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I think your candy analogy is a good one. There are those who sugarcoat things to the extreme, and will be thought of as "sweet". There are those who are blunt and prickly, and who will be thought of as "bitter". I guess it's all in how you want to taste to other people. :) As for my...

On that, I absolutey agree with you. I believe that people *should* be thought of as people first, rather than "the deaf guy", or "the gay guy", or "the black guy", etc. Unfortunately, it seems to be human nature to attach labels to things; there seems to be a strong desire to mentally...

LOL, I've got to stop using urbandictionary.com, then.

We'll just have to agree to disagree, but that's cool. :thumb: I see no reason why - if I had a mentally handicapped sibling - I should go around introducing him to people as "my brother, the retard". I find the term highly offensive, and even if he could be clinically diagnosed with mental...

Umm... doesn't chode have something to do with male anatomy??

Brazil.

OK, so I can't narrow it down to just one famous person, sorry. If I found myself under the mistletoe with any of the following, I'd feel compelled to kiss them: ANY OF THE CORRS SISTERS (from the Irish band, The Corrs): Sharon Corr Andrea Corr Caroline Corr RYAN PHILLIPE...

The problem is... some people take offense to what you nonchalantly coin as "calling a spade a spade", and some don't. There's no way to know who will be offended, or who won't... so I think some folks (myself included) will opt for finding terminology that isn't found offensive. I disagree...

While I agree that political correctness can (and often does) go too far, I don't find it as offensive as some of you obviously do. I see it as a mechanism where people are attempting to be sensitive to cultural differences, and remain neutral. Maybe it's regional. I live in a very...

Most aggravating? Gee, there are so many... :P I think one of the most aggravating things is getting the "So which one of you is the man, and which one is the woman" question. Guess what, buddy... we're BOTH men, get it? Shall I draw you a picture? Also, I hate the stereotyping. Like...

Jillio, Thanks for your reply. As for the comment about age-of-onset, you put it much more eloquently than I did, but that's exactly what I meant. I was just typing as quickly as I could to get all the thoughts out of my head, that I didn't take the time to spell it out, as you did. :)...

As I read through all the posts in this thread, I was reminded of many of the discussions that have come up in my Deaf History/Culture class this semester. I know that the original topic here was perception differences between the hearing and Deaf worlds... but if I could digress for just a...

Shel90, well in this case, you "own" a piece of the story, too, since as a direct result of his actions, you were affected (adversely, to boot!) I guess I was mostly talking about the kinds of things that people are embarrassed about, or have no control over, etc. (somebody losing their job...

You're so lucky, and I'm so jealous! I WISH I had Deaf friends with whom I could improve my ASL. I have a Deaf cousin who lives half-way across the country from me, who I never get to see, and I have an infant nephew who is profoundly deaf who unfortunately can't sign very well yet...

One of my favorite little "jokes" about gossiping is: "I can keep a secret just FINE, it's the people I tell them to that can't!" I agree with one of the posters here that it is a fairly human trait to be nosy, and to want to know what's going on with our friends/family/entertainment...

The*Empress, Do you actually believe the things you say, or do you say them for shock value? Most of the time when I read what you write, I think to myself, "Surely, she can't be serious!" Live your life the way you want, I suppose... but if you plan to go through your life blaming all...

Gee, I wonder how many straight women out there have guys continue to hit on them after they've made it clear they weren't interested? Maybe if more guys out there would think how they'd feel if a gay guy continued hitting on them after they said "Not interested", we'd have less date rape, etc...

Favorite older Christmas movie: It's A Wonderful Life Favorite newer Christmas movie: The Family Stone (have any of you seen that? It's great! One of the sons in the family is Deaf, and there are several instances in the movie where members of the family sign to one another.)

Unfortunately, religion (for many people) is very much a Pick&Choose game. The bible has a plethora of prohibitions, rules, commandments, etc. that people treat like a buffet bar. "I'll have some of this, this and this, but I don't want any of that, that, or that." To me, either you buy the...

Oh goodness, yes, I've played Everquest and several other MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games) over the years. And yes, I can unabashedly say I'm probably addicted to them. I went from Everquest (EQ) to Dark Age of Camelot (DAoC), to City of Heroes (CoH), to City of...