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Well I'm rather new on blogging, but all in all it's not so different, to me at the least, than posting in the PH&A; you post about yourself usually, you post about your impressions, ideas and bla bla, so I find it easy to post when I have something to say

I'm not a "blogger" de facto, in the sense that I don't like to "tell a story" if there isn't anything interesting about it.. I suppose it's also about the mood: in this period, due to my sentimental struggles, I'm in dire need of distracting myself, and writing about the other "sides" of my life helps me immensely to focus on other things and to remind myself who I am.

Wow I’m surprised to enjoy a romantic story

No problem, I'm just a critic >.>

In any case, yes, I believe we walk along similar lines with the matter you were trying to drive at.

My bad then mate! But glad we share the same conclusion if I may put it as such.

Yes, there was definately a communication error - the post did not specify context, so I was forced to assume and defend for the sake of the one closest to the medium. On television, it makes a great deal more sense, since TV watchers aren't necessarily an audience that correlates with internet goers, and thus they are not a crowd that I would declare should be able to do just fine. So, in the context you've intended (perhaps clarified in the OP?), yes, I do quite agree with you. The internet has the convenience of being a static resource that nine times out of ten can be paused or simply rewatched/reread, while TV simply doesn't give a second chance and should be able to express as clearly to as many people as possible. I couldn't comment on the necessity and ease of doing that in your community, so I will take it for granted and say yes, the automatic assumption is unreasonable unless they've built a solid case for why or why not.

For emergencies as per your example, accessibility is even more critical. If there is a decent portion of the population that will be affected, then they should be considered.

I think that either I am misunderstanding you or you misunderstanding me. I was in no way talking about the internet. I was talking about television and that alone. I understand your argument about the internet though. The other side is that my father in law does not use the internet widely and when he does it takes him about half an hour to read an article you and me take 5 minutes to finish.

The main thing I was aiming on is that on is that people wrongly assume that subtitles are a valid/good alternative to a sign interpreter. This might be a little abstract as I don't know what the situation is in different countries but I know that the services in The Netherlands are abysmal. An entire group of people is left outside information streams. There's one edition of the news a day that has a sign interpreter. Which airs at 0900, a time even deaf people are expected to be at their work. Now of course you can use replay TV but still. You are at a severe disadvantage in your ability to acquire News only because you were born with something you didn't chose.

On March 18th there was an attack in the city of Utrecht. A gunman opened up in a tram. All manners of alerts were sent out, pres conferences were held(without sign interpreter) and people were told to stay indoors. Deaf people did not know that and were outside because the alerts was not in a language that they could understand (sufficiently). If that is not plain wrong I don't know what is.

Interesting article, if you translate this with Google Translate I suppose it's rather readable for you

https://nos.nl/artikel/2277528-geen-...ngsburger.html

Purely for the sake of being contrarian and adding a discussion element to this article, I would argue that while one shouldn't straight up omit a sign language translator if they have the reasonable means to throw it in (particularly if the content is designed for a deaf audience), it is economically far more feasible and more universally functional to opt for subtitles over a form of sign language if it is a matter of choosing one or the other or the resources to implement both. It is far easier for content producers to assemble, and I would further argue (purely in the context of the internet) that someone who is deaf and navigating the internet will already be exposed to so much text (essential to daily operation I would think) would have a sufficient grasp on the language in question for subtitles to be effective in the majority of cases. This excludes content specifically tailored to deaf people and does not account for resources outside of the internet.

On the grounds which I speak for, I thus cannot see any reason to be irritated by people who consider subtitles to be enough when a majority of what is produced these days is bound to time constraints and the need to simply strike the intended audience as effectively as possible without painstakingly accommodating for the vast spectrum of disabilities that exist. Whenever possible it is prudent to consider them of course, but unless there is a trump card to this - say, a sign language translator that can be implemented into almost every medium that this post may encompass - it is something that people would, I believe reasonably, not consider to be worth their time. Again, for better or worse, operating on the internet depends on the ability to read a form of language such as this, not on having things tailor made for sign language and other elements that would probably help other groups (such as the near-blind with high contrast controls built into sites - there's articles out there which bemoan the state of the internet as far as accommodating this). Sound is not required for text to make people feel in connection to visuals. It may take a bit of effort and sloppy subtitles won't do a great job, but it is entirely plausible, and more to the point, the common creator will have their jobs far simpler by leaning on the most common ground available to humanity. That common ground by and large is a written language, not a form of sign language.

Never knew washing a car could be that much of a chore. But of course I myself don't have one yet. Damn the sawdust!

You do not know the power of the Dirty Side.

Surrender your paint job. Give in the dark side.

But seriously, I know this might be infuriating to read, but I live in a region that is known for mining dust and drive a not-too-dark car that it manages to stay relatively clean most of the time. I have people say 'ey, did you wash it?" and I have to break it to them nope, I haven't washed it in a long time. Figured that out after the local car wash did almost literally nothing and I stopped taking it there. Only cared about clean tire wells anyways, and once they're buried in ice, it doesn't do much anyways - and after the short melting season, getting salt off the wells is moot anyways.

The world definitely hates a clean car.

That was an interesting read GB :thumbsup2
Cheers!

Thanks Gig, I appreciate the message.

I am a sucker for a compelling short story - well done.

This tale captures brilliantly the awkwardness and excitement of the start of a relationship. While there's nothing wrong with posting it here, creative writing is also welcome in the Writers' Study!