Ironic - a message containing 2 words that does absolutely nothing to help anyone in this thread or anyone reading it, but yet we’re complaining about cluttering up the list asking for links. I agree that research could be done. Far too many people just want the direct link to something. I feel like internet searches should be the basic thing people learn when they browse the internet so they can answer their own question. On the other side of that, people here are probably used to obscure websites and don’t realize that this is not the same as an audio game. You don’t have to know the exact link. Still, though, really, I think doing a quick search before asking this question would net you the result you seek. On the other side of that coin, I don’t think pointing fingers at someone’s employment status or lack thereof was at all necessary or respectful in any way as it applies to doing a search, laziness, or any of that nonsense. The fact that it was a long drawn out message complaining about how you work when grabbing the link would have taken less time, lol. The irony is real on both sides here and I hope I’m not the only one who sees this for what it is. Yes, use your search engine of choice. If asked for the link, a polite hey, do an internet (google, duckduckgo, privacy centric as it may or may not be, search. It’ll show up is all that’s needed. My first, last, and only message on this subject. TLDR – we are all humans behind keyboards and all have difficult days sometimes. No worries, let the games guide you and enjoy them for what they are. From: haylieg2...@gmail.com Agree completely! Haylie From: blind-gamers@groups.io <blind-gamers@groups.io> On Behalf Of Marda Yes it is nice when someone is thoughtful enough to provide a link. However, a lot of people don't have time to compile a comprehensive resource list of links. Also, some of them, like me, haven't put links into email enough to be comfortable doing it so I might say something like, "Yes I know this is a PC game that it is available. Put the title of the game into your search engine of choice. Personally I don't like google so I use another search engine (actually a couple) more often than google for a lot of reasons. Some of us are working and/or on a lot of lists and we don't have time to do all yoru research for you. Some of you, Mitch for instance, I know you're not employed so you're home and would have more time to do research on uyour own. When we give ideas of what to type in in order to help someone research we are encouraging that person to become more independent rather than expecting others to simply hand them information and spoon feed it to them. Sure, if you're friends with someone and want to provide a link, no problem. But if someone gives you some information,like the mame of a game or the fact that they found it on google, then you're perfectly able to learn to look it up yourself especially if you have time. Expecting someone to do it for you when you have time to do it yourself is lazy and unfair to other people and certainly not showing independenc eor initiative. It is showing entitlement, expecting people to do all the work for you. It's one thing if someone is new to tech or newly blind or is extremely busy or whatever but the point is a lot of blind people just don't bother to learn to research for themselves and there's no reason why they can't. The purpose of the lists is yes to share information but it's not just to expect people to always hand you all the info without trying to get it yourself as well. Marda On 11/9/2023 8:13 PM, goshawk on horseback wrote:
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