Funniest thing an uneducated person has said to you?

ClearSky said:
I never would have thought that other blind people know other blind people. Oh boy. I think we should have disability and diversity classes in school or high school, so that we come out more educated whether or not we go to college.
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In some contexts, that's a reasonable assumption. In many areas, blindness can be a pretty small and tight knit community where around 8-10 people make up the entire blind population, and 7 of them are members of the same organization (thus, having regular contact with eachother)
 
Aleser said:
In some contexts, that's a reasonable assumption. In many areas, blindness can be a pretty small and tight knit community where around 8-10 people make up the entire blind population, and 7 of them are members of the same organization (thus, having regular contact with eachother)
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This is true. Then again, I live in a larger community where I am often asked by sighted and blind people alike if I know a given blind person. Sometimes it gets annoying having this question asked of me all the time. I have other blind friends who feel the same way I do. I don't know...maybe it has to do with living in a larger metro area. Perhaps if I lived in a smaller community, I wouldn't be bothered so much by people asking me this question. :dunno:
 
man with mustache/beard: can you lipread??

shook my head no..

aha there! didn't you just lipread me?

:roll: ..

(yes I can.. but not like I'm going to deal with questions in your mustache/beard....no thanks! write everything down please). not so funny but .. d'oh.
 
this bothers me the most, oh cool that you can drive...

hello, driving is visual action! takes the life of your eyes... not like you can hear deer coming out of woods.. right? hearing isn't everything, gotcha?
 
freckles said:
man with mustache/beard: can you lipread??

shook my head no..

aha there! didn't you just lipread me?

:roll: ..

(yes I can.. but not like I'm going to deal with questions in your mustache/beard....no thanks! write everything down please). not so funny but .. d'oh.
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Made me laugh any way ..
 
Here's my favorite. I'm hoh myself and can speak fairly well but anyway, this guy came up to me at the gas station and asked me what is that tannish thing in your ear? I said, it's a hearing aid, sir. He said, oh hearing aid ehh?! and then he asked what is it for, some kind of radio? I said no sir, I'm required to use this everyday because I'm in a secret service. He just polity walked away without saying anything further. I thought it was funny.
 
Well I don't consider my mom to be uneducated, but she didn't seem to be thinking very clearly when she suggested to me just a few minutes ago that I should become an interpreter.
 
SimplyMints said:
Well I don't consider my mom to be uneducated, but she didn't seem to be thinking very clearly when she suggested to me just a few minutes ago that I should become an interpreter.
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Deaf individuals can be terps. When I attended my first AADB (American Association of the Deaf-Blind) convention, I had a Deaf interpreter. He interpreted to me by copy signing a platform interpreter.

Then again, if I remember correctly, you do not know sign. Is that correct SimplyMints?
 
Hear Again said:
Deaf individuals can be terps. When I attended my first AADB (American Association of the Deaf-Blind) convention, I had a Deaf interpreter. He interpreted to me by copy signing a platform interpreter.

Then again, if I remember correctly, you do not know sign. Is that correct SimplyMints?
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I'm fluent in SEE, and am cramming hard to learn ASL as quickly as possible during this one semester when I have nothing else to do, and I have a huge motivation to learn it. They say it can't be done, but that doesn't stop me from trying. I'll worry about smoothing out the edges once my signing is proper and intelligible. And after I've learned what it means to put the A with the thumb sticking up in the palm of the bird's nest made of fingers, and variations of this =D
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(I found out my sister is learning ASL and was planning to surprise me by signing to me, but I didn't know ASL, so I better learn it quickly because she's already really good! :giggle: My mom told me my sister told her that her doctor thinks she'll follow right in my footsteps and she'll lose all her hearing just like I did. That's probably her real motivation. I know she's been having problems with her ears. Oops, I'm rambling! *slaps own hands*)

But let me see if I understand you correctly.. the deaf interpreter needs a hearing interpreter, so what is the deaf interpreter interpreting what the hearing interpreter interprets into? Oh, is it tactile signing or .. :hmm:
 
I don't know if the person was uneducated or educated (college degree), but I've been told that I "don't look deaf."

:hmm: I wonder what a deaf person looks like. Does anyone know? :hmm:
 
SimplyMints said:
I'm fluent in SEE, and am cramming hard to learn ASL as quickly as possible during this one semester when I have nothing else to do, and I have a huge motivation to learn it. They say it can't be done, but that doesn't stop me from trying. I'll worry about smoothing out the edges once my signing is proper and intelligible. And after I've learned what it means to put the A with the thumb sticking up in the palm of the bird's nest made of fingers, and variations of this =D
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LOL! I hope you'll hang in there with the signing. When I started learning ASL, I made all kinds of mistakes -- including accidentally signing a few bad words. :giggle:

(I found out my sister is learning ASL and was planning to surprise me by signing to me, but I didn't know ASL, so I better learn it quickly because she's already really good! :giggle: My mom told me my sister told her that her doctor thinks she'll follow right in my footsteps and she'll lose all her hearing just like I did. That's probably her real motivation. I know she's been having problems with her ears. Oops, I'm rambling! *slaps own hands*)

I think it's great that your sister is learning sign! :) The more she learns before she loses her hearing, the easier communication will be.

But let me see if I understand you correctly.. the deaf interpreter needs a hearing interpreter, so what is the deaf interpreter interpreting what the hearing interpreter interprets into? Oh, is it tactile signing or .. :hmm:

Because I'm totally blind, I used tactile sign with the Deaf interpreter. I was told by another interpreter that he watched the platform interpreter so he knew what to sign. If a Deaf person wants to be an interpreter, their interpreting assignments would be dependent upon having another interpreter present to sign along with. (Conventions and conferences for the deaf/Deaf, HoH and deafblind would be great environments for this.) I suppose a Deaf interpreter could also interpret if they read lips, but I would think this would be exhausting -- especially for an 8 hour work day.
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pek1 said:
I don't know if the person was uneducated or educated (college degree), but I've been told that I "don't look deaf."

:hmm: I wonder what a deaf person looks like. Does anyone know? :hmm:
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Off-topic...

I've been told the same thing about my blindness. (i.e. "You don't look blind.") I usually respond by asking, "Do you expect me to run into things while flailing both of my arms?" Sheesh. :roll:
 
Hear Again said:
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I've been told the same thing about my blindness. (i.e. "You don't look blind.") I usually respond by asking, "Do you expect me to run into things while flailing both of my arms?" Sheesh. :roll:
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Sorry, had to reply to this too. And I don't mean to be insulting. That's not my intent, and I hope I don't even seem insulting anyway. Anyway.. a lot of times, blind people "look blind" when their eyes appear to be looking through walls that are closer than their gaze, or they're focussed on a point in empty space in front of them where there is no object to focus on. Note: this is most common in movies where sighted actors are playing the parts of blind people. However, in real life, I've seen sighted people whose eyes are formed so strangely that they appear to have that stereotypical "blind gaze" that makes me wonder which eye may be looking at me =D PLEASE don't be offended :angel:

And I won't say any more about this on this thread =D
 
Hear Again said:
Off-topic...

I've been told the same thing about my blindness. (i.e. "You don't look blind.") I usually respond by asking, "Do you expect me to run into things while flailing both of my arms?" Sheesh. :roll:
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No, they expect you to be black and playing a piano! Sorry, people, j/k! I find stereotypes to be funny. No offense intended.
 
SimplyMints said:
Sorry, had to reply to this too. And I don't mean to be insulting. That's not my intent, and I hope I don't even seem insulting anyway. Anyway.. a lot of times, blind people "look blind" when their eyes appear to be looking through walls that are closer than their gaze, or they're focussed on a point in empty space in front of them where there is no object to focus on. Note: this is most common in movies where sighted actors are playing the parts of blind people. However, in real life, I've seen sighted people whose eyes are formed so strangely that they appear to have that stereotypical "blind gaze" that makes me wonder which eye may be looking at me =D PLEASE don't be offended :angel:

And I won't say any more about this on this thread =D
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sorry but I laughed. I know what you mean about sighted people with "blind gaze." I think we call it - "crazy eyes" ..... i'm not sure
 
jillio said:
No, they expect you to be black and playing a piano! Sorry, people, j/k! I find stereotypes to be funny. No offense intended.
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Hahahaha! :laugh2: Speaking of Stevie Wonder, you wouldn't believe how many sighted-hearing people ask me if he's my favorite musical artist. And as long as we're talking about stereotypes, I can't stand how Stevie Wonder always swings his head from side to side. Even though that's what the blind community refers to as a "blindism" (certain behaviors like rocking, eye poking, hand fluttering, etc.), not all blind people do these things. And Jillio, don't worry -- no offense taken. :) I also find stereotypes to be amusing. :lol:
 
SimplyMints said:
Sorry, had to reply to this too. And I don't mean to be insulting. That's not my intent, and I hope I don't even seem insulting anyway. Anyway.. a lot of times, blind people "look blind" when their eyes appear to be looking through walls that are closer than their gaze, or they're focussed on a point in empty space in front of them where there is no object to focus on. Note: this is most common in movies where sighted actors are playing the parts of blind people. However, in real life, I've seen sighted people whose eyes are formed so strangely that they appear to have that stereotypical "blind gaze" that makes me wonder which eye may be looking at me =D PLEASE don't be offended :angel:

And I won't say any more about this on this thread =D
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I'm not insulted. :) In fact, everything you've said above is true. In my case, people can't tell that I'm blind because my eyes look normal. The only exception to this is that I have nystagmus (where my eyes move from side to side and up and down involuntarily). As for focusing on an empty space where there is no object, I was taught at an early age to look in the direction of the person I'm speaking to. That may also be a reason why I don't look blind.
 
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