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Why is the audio player askew? It's mildly disconcerting until you know that's the issue. Is that the point?


(Author here)

Yes that's the point. Tried it on a lark, and it created weird feelings so I leaned into it. This is my personal website, and I've been trying to make it more deeply personal lately.

Talked about it a bit in this thread: https://mastodon.social/@spiralganglion/112747815905067127


I like it. I mean, I like the why. It's not so offensive as to make me turn and run from your site, but it's definitely odd. To me, it actually makes it feel as if the text is askew.

One of my eyes sees things kind of slanted when I'm not wearing my glasses - I felt like I was seeing that when I was on the mastodon thread and trying to observe the change the server admin suggested...


It makes me feel like Scottish pornography: off-kilter!


How did you notice a two-degree angle?


I’m apparently super sensitive to alignment. We have tested my ability to level things, place them in the center of the wall … I get perfect level, and I’m only ever off of positioning by about 1%.

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