Pankkake@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agoDo rhymes make sense to deaf people?message-squaremessage-square47fedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down14file-text
arrow-up1142arrow-down1message-squareDo rhymes make sense to deaf people?Pankkake@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 days agomessage-square47fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·4 days agoDo you have a link to a more reputable site? Gate communications is an American thing.
minus-squareazulavoir@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours agoAre Americans intrinsically wrong about Everything? Like, I get most things, but surely one of us has had a correct thought before
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·17 hours agoA lot of misinformation comes out of the USA.
minus-squareazulavoir@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 hours agoThis seems like, a really weird thing for the US Government to lie about.
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·33 minutes agoOften the USA gets the spelling and meaning of words wrong. In restaurants in the USA entrees are main meals and not entrees.
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-24 days agoJust look it up. It’s like being blind: a lot of blind people can still see but not well. Or using a wheelchair, a lot of people in wheelchairs can still stand short periods or walk short distances, but have a very short limit. ETC Society oversimplifies these things to be binary, but in reality they are a spectrum.
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days agoYou’ve got multiple sources now. It’s good to question things, but you might want to start by questioning the things that you’ve previously learned when encountering new information.
minus-squareDavidDoesLemmy@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 days agoHow come you can say someone’s partially deaf when deafness already covers people who can partially hear? Isn’t that redundant?
minus-squareotp@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoYes, it is redundant. The things people can say are not always completely medically accurate.
minus-squareantonim@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agodeafness, partial or total inability to hear. (Britannica)
Do you have a link to a more reputable site? Gate communications is an American thing.
Are Americans intrinsically wrong about Everything? Like, I get most things, but surely one of us has had a correct thought before
A lot of misinformation comes out of the USA.
This seems like, a really weird thing for the US Government to lie about.
Often the USA gets the spelling and meaning of words wrong. In restaurants in the USA entrees are main meals and not entrees.
Just look it up.
It’s like being blind: a lot of blind people can still see but not well.
Or using a wheelchair, a lot of people in wheelchairs can still stand short periods or walk short distances, but have a very short limit.
ETC
Society oversimplifies these things to be binary, but in reality they are a spectrum.
You’ve got multiple sources now. It’s good to question things, but you might want to start by questioning the things that you’ve previously learned when encountering new information.
How come you can say someone’s partially deaf when deafness already covers people who can partially hear? Isn’t that redundant?
Yes, it is redundant. The things people can say are not always completely medically accurate.
deafness, partial or total inability to hear. (Britannica)