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    Is being deaf a disability or not?

    I was going by how I interpreted the original question-"is being deaf a disability or not?". I think that the answer is yes, to "normal" people, deafness is a biological disability, and some people choose to make it into a social disability. I believe that how deaf people perceive...
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    Blu-ray discs and players with real CC

    I've noticed that subtitles don't tell you other things captions do, such as what kind of noise people are hearing. And I've come across foreign movies that are "subtitled" -but the subtitles only appear when the actors are speaking non-English, and disappear when English is spoken. How am I...
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    Is being deaf a disability or not?

    You missed the point I was making. Yes, deafness is a disability in the sense that a deaf person does not have the ability to do things that people with intact hearing do: use the telephone, listen to music, etc. I'm talking about what a "normal" person perceives as a disability.
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    Is being deaf a disability or not?

    I'm talking about the difference between "normal" and "disabled". "Normal" means using the telephone with the receiver to the ear and having a conversation with another person. "Normal" means having the stereo on a volume below "earth-shaking".
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    death by eye drops

    Woman allegedly tries to kill hubby with eye drops - Yahoo! News Pretty soon, you'll have to ask the pharmacist for Visine and show identification. :roll: I had no idea eye drops were poisonous when ingested! You learn something new every day.
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    Is being deaf a disability or not?

    Yes, deafness is a disability in the sense that a deaf person does not have the ability to do things that people with intact hearing do: use the telephone, listen to music, etc. It's my view that "disabilities" are measured against what a human being with the accepted natural abilities of...
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    The X-Files

    A few months ago, I decided to buy season 1 on ebay, and then bought the next two seasons, then I splurged and got the entire collection. I watched it in the '90s, but I couldn't remember the episodes, which is great because it's like watching them for the first time. So far, my favorite...
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    Dreams - Have you dreamt that you could hear? (OT)

    In my dreams it seems most of the time communication is via ESP, where I just know what people are saying without "hearing" them. It's weird.
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