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  • #16
    "My Generation" is blatently offensive to those with speech impediments.
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    • #17
      I must remember to use the word "bowdlerize" more frequently.
      Thanks, snoop!

      Oh yes, and the high school is stupid. And fooling themselves. Where is this, Monk?
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      • #18
        Since he said local, that means it's in Missouri somewhere (IIRC near-ish Kansas City?). That's where my wife's family is from; doesn't surprise me in the least.

        Also, is it odd that we capitalize "GF" but not "wife"?
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        • #19
          Maybe they were trying to send the message that kids who are deaf, dumb and blind are ordinary kids. Which they are, aside of the fact they're deaf, dumb and blind.
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          • #20
            Hey thanks for the memory, Monk



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            • #21
              I'd like to know how they would "correct" this song, lol, lyrics about ADD and Ritalin maybe? This was once mainstream radio fare.

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              • #22
                I think a deaf, dumb, blind kid being awesome at pinball is, well, awesome. Something for other kids with disabilities to look to as an inspiration - a 'you can do anything you want to' sort of hero. Changing him to 'ordinary' is uninspiring and boring.
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                • #23
                  Originally posted by snoopy369 View Post
                  I think a deaf, dumb, blind kid being awesome at pinball is, well, awesome.
                  Nintendo once made a feature length commercial about this situation:
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                  • #24
                    There are an incredible number of things that make me feel old lately.* That's one of them.




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                    • #25
                      Originally posted by Elok View Post
                      "Mother has an accordion which she plays quite loudly. It keeps everyone in the area from sleeping and we wish she would kindly cut it out."
                      That music is acceptable...

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                      • #26
                        I suppose the fun police would also rule this sort of thing out...

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                        • #27
                          Originally posted by snoopy369 View Post
                          What exactly is pejorative about deaf, dumb, and blind? Pinball Wizard is perhaps one of the most celebratory songs for overcoming handicaps there is.
                          Ben has ruined the reputations of dumb and deaf people. Not sure about blind.
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                          • #28
                            What exactly is pejorative about deaf, dumb, and blind? Pinball Wizard is perhaps one of the most celebratory songs for overcoming handicaps there is.
                            Apparently some people who aren't handicapped don't understand what it's like to be handicapped.
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                            • #29
                              <Reverend> IRC is just multiplayer notepad.
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                              • #30
                                It feels like we're headed that way.
                                Yeah. Imagine that you're deaf. Your main examples growing up are Helen Keller and that's about it. You have the folks who know nothing telling you how to live your life and what the expectations are on you. Then you have other people also saying what you'll never do and expressing surprise when you actually are able to do normal people stuff like drive a car, go out on a date, etc.

                                I was very lucky. The deaf ghetto is quite real, most of it is caused by these folks and their expectations as to how the world should work. They want to provide support so that folks like me never have to earn a living, just like we never have to go to school and learn useful things because that might be too hard for us.

                                So yeah, **** them.
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