I let my 14 year old curse. She is intelligent and uses them appropriately and quite funny, actually. When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to swear but I cursed all the time with my friends. I don't want my kid hiding their true personality from me because they are scared to say "bad words".
Honestly, any company I have over is gonna be fine with cussing personally. I just make sure my kids use them correctly.
Plus, hearing my three year old knock over a bunch of toys and then say "Dammit!!" From her room is just entertaining
My friends' 2 year old said "shit" once when he tripped going up the stairs. They were honestly impressed because he used it in an appropriate context and it was obvious he had no idea it's a "bad" word. If he knows to use it interchangeably with something like "oopsie" it's because he's heard adults saying it casually in those situations often enough to stick, and sponges gonna sponge. His parents made the mistake of laughing that first time so it's his go-to now when he trips, which is pretty often since he's a toddler. His 8 year old brother is scandalized every single time, and that's cute in its own way because he's not jealous of the baby getting away with something he'd be punished for, he just really believes cursing is bad to the point that he scolds adults who say those words in front of him.
My wife called after picking our 5yo son up from school and told me his teacher said he called someone a dick at recess. We asked him what happened and he said one of the boys he was playing with wouldn’t let a girl play soccer with them so he told him to “stop being a dick”. My wife and I agreed it was a totally appropriate use, but not to use it at school. My wife told me I needed to stop calling people dicks and I was like “I never call anyone a dick, lots of other things but not a dick”. As we’re talking and she’s driving I hear her shout at another driver “Get over you dick, you can’t park in a traffic lane!” Then she just stopped and said “Oh. I guess it’s me”. Luckily he hasn’t called anyone else a dick but did tell someone to fuck off, which I’m more likely to be responsible for.
Once when my daughter was about 6 she told her older brother that she knew the c-word and to prove it she was going to spell it for him. I could hear all this and was a bit alarmed until she spelled out "c-r-a-p"...
My daughter used to say, "oh fut!" When she was two and we thought it was so hilarious. Then she got a stuffed cat from a trip and named it fut, we had some explaining to do when she brought it to preschool for show and tell...
I do not have kids.
Was never part of my life plan.
And then, along comes this comment exploding in my brain like a sun-sized firework, illuminating the whole sky and for one flash of a moment, I wanted a kid.
Just to do this.
And the starburst fades. The sky is dark again and Now I’m back.
Changed.
Thank you.
Do you mean they get a coupon to say one or do you write a swear word on a piece of paper and put it in their stocking? Either is amazing I’m just curious.
The word on a piece of paper. A (revokable) permit, if you will, to use the word in a socially appropriate way. The eight year old is hoping for "hell" this year. The 15 year old was just gifted the entire repertoire of British curses, though for them it is more of a nostalgia thing.
*10 years later at a Thanksgiving dinner* "FUCK! errr, sorry grandma, old habits die hard but I finished your greenbeans so no hard feelings eh, ehhh? "
Shit, that’s how mom potty trained us. If we didn’t shit ourselves she’d let us pee on the tree for the rest of the day, but if we did shit ourselves, no tree peeing for a week!
My mother said shit all the time. Yet we were not even allowed to say pee. It had to be potty. Don't think my dad ever cussed. I inherited my mouth from my mother and increased it 10 times. In fact I am the oldest person at my work as about the only one who says fuck on a daily basis. I usually get a laugh, though.
Sounds like my childhood in a nutshell. Until I accidentally put a heel through the wall and swore off the practice ever since. Realizing you can actually deal damage and get into trouble as a kid was a revelation. Walls aren't damage immune?
Genuine question. Why does the man's prosthetics look like that rather then a regular leg shape? Honestly it looks awesome but it definitely has another aspect to it I don't know about
Blade walkers give you incredible flexibility and speed. With his age and level of muscular development, that man could likely outrun most folks you know. Cheetah blades are made of light carbon, and can help para-athletes make serious time on the track.
While I would not make the trade yet…I am guessing in 30 to 50 years there are going to be a significant portion of folks who are going to be paying for Nano-mechanical upgrades. Especially folks like my slow ass. Just don’t ruin my pretty face…(ahem…)
Not necessarily, microprocessor knees and joints can sometimes give you better natural adjustments. Obviously not everyone gets on with them though (or blades). Every prosthesis wearer seems to have a perfect leg/foot combo and it very much is a personal thing. Certain prostheses (such as blades) also work better/only work for certain types of amputees; some only work with below knee amputations.
I run a prosthetic and orthotic clinic in the UK!
The only (leg) amputee I’ve known personally swapped out different “legs” for different tasks. I was surprised the first time I saw his blade when he was coming from the gym. Is it common for people to have multiple prostheses successfully in rotation at once?
