Two barely related thoughts.

[conuly]

This is how they're related:

I often read communities that really have nothing to do with me, just because I find them interesting (not in a mockworthy way). So I read boob_nazis even though I have no intention of ever having kids (but if I go nuts and do, I'll breastfeed) and I read deaf even though, really, my hearing is too good for my own good (must... invest... in earplugs!) and I read customers_suck despite my never having a job (well, then again, EVERYone reads that comm, so this one doesn't count) and so on.

First thought:

1. Does anybody else do that?
2. Anybody have an interesting community to read? I'm bored. Again.

Second:

Anyway, I'm on deaf and somebody posted this link. And, foolish child that I am, I checked the yahoo messages for the article. Dear god. I skip past the obvious trolls, doing a better job at it than some of the deaf-supporting people (one of whom commented to a pseudo-eugenicist that deafness is never hereditary, that was brilliant and patently false) and I'm still being accosted at all sides by the sillies!

The deaf people sueing are the ones being selfish. Just because they have a disability they expect the world to accomodate their every need.

Yes, those crazy deaf folks. They want to spend their money at movie theaters like everyone else. While I hesitate to call "watching movies in the theater" a need, I think that the idea that "asking the world to accomodate your needs is selfish" is one that deserves a quick smiting.

Agreed. While the impaired should have easy access to necessary life experiences, such as grocery store, restroom, doctor's office, etc., going to the movies is not a required function. Education and job opportunity? Definitely. Frivolities? Nope.

*bites lip and waits for dramatic irony to strike*

I'll just point out that if enough people have gotten together to sue about this, these people will probably be spending money at theaters. Maybe it's just me, but doesn't it seem likely that this could defray the cost of the upgrade somewhat?

And Mr. I-shouldn't-have-to-walk-anywhere.

I think the queen of stupid comes from this person, who doesn't understand how a deaf person can ever be a lawyer. Or at least, a deaf person who can't watch movies without captioning.

It's like a train wreck. Half these people are blatant trolls, more, really, and yet, I can't stop reading. It's horrible. And I just spent time replying to some of these people. *rolls her eyes*

Incidentally, I'm not passing judgment on this captioning system. I know that when it comes to making money, movie theaters already skate pretty close to the line, so I can see how it's going to be a problem for some of them. And while I don't object to helping people with things that aren't necessities, I also think we should deal with necessities first, then deal with other things. So I'll have to wait and think on it before I can say if this is good or bad. I'm just looking for things to get upset about now, really. Makes my posts life more interesting.

Comments

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

I don't do it on LJ much, though I will occassionally. But what I really like to do is follow chains of banned people on deviantART to see why they're banned and read the comments that people leave. It's incredibly addicting.

[conuly]

But fun?

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. People getting into pathetic squabbles over copyrighted ears. Those ones are the best.

[conuly]

*gigglesnorts*

I've got your ear! *grabs and runs*

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

Nyooo! Those ears are copyrighted to me beacuse I drew them even though they look identical to koala ears!

That whole place is a wad of drama. I try and stay out of most of it, but that doesn't stop me from laughing my ass off at most of it.

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

And that first sentence was mean of me. And my ears don't look like koala ears.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

I read prolife because I like having something to get angry over. I mean, foaming at the mouth angry. There's a den of uneducated boobs right there (the intelligent pro-lifers on abortiondebate never show up there, and when they do it's for a quick comment correcting the original poster).

I love reading found_objects. I think once I go to college, I'll join. Maybe then I'll have a camera phone.

[ril-chan.livejournal.com]

I read dot_poly_snark even though I'm monogamous, and I read templeofthecat even though I'm not pagan/wiccan(considered it for a while, though), whichever the community is for, I forget. Read them because I'm fascinated, and because I have friends who are poly or pagan or both. Especially in the case of dot_poly_snark, I'm trying to understand those who are poly both so I don't manage to say stupid things about it in front of people who know better and so that when I want to write a story about characters who happen to have more than one mate, I can be accurate about it--and how better to learn about people than to read what they bitch about?

What I object to is the part where theatre owners presume to know all about me--

[marveen.livejournal.com]

--i.e., the part about how captions displayed on the screen would "distract" hearing patrons.

I don't require assistance, but my hearing isn't 100% due to some chronic ear infections during my late teens. (Antibiotic-resistant, but that's another sociological rant.) Consequently, sometimes I miss lines on TV or the movies because the dialogue is too rapidfire, slurred or mumbled. Captions would help with that. (At home I love having the option on this new TV.)

Re: What I object to is the part where theatre owners presume to know all about me--

[conuly]

Aside from which, they wouldn't have that problem if they set aside part of the screen JUST for captions, where it wouldn't interfere with the movie. Well, they wouldn't have it so badly. At any rate, you stop being distracted with exposure, so that's no problem.

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

I don't do it on LJ much, though I will occassionally. But what I really like to do is follow chains of banned people on deviantART to see why they're banned and read the comments that people leave. It's incredibly addicting.

[conuly]

But fun?

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

Oh yes. People getting into pathetic squabbles over copyrighted ears. Those ones are the best.

[conuly]

*gigglesnorts*

I've got your ear! *grabs and runs*

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

Nyooo! Those ears are copyrighted to me beacuse I drew them even though they look identical to koala ears!

That whole place is a wad of drama. I try and stay out of most of it, but that doesn't stop me from laughing my ass off at most of it.

[joeymew.livejournal.com]

And that first sentence was mean of me. And my ears don't look like koala ears.

[maladaptive.livejournal.com]

I read prolife because I like having something to get angry over. I mean, foaming at the mouth angry. There's a den of uneducated boobs right there (the intelligent pro-lifers on abortiondebate never show up there, and when they do it's for a quick comment correcting the original poster).

I love reading found_objects. I think once I go to college, I'll join. Maybe then I'll have a camera phone.

[ril-chan.livejournal.com]

I read dot_poly_snark even though I'm monogamous, and I read templeofthecat even though I'm not pagan/wiccan(considered it for a while, though), whichever the community is for, I forget. Read them because I'm fascinated, and because I have friends who are poly or pagan or both. Especially in the case of dot_poly_snark, I'm trying to understand those who are poly both so I don't manage to say stupid things about it in front of people who know better and so that when I want to write a story about characters who happen to have more than one mate, I can be accurate about it--and how better to learn about people than to read what they bitch about?

What I object to is the part where theatre owners presume to know all about me--

[marveen.livejournal.com]

--i.e., the part about how captions displayed on the screen would "distract" hearing patrons.

I don't require assistance, but my hearing isn't 100% due to some chronic ear infections during my late teens. (Antibiotic-resistant, but that's another sociological rant.) Consequently, sometimes I miss lines on TV or the movies because the dialogue is too rapidfire, slurred or mumbled. Captions would help with that. (At home I love having the option on this new TV.)

Re: What I object to is the part where theatre owners presume to know all about me--

[conuly]

Aside from which, they wouldn't have that problem if they set aside part of the screen JUST for captions, where it wouldn't interfere with the movie. Well, they wouldn't have it so badly. At any rate, you stop being distracted with exposure, so that's no problem.