messing the first one up - the last one was another crosswalk question.