I've lately been attempting to catch up on a Discord that I have fallen behind on reading. That's something new for me; I don't normally read that much on Discord. Usually, I use it for voice chatting with folks I game with.

Despite my interest in the conversation, I've been having a hard time sitting down and reading through all of it, which means I've been falling further and further behind as new discussion gets added.

I think I finally figured out why it was so difficult for me. Dark Mode. And it's funny, because I have told so many people that Dark Mode is often harder for people with astigmatism, but for some reason I did not think about the fact that I, a person with astigmatism, had Discord set to Dark Mode, and that this MIGHT be why I was struggling.

Some days I am brilliant, and other days I'm stuck pushing and pushing on a door that clearly says, "Pull." Oh well, at least I figured it out eventually.

@AngelaPreston This actually helped me too 🙂

I don’t like dark mode. I have dark mode on my phone because it possibly helps with battery life, but I rarely use my phone.

I have everything on light mode on my desktop and yet, for some reason I never switched Discord to light mode. And I don’t really like reading Discord 😛

When I read your post, I started Discord, changed to light mode and the reading experience was much better. Thank you!

@f I'm so glad! I nearly didn't mention it here and now I'm happy that I did.

@AngelaPreston It was definitely useful — sometimes I (and probably others) miss the obvious since it’s been staring us in the face for years 😛

For the record, after I switched off dark mode, I read everything easily and am all caught up.