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"Blindness separates people from things. Deafness separates people from people" what are your thoughts on this quote from Hellen Keller? (self.Blind)
submitted by claudettemonet
Does this quote still hold true do you think?
awesomesaucesaywhat 5 points 7y ago
Personally, losing my sight has also separated me from people. When I use my cane people don't seem to interact with me as a person. They move out of my way, but rarely is there small talk anymore. It also makes it harder to get around and see friends. But in the end I think it really comes down to my own attitude and adaptations :)
claudettemonet [OP] 2 points 7y ago
Thanks for sharing :) I kind of think HK's assessment on the situation doesn't apply like it used to. Everything is different now. With technology and accessibility. It could always be better, but is totally different from the world she lived in. With so much of communication being tech based now I also wonder about whether that makes us farther away or closer to others and things. It is an interesting thing to think about. I really don't know. I haven't come to my own opinion on it yet. So glad you piped up :)
awesomesaucesaywhat 4 points 7y ago
I tried to not think of her quote as comparing blind vs deaf, because you're are right, with technology many things are different know. I found that looking at it from my personal level enabled me to think about the quote without trying to over generalize.
Nighthawk321 3 points 7y ago
That's not true. Blindness can totally separate people from people, socially. It's way harder for blind people to socialize with sighted people because many sighted people don't know how to deal with a person's blindness.
Also, did you see that quote on the world blind website, "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much". Are you meaning to tell me that we're all useless helpless pieces of trash unless we ban together? lol
Also, did you see that quote on the world blind website, "Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much". Are you meaning to tell me that we're all useless helpless pieces of trash unless we ban together? lol
claudettemonet [OP] 1 points 7y ago
Lol
intrepidia 1 points 7y ago
I think the quote was made in the context of effecting societal change and the ability of groups to mobilize that change. Not everyone can be an MLK or Ghandi.
claudettemonet [OP] 1 points 7y ago
I don't know. I like to think everyone is simultaneously capable of being both a MLK jr/Gandhi/Mother Theresa and a Hitler/Stalin/Pol-Pot. Most people don't, cause it is so much effort either way. But if they wanted to, we all have the potential.
intrepidia 1 points 7y ago
Fair enough. Equally I see the point of the quote and how it can be interpreted as being diminishing of individuals whom are blind. I choose to interpret it in the positive light I think it was intended as.
AlliTurna 3 points 7y ago
This statement implies that people are not a thing. As a thing, I find this offensive. :/
Jokes aside, yes, there are extremely social blind people around, but blindness has a huge impact on communication with other people. I lost my vision when I was 6, so I can't actually compare it with being sighted, but when walking around, not being able to greet your friends, not being able to stop and make a small talk (unless they decide to call out) really affect your social life. I imagine it's not as bad as when it comes to communicating with other people, but it's bad nevertheless.
$1 should help with understanding it little better. It's not exactly the answer you're looking for, but it's still related anyway.
In that thread, men are talking about their concerns about picking up "obvious hints". As blind guys, we're having to add the most important concern on top of that. "Is she talking to me because she takes pity on me?" And you can never make sure whether they are friendly towards you because of your blindness. And, things like that. I made you extremely happy today didn't I?
Edit: Hints, not thints. I spell gud.
Jokes aside, yes, there are extremely social blind people around, but blindness has a huge impact on communication with other people. I lost my vision when I was 6, so I can't actually compare it with being sighted, but when walking around, not being able to greet your friends, not being able to stop and make a small talk (unless they decide to call out) really affect your social life. I imagine it's not as bad as when it comes to communicating with other people, but it's bad nevertheless.
$1 should help with understanding it little better. It's not exactly the answer you're looking for, but it's still related anyway.
In that thread, men are talking about their concerns about picking up "obvious hints". As blind guys, we're having to add the most important concern on top of that. "Is she talking to me because she takes pity on me?" And you can never make sure whether they are friendly towards you because of your blindness. And, things like that. I made you extremely happy today didn't I?
Edit: Hints, not thints. I spell gud.
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claudettemonet [OP] 1 points 7y ago
Yes! So happy 😁
AlliTurna 2 points 7y ago
Using emoji in a blind community?! Someone ban this user pls thx. 😂
claudettemonet [OP] 2 points 7y ago
Fuck you guys.. Screen readers read the emojis as long as I avoid the Japanese ones. When I use those I provide a description afterward. For example.........
....╭ (╥︵ ╥)╮
Defeated-weeping face
Also awesomesaucesaywhat used one in their reply! A colon and parentheses count! Blind and using emojis! See!
Also sometimes I just do blind emojis. Its the best. You just put a detailed description of the emotion you want to convey and end the description with "face" or "smiley" and throw the whole thing in brackets or parentheses.
For example:
[Shrugging as though to say "it is what it is" face]
I might be the only person who does blind emojis. I think that makes me the inventor of blind emojis.. which I think makes me a frickin genius! Elect this redditor the president of EVERYTHING!
[Shrugging as though to say "I am what I am and its pretty fab so I'm not not apologizing for being rad" smiley]
....╭ (╥︵ ╥)╮
Defeated-weeping face
Also awesomesaucesaywhat used one in their reply! A colon and parentheses count! Blind and using emojis! See!
Also sometimes I just do blind emojis. Its the best. You just put a detailed description of the emotion you want to convey and end the description with "face" or "smiley" and throw the whole thing in brackets or parentheses.
For example:
[Shrugging as though to say "it is what it is" face]
I might be the only person who does blind emojis. I think that makes me the inventor of blind emojis.. which I think makes me a frickin genius! Elect this redditor the president of EVERYTHING!
[Shrugging as though to say "I am what I am and its pretty fab so I'm not not apologizing for being rad" smiley]
AlliTurna 2 points 7y ago
What the fuck did you just fucking say about japanese emoji, you little bitch? I’ll have you know I've been using kaomoji and emoticons since ICQ,, , and I’ve been involved in sending numerous undefined smilies in MSN, and I have over 300 legitimate emoji packages. I am trained in making new emoji and I’m the top emoji spammer in the entire Reddit. You are nothing to me but just another
Defeated-weeping face. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this subreddit, mark my fucking emoji 🍆. You think you can get away with sending that shitty emoji to me over the r/blind? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of emoticon designers across the USA and your face is being a model for new emoji right now so you better prepare for the popularity, maggot. The popularity that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your account. You’re fucking popular, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can draw emoji in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in making new emoji, but I have access to the entire emoji arsenal of Instagram and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the Reddit, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “cute” emoji was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking hand. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will spam emoji all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
That wasn't super creative, but who cares? 🖕
Defeated-weeping face. I will wipe you the fuck out with precision the likes of which has never been seen before on this subreddit, mark my fucking emoji 🍆. You think you can get away with sending that shitty emoji to me over the r/blind? Think again, fucker. As we speak I am contacting my secret network of emoticon designers across the USA and your face is being a model for new emoji right now so you better prepare for the popularity, maggot. The popularity that wipes out the pathetic little thing you call your account. You’re fucking popular, kid. I can be anywhere, anytime, and I can draw emoji in over seven hundred ways, and that’s just with my bare hands. Not only am I extensively trained in making new emoji, but I have access to the entire emoji arsenal of Instagram and I will use it to its full extent to wipe your miserable ass off the face of the Reddit, you little shit. If only you could have known what unholy retribution your little “cute” emoji was about to bring down upon you, maybe you would have held your fucking hand. But you couldn’t, you didn’t, and now you’re paying the price, you goddamn idiot. I will spam emoji all over you and you will drown in it. You’re fucking dead, kiddo.
That wasn't super creative, but who cares? 🖕
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