Re: drumming, seems great for simple long-distance messages, e.g. between villages. More Western analogy is ringing church bells – the whole village immediately knows if there’s an enemy attack, or a fire, or a.… wedding. Very important.
Semaphores (not the CS type)
“The beacons are lit, Gondor calls for aid!”
Blinking-based communication – extremely inefficient, but good if you have locked-in syndrome. Also not private, but potentially you could communicate privately across a room by blinking morse code.
Personally I’d be most interested in my friend group adopting SEE, so that you can still communicate at a party that’s too loud (or even bring down the volume, since fewer people would be talking). Also if my boyfriend is across the room and I want to complain to him that I’m hungry or want to leave, I don’t have to go over there, or like, text him (especially since he never has his phone on him). All of the other options seem too limited in their use. The only drawback (besides the startup cost, obv) is it’s not a good way of communicating privately, if everyone around you has learned it and can see you doing it. But I guess if I need to say something privately to my boyfriend, in many contexts it would suffice to speak in horribly mangled German.
Re: drumming, seems great for simple long-distance messages, e.g. between villages. More Western analogy is ringing church bells – the whole village immediately knows if there’s an enemy attack, or a fire, or a.… wedding. Very important.
Semaphores (not the CS type)
“The beacons are lit, Gondor calls for aid!”
Blinking-based communication – extremely inefficient, but good if you have locked-in syndrome. Also not private, but potentially you could communicate privately across a room by blinking morse code.
Personally I’d be most interested in my friend group adopting SEE, so that you can still communicate at a party that’s too loud (or even bring down the volume, since fewer people would be talking). Also if my boyfriend is across the room and I want to complain to him that I’m hungry or want to leave, I don’t have to go over there, or like, text him (especially since he never has his phone on him). All of the other options seem too limited in their use. The only drawback (besides the startup cost, obv) is it’s not a good way of communicating privately, if everyone around you has learned it and can see you doing it. But I guess if I need to say something privately to my boyfriend, in many contexts it would suffice to speak in horribly mangled German.
ETA: cats pressing buttons