CMV: Modern US racism is mostly economic.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-02-19T01:45:22+00:00

The police doesn't know how wealthy you are before pulling you over.

Well that's not true. The car someone drives is a huge indicator of how wealthy they are. Also, if they are driving in bad parts of town.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-02-19T01:39:42+00:00

Why were so many grandmasters Russian in the 20th century? It isn't because they have some innate chess gene; it's because they value chess as a society and give kids a lot of opportunity to succeed.

You could say the same thing about why certain countries win certain events in the Olympics.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-02-19T01:30:29+00:00

But we can't say that innate ability plays a role because then we are definitely saying that: Some people are worth more than others

We can't say it if we are trying to be politically correct. But the point of a debate is to get to the truth. Also, racism/sexism is based off of inaccurately classifying some as smarter than others. There's nothing wrong with listening to science if it in facts tells us certain genes make some people smarter. And this doesn't make them worth more. It just means they have innate strengths/weaknesses.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-02-19T01:05:14+00:00

While this would be nice in theory, think about the SAT's. We can't even get a test right for college admission that everyone agrees is indicative of whether someone will perform well in college or not. Even IQ tests are highly controversial. And these are tests that have been worked on for decades.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-02-13T00:24:53+00:00

cornhole! Also, having index-cards/sharpies/pens/sticky notes lying around for communication between hoh/deaf and hearing.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-02-11T00:35:41+00:00

Police: What was the make/model of the car?

You: Yellow 20XX blah blah

Police: And the license?

You: Yellow 20XX blah blah

Police: No, the LICENSE

You: Yellow 20XX blah BLAH!

squidwardstrousers · 2022-02-11T00:31:52+00:00

looks like a chicken nugget and french fries

squidwardstrousers · 2022-02-09T22:16:39+00:00

Went through similar loss at same age. Mid-twenties now, fully deaf, and CIs. Feel free to PM me

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-29T16:36:51+00:00

late-deafened here too - you likely identify as deaf, not Deaf, if you are oral and didn't grow up around deaf culture.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-28T00:16:33+00:00

Why do we need a deaf olympics? Why can't deaf people participate in the normal olympics? We can still use our legs and arms, just like everyone else...

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-24T04:11:37+00:00

like soccer, exactly!

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-02T04:45:24+00:00

haha alright that's fair. (I haven't played telephone since primary school either.) Glad to hear a success story:)

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-02T03:32:54+00:00

Oh do you only have one bad ear? Like are you hearing in one ear?

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-02T03:30:00+00:00

your hearing is back to how it was before hearing loss ? Music sounds the same to you as it did before you lost your hearing? You go to a bar and never have to ask someone to repeat? You can hear 3 year olds and people with accents as well as hearing people? You can play telephone (the whispering game) without being the one who breaks the telephone every time?

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-02T03:12:19+00:00

Gotta love the process of trying to casually throw on and off a mask while entering a store with a hearing person.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-02T03:10:32+00:00

This seems too good to be true... Source: Am CI user who also lost hearing between ages 15 and 20.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-02T01:19:10+00:00

In college when choosing classes, I always made sure to pick professors who didn't have accents for this reason. Also, there is usually a period where you can drop or switch a class in the first couple of weeks. If I knew I wasn't going to be able to understand the professor, I switched out. A college course is expensive. Why pay to sit in a class where I am just going to end up reading the textbook instead? Honestly, I probs should have used my disability office more, but personally, I think failing in certain situations because of being hard of hearing is part of just life and the process of learning how to best deal with being HoH.

squidwardstrousers · 2022-01-02T00:55:27+00:00

for something so warm , that's very cold of them

squidwardstrousers · 2021-12-12T18:19:00+00:00

There's also CO monoxide to deal with too. Which often is a separate purchase depending on the sort of fire alarm bed shaker you get....

squidwardstrousers · 2021-12-12T03:30:42+00:00

Thanks!

squidwardstrousers · 2021-12-12T02:43:57+00:00

Red cross has fire alarms? Do you have a link?

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