Re: You bailin'?
> Now, I don't pressume some kind of dogmatic pose. I simply think
> that the internet is lacking that which can be found in the real
> world,,,and I dont mean dry cleaning and paying bills and jobs
> etc ..all of this is indeed part of the "real world"
> but thats not what I'm talking about.
> Im not saying oh! all of you slap! slap! -time to wake up, no
> more fantasy for you! Im all for fantasic romantic lives, I just
> think a lot of people here are missing a bet.
Oh so my paying of bills and my job arn't 'real' because I do them on the Internet...thanks for clearing that up for me.
> I dont have some kind of "issue" I just find all the
> little one liners and attempts at wit endearing. I dont have a
> problem with it!
> Its a bit cute.
Well you certainly do a darn tootin' impression of somebody who does!
> Obviously I understand the appeal for someone who in the real
> world is king loser, but here they are Star Keeper or whatever
> and ta da they have all that aluded them in real life. The
> serial killer twitch isnt a problem here is it?
Serial Killers don't have twitches...they look normal... (in fact most serial killers have been white middle class men in their late twenties/early thirties, socially adept, and holding down good jobs, above average intelligence and in many cases have been known to be completely and utterly disarmingly charming)...that's how they lure their prey...
> Now before I finish Im going to let you in on a tiny piece of my
> life Can you believe it?...
> My brother is hearing imparied..He has been "deaf"
> since he was 3 due to menigitis. Instead being taught to sign my
> mother quit her job and and with the help of speech therapsits
> taught my brother how to speak and read lips. He was then
> intergrated into hearing classes at school.
> Now he is in kind of a limbo. He cant sign, and he doesnt want
> to becasue sign language is a base version of English..example:
> If you were to say Im going to the video store with sign
> language it would be "ME GO VIDEO STORE NOW" and
> speaking to hearing people is a problem becasue he cant hear
> well enough to even jump into converstions...and you would be
> suprised at the total lack of compassion and patience people
> have.
BSL is recognised as a natural language. It's signs are NOT suppliments to the words of a spoken language and are NOT ordered according to the principles of a spoken language. Your inference that it is a base version of the English language is an illinformed unsupportable and quite frankly offensive mistake. The fact that there is not a direct translation is indicative of this. BSL is a beautiful, incredibly expressive language and one which would be beneficial for the hearing and non hearing to understand and use. Patience and compasion from people would suprise me more than their opposites! OK i'm not actually deaf (but the menigitis I had as a child left it considerably impaired and I cannot make out what people are saying if I cannot see their lips) and the people who know this, do they remember this and act on it? Do they bugger! But quite frankly why should they...they have their own problems to remember about and asking somebody to repeat what they've said or to remind them they need to face you, is quite frankly, not a big deal unless you make it one.
> So, enter the internet..this has been a blessing for him -who
> other than being "deaf" is an intensly intelligent
> young man, and good looking as well..So if it werent for the
> internet as a spring board he may not have any friends today and
> would never have had any of the experinces he has had with the
> people he has MET through the computer.
> You see Im not trying to pick on any of you, I think the
> internet can be a great thing...
If you're not trying to how come you still are doing...and given what you've just said how can you underestimate the Internet's importance?!
> As far as whats real and whats not...I m sure you cant deny that
> lying in bed next to someone, going for a walk or sitting
> together in a coffee shop or whatever does not beat this. I know
> we try to dismiss that what which we dont have, but....
For sure physical contact is nice, on that I cannot differ!
> NOW, please with this and the other posts there is real nothing
> left to say, so please stop with your little insults and what
> not.
Why will you not accept that I am answering your observations with my own, and that disagreeing with you does not necesarily amount to hostility or insult?! If you don't enjoy conflict, don't come here making contensious points!
> Honestly, no hard feelings.