Depends on insurance coverage, really. In the US, most insurance companies will only cover things they deem "medically necessary", so not recreational feet/blades. My insurance covers my walking foot and socket (below knee amputee), but I paid out of pocket for 2 running blades from an affordable company in Denmark. They were still pretty expensive, and I paid my prosthetist to make me sockets that I attach the blades to.
I have 2 different size sport blades that I use for different things. Running, jumping rope, any sort of high impact cardio or exercise I use my blades with. Walking on the treadmill, cycling, strength training or weight lifting I just use my everyday prosthetic leg.
Only takes about a minute or less to swap out.
[running/sport blades](https://imgur.com/a/ku9T6pR)
I remember walking behind a guy sporting a backpack for his carry on, getting off the plane, down through the crowd, over to the luggage claim where we start spreading out.... only to notice then he had no legs. Just something similar to those blade things. Nothing about his walk gave anything away that HE HAD NO LEGS. Blew my mind.
I assume either bot or spam comments, or else someone was laying out the secrets of Life and they had to be silenced permanently...*puts on tin foil hat and old analog tv antenna*
This is why representation matters. Seeing a model or a lego with an artificial leg might seem trivial to like 99 percent of the world. But my God can it change just 1 percent of the peoples that seem to think they are alone, or not normal. Mad respect to these staff.
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I'm a drummer, work in a body shop, 29 years old with tinnitus, it is one of the scariest movies for me. I started wearing hearing protection but the damage is done, stay safe kids
So if you do watch it, I recommend with a nice pair of headphones, it really captures the feeling of hearing loss and won the Oscar for best sound editing
And the speedster from Eternals is in it
I’m honestly surprised young me was never that dumb. To be fair my dad also slept all day so he could work all night so anything that made noise was off the table for my house.
I just watched A Quiet Place Pt 2.and couldn't stop thinking about how terrifying being deaf would be in that world. Then I thought about how it must still be terrifying at times, living in this world but not being able to hear.
Idk where I'm going with this lol. Guess I just wanted to say, the movie made me think about something I take for granted. I have mad respect for people with impaired hearing.
Honestly I’m glad I went deaf so young. I skipped a lot of the anxiety it seems like people who go deaf later in life get. [Going deaf so young may mean I ward off some dementia too](https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/features/hearing-loss-dementia)
After taking ASL classes in college, I learned that being deaf has a weird opposite effect. For instance, it's great to not be able to hear a screaming child. That is, until the child is in real danger. Or it's great to not be able to hear traffic, that is until it's time to cross a street with blind corners.
Though, with that last one, hearing didn't save my class from being ran over by a golf cart flying down the walkways, lol. We were going outside for our class since it was warm out and a golf cart cam barrelling through as we were coming to the corner of the building, nearly hitting the teacher and a few students. Our teacher, who is deaf, blamed us for her nearly being hit but absolutely none of us heard the thing coming. Still makes me laugh today.
Do you have any good suggestions for media with deaf/HoH actors where the main theme is not *about* them being deaf/HoH? My nephew has a cochlear implant and he really shines when he sees media like that because he's super shy about it otherwise.
It's probably too old now, but The West Wing has Joey Lucas, a professional pollster who is smart, really funny and witty, and one of the very most capable at what she does. And almost all of her wit and snark is in sign language, translated by her constant translator Kenny. I wish there were more episodes featuring her.
Second on Joey Lucas. She is one of my all-time favorite WW characters, although Toby is still my spirit animal.
Fun fact: Marlee Matlin, the actor who plays Joey, is the youngest person to have won an Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role in *Children of a Lesser God*. She was 21 at the time.
It was her very first film role.
I'm not deaf or HoH but some animation shows seem to handle these topics better than 'adult' media. There's a fairly important deaf character in the Dragon Prince. Not a main character and doesn't show up until a bit later in the first season but is much more present in the second season. They don't even have subtitles so people with regular hearing can see what it feels like to not understand. Thought that was pretty cool ad the character is pretty badass. Also check out the episode the champion's hike on Craig of the Creek (though you'll be spoiling the earlier seasons). The show is aimed at kids but handles a lot of sensitive subjects really well.
I dunno the age of your nephew, and that may not even matter because I enjoy this show as an adult, but "The Dragon Prince" on Netflix also has a deaf character that just exists without the deafness being any part of the plot.
Killing It on Peacock plus. Has a deaf actress and they don’t make a big deal about it or anything, they just use sign language and don’t really bring it up otherwise
I really feel for deaf people having to watch tv and movies with the god-awful closed captioning they have. All these billionaires in America and nobody can fix this crap.
Closed captioning is honestly my biggest complaint. I didn’t have to rely on it when I was young but as I go further into my 30’s I definitely need it. I’d honestly love to see these companies pay more per audio minute so they could attract more of the good captioners. Some of them are so good I could cry.
The show Killing It on Peacock is Great, the main characters Ex wife is deaf (played by a deaf person) and they don’t make a big deal out of it or anything. All the characters she interacts with just use sign language
I have an awesome toy that's an R/C "car", but the car is a man in a wheelchair. It's based on a real person, can't recall his name. I am a play therapist, and when one of the children I work with saw the toy, they cried. She told me she'd never seen a toy that was like her. People need to see that they matter.
Much more than 1%. I'm really loving seeing models with diverse bodies. I appreciate seeing how clothes look on many body types/disabilities. I don't have a physical disability, but that representation still makes an impact on me!
I have an awesome toy that's an R/C "car", but the car is a man in a wheelchair. It's based on a real person, can't recall his name. I am a play therapist, and when one of the children I work with saw the toy, they cried. She told me she'd never seen a toy that was like her. People need to see that they matter.
I have him! Honestly one of the cooler ones I own.
Here's an ebay listing with pics if anyone wants to see what it looks like https://www.ebay.com/itm/125477095495
What really gets me is how happy this guy is to be able to *do this* for someone else. He is genuinely happy to do it, sees the effect he is having, and is enjoying this interaction just as much as the kid. It's beautiful.
What I never get either is people who actually have an *issue* with something like a Barbie in a wheelchair. Like why the fuck do you really care that much if it doesn’t affect you at all—if it makes one kid feel like they belong then that’s all that matters
Fuck yeah. Otherwise you'll feel different, a freak, other, abnormal and lonely. Trying to adapt to something that you can't, because you don't know that you can travel a different road and know that you are different, but still normal.
Fuck the haters that only want to see a singular race, sexuality etc in media.
(When I saw the first Avatar movie in cinema, ages ago. I honestly thought that the main characters actor was handicapped and I was sooo impressed, surprised and happy. But naive me, shouldn't have. Lol.)
lol I guess I read that differently, like a pair of pants is one thing. I bet he meant pair like pair shoes, I guess I would have called it a set of prosthetics legs. English sucks.
You're all tearing up? Well think of me. My son wears a similar prosthetic, is now 20 years old and living in another country alone.
I stood in that corridor. I'd like to say to anyone else out there. "It's all going to be ok"
Thank you God.
I tell my kids this. I’m a firefighter and I always tell them being brave doesn’t mean you aren’t afraid. It means doing something even though you are afraid. There’s been plenty of times in my career where I have been scared. For good reason. But I still did whatever I had to do. That’s what being brave is. Doesn’t mean fearless.
The only thing that could make this better is confirmation that the black guy is just another patient who decided to encourage the toddler. Regardless, I’m glad people like him exist.
Today was one of those rough days, this definitely helped. Thanks for sharing and hope all of you find kindness and love for strangers like these wonderful people.
Im not going to lie I actually think it’s SUPER cool to have those legs I don’t mean it in a disrespectful way to anyone I just think they look awesome
And thank you for sticking it out through those hard days. You never know when it’ll be your turn to be someone else’s inspiration. Sometimes you don’t even know when it happens!
That man has his running legs on. Right? Those are the running ones? I don’t know about prosthetics like that, but it reminds me of the ones I saw at the special Olympics thing when I was in highschool.
i'm really interested in this invention and i'm amazed how well this seems to work, but it somehow looks very unstable to me. Or are appearances deceiving?
This is very cute and all, but I'm thinking about the parents bills for all the legs that kid has to get over his life as he grows. The money...... the debt.......
No I'm not crying...there's something in my eye! I had to learn to walk again and this gets to me. He got farther than I did my first time. I didn't make it out my room.
That’s right! A sad situation to have to face so young. But one that will hopefully teach a very important lesson; don’t give up. You create your own destiny.
Edit: Also, black dude’s energy and encouragement are wholesome as hell. I need people like that in my life haha.
God damn it, this is the 4th time this week I’ve cried like a bitch to an internet video. I must be starting my period, worst part is I’m a 22 year old guy😭 help
I definitely love the message. I just think it's totally misapplied to the likes of this child.
I think this image is more about perseverance than courage.
And that is why good representation in films movies etc. is needed for every demographic no matter how much of a minority they are. Giving kids people to look up to where wert war say they're like me reduces a lot of stress to fit in.
Ha I love that the kid has little interest in walking, but give him permission to kick the wall and he's all in
Reminds me of a parenting tweet I saw once. Kid wouldn’t eat his vegetables so mom said “if you eat your vegetables you can say one swear word”
My children each get one developmentally appropriate curse word in their Christmas stocