thesedeafeyes:

hamuu:

HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHA 

all the time omg 

WHY DO THEY DO THIS?!!? It’s always the same list! If you know the list, it’s not an accurate rating of your ability to hear! Use different words! And why are they all compound words?!?! 

Ugh. 

This.

tastefullyoffensive:

[via]

popeofgeekery:

Scour the earth for butts.

Oh, and also that the earth is actually getting cooler.

HEAD DESK. HEAD DESK, HEAD DESK. FACE PALM, FACE PALM, HEAD DESK.

mydrunkkitchen:

I super don’t even need to read this article…

feministslut:

stfuhypocrisy:

leftish:

Palin Plots Her Next Move

…Yet Palin, who is 47, now hinted that her family would not try to dissuade her from entering the race. “My kids know that life isn’t supposed to be easy, and it’s certainly not fair,” she said. “And they know that, even on their end, they have to make some sacrifices for the greater good.”

READ ENTIRE ARTICLE (if you can stomach it): Sarah Palin Plots Her Next Move - Newsweek

Has everyone forgotten about her influence on the Tuscon shootings already?

So why aren’t her kids telling her this is a shitty idea? It would be for the greater good of well everyone.

Um, wasn’t “for the greater good” fucking Gellert Grindelwald’s slogan?

thesedeafeyes:

((I’ve been meaning to post this for awhile, but didn’t have a chance to get around to it. Apologies!))

Many people have messaged me, “What’s the difference between ‘Deaf’ and ‘deaf’?”
Here’s the answer/explanation!

‘deaf’ with a little ‘d’ means the individual has an audiological hearing loss. The levels of hearing loss are as follows:
Mild (adult): 26-40 dB 
Mild (child): 20-40
Moderate: 41-55
Moderately Severe: 71-90
Profound: 91 and above

((I’ll post later about how each one of these levels effects the daily functioning of life, and the impact it can have.))

Now, to be ‘Deaf’ with a big ‘D’ is a cultural identification. It means that a deaf person identifies themselves as a member of the Deaf Community.

They take part in Deaf Culture. ((Deaf culture is it’s own culture, not a subculture. It is the same idea of Italian, Chinese, etc.))They use American Sign Language (or some kind of sign- SEE, CASE, Pidgin) as their primary mode of communication, though it is not necessarily their first or native language. They share the same values and traditions. They are proud of themselves as a deaf person, and accept their hearing loss as a part of their person as a whole. (Although they don’t necessarily let it define them completely.)

Not all Deaf people are born deaf or raised in the Deaf Community. Most deaf people are born to hearing parents (approximately 90%).  Only some of those will learn sign language and/or send their children to a deaf school. Many deaf children don’t learn sign language or have exposure to Deaf culture or the community until later in life. Thus you do not have to be born deaf to gain membership to the Deaf Community. (Not that we have membership cards or special jackets. lol)

Also- YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE DEAF TO BE A PART OF THE DEAF COMMUNITY! The Deaf Community is made up of a variety of hearing people as well: interpreters, parents of deaf children, CODAs (child of deaf adult), teachers of the deaf, etc.

Note: If you see the words “for the deaf” it generally means something that was set up by hearing people. “OF the Deaf” is something set up by Deaf people.
Example: Registry of Interpreters FOR the Deaf versus National Association OF the Deaf. 

I hope this makes things clearer. I am deaf (profoundly), but I’m also Deaf. I have friends that identify themselves as deaf, hard of hearing, or hearing impaired. A good number of Deaf people don’t like the term “hearing impaired.” “Impaired” means there is an aspect of you that limits you; Deaf people do not see their hearing loss as a limitation. “Impaired” is seen as associated with a handicap. Deaf see themselves as having a disability, not an impairment. 

In short: ‘deaf’ means you physically cannot hear. ‘Deaf’ is a socio-linguistic and cultural identity and association. 

lml/

Very informative. :D

I fall into the Moderately Severe category.

iamwhoiamandidontgiveadamn:

seriouslyamerica:

sparklingsodacans:

Awkward moment when Asian languages don’t have the phrase “bless you”.

I love the custom in many Spanish speaking places, which is to say “Salud,” meaning “health.”  My fellow atheist friend John, however, likes to shout “NOTHING HAPPENS WHEN YOU DIE.”

THats cause your atheist friend is a Dane Cook fan…

One possible origin of why people say “bless you” after someone sneezes is that folks back in the day thought that the sudden expulsion of air from your body could cause your soul to be separated from you and thus make you vulnerable to Satan, evil spirits, etc. So your neighbor’s “bless you” was a way to help shield you from such things. This makes me wonder if they felt the same way about burps or farts…