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I recently learned a new way of understanding what "turning the other cheek" is. Rather than a passive acceptance of abuse, it's like putting a mirror on the abuser and making them look like the villains (which they actually are). The post is very much alike.

The Cheek Slap in Jesus’ Day

In Jesus’ day, hitting a person on the cheek was a forceful insult, but it was not considered a violent assault. Here, Jesus is specifying a strike on the right cheek, which implies a back-handed slap. Striking someone with the back of the hand (3) could demand a doubled fine because it was “the severest public affront to a person’s dignity.” (4)

But Jesus is not suggesting that his followers should stand around and take abuse. First, turning the left cheek was a bold rejection of the insult itself. Second, it challenged the aggressor to repeat the offense, while requiring that they now strike with the palm of their hand, something done not to a lesser but to an equal. In other words, turning the other cheek strongly declares that the opposer holds no power for condescending shame because the victim’s honor is not dependent on human approval—it comes from somewhere else. (5) This kind of action reshapes the relationship, pushing the adversary to either back down or to treat them as an equal.

Source: https://bibleproject.com/articles/what-jesus-meant-turn-other-cheek-matthew-539/

How fitting the image in the post lacks alt text. 🤦

Edit: accessibility varies by instance version.

Just realized I've seen the push multiple times to include alt text, but not guidance on how.

Is there an actual etiquette to follow or even a specific format for alt text? Or just a sentence describing the image and call it a day?

I found that even when you can see the image, alt-text often helps significantly with understanding it. e.g. by calling a character or place by name or saying what kind of action is being done.

That's amazing. I'd love to hear from one of the audience about how they found the experience.

And to alt-text an embedded image in markdown:

![alt text goes here](url://goes.here)

As a video engineer on events, I always love having to accomodate live captioning and signers.
It means more layers on the screen (IE picture in picture), more chance to make things look good, and it means the production company / client / organiser has actually thought about their event.

I always enjoy gigs with wheelchair accessible stages, captioning, hearing loops, and signers are good gigs.

Is this a mute/deaf person giving a talk, or a talking/hearing person being incredibly based?

Are there any blind people on Lemmy, screenreading this? I get why alt-text is useful functionally on things like application interfaces, and instructive or educational text, but do you actually enjoy hearing a screen reader say "A meme of four oanels. First panel. An image of a young man in a field. He is Anakin Skywalker as played by that guy who played Anakin Skywalker in the Star Wars prequels. He says 'bla bla bla'. Next frame. An image of a young woman. She is Padme as played by Natalie Portman. She is smiling. She says "bla bla bla, right?"

I usually either write a proper alt-text if it's a non-joke image, or an xkcd style extra joke if it's meant to be a meme.

Well, I do on Mastodon. I know exactly where the button for that is on that platform. Gimme a sec to check where it is on Lemmy.