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Thank you, FadedRose, I would never have guessed some of that! Why would you think you offended me? I could imagine the other way around, considering past experience on this same thread, but... well, I'm glad you're not sorry for helping me? Thank you so much. deafdyke, yeah, that kind of thing...

Bottesini, I'm trying to figure out where that came from. It seems unrelated to what I said, unless you thought that I meant it would be more interesting to me because I don't fit in or feel like I'm just pretending to be normal. (I actually meant that it would be more interesting for me because...

If this isn't too much of a threadjack and/or too painful, I'd like to hear more about how people who fake it feel. Are there any-- I'm not sure how to put this, but are there any really common experiences, or patterns, that people that have been raised oral would all recognize in each other...

Smithr, are you asking me to explain in ASL? I'm not very good yet. I'll try, but it may not be right. Last night, happen I post on AllDeaf, look at Smilies. Smiley name Deaf :deaf:, sign use left hand. Surprised why? most people use right hand. Click "More" see smilies a lot. Most use left...

There is nothing serious or meaty in this thread at all. I just noticed that Deaf was left-handed and then I couldn't stop... Cool2, wave, Deaf, hmm, rockon, sadwave, owned, thumbd, ily, fingersx, ugh2, thum, nono and wtf are all lefties. Giggle, bye, smash, and whip are right-handed. It's...

The questions asked were: They've been answered, and the answers boil down to "so much yes that even considering any other possibility is outside what the group expects to see or will tolerate, to the point that it's considered worthy of punishment by shaming and ostracism to raise the...

Wow, I didn't know that. Thanks for explaining that to me!

Yes, it does, and that's why the OP should stay on AllDeaf and learn about deafness from people who experience it firsthand. I don't mean to imply the OP should leave here. But if the child is also autistic, then the parent might also find it useful to learn about autism. Just like the autism...

By the way, there are forums like this for autism and parents of children with autism. I can't tell you where exactly you should go, except that I have yet to hear from anyone with an autism spectrum diagnosis, or any parent of anyone with an autism spectrum diagnosis, who feels like Autism...

Any issue has a wide range of possible positions you could take on it. Some are considered "middle of the road" and some are considered "radical" while others are simply outside the range of views people are "allowed" to have on the issue. Reasonable people can argue in favor of Obamacare on the...

Maybe a complete deaf-mute is a deaf person with all their limbs, as opposed to an incomplete deaf-mute, who's missing one or more body parts? I'm guessing it actually means no speech and no detectable hearing. Is that... plausible? That none of them has ANY hearing or ANY speech whatsoever...

Someone forwarded me this email: The video is Thien Thu Quan Am, and the dance definitely is amazing (it's really beautifully choreographed and it does seem like it would be really hard to do it and keep in sync with everyone else, but it doesn't look like it would be that much harder...

Hey, OP, if this is true, you should tell the forum once the teacher explains it to you. This sounds like a fascinating but highly insensitive social experiment. I can understand wanting to send a student off to say something offensive and show you the reaction, but that's not just cruel to the...

Thanks! :ty:

Thank you. I understand now (I think). I didn't mean to imply that oral-only was a wonderful thing, I was just curious about how well people can manage to do in spite of it. Also, I'm really sorry (and just a little bit horrified!) to have caused even the small flame war I did. What an entrance...

Okay. So I'm trying to figure out what I did wrong. And I'm not sure, but I'm going to make some guesses: 1. I'm thinking that I probably came off as implying that I know (think I know) a lot, when I really don't. Probably the best way to come off as implying that would be if it's true, so even...

I'm sorry, Bebonang. I'm glad you told me; clearly I'm more clueless than I thought I was. I want to fix whatever I've done wrong, or listen to what it is that you're trying to tell me; I thought I was listening, but obviously if I wasn't I don't know what I missed. Should I just read for a...

Bebonang, I'm sorry that I upset you. Thank you for telling me. I'll shut up now.

GrendelQ, part of me wants to be disappointed that you don't have any ridiculous stories to share. Another part of me wants to feel happy for you not having run into that. Both parts agree that's a silly comeback. :lol: Bebonang, wait, which part was sarcasm? I'm confused now. Thank you...

Cool, thank you! Have they all been religious, or have people made other kinds of stupid cure attempts? I read somewhere that cinnamon is supposed to reverse hearing loss; have you guys gotten a lot of cinnamon from well-meaning idiots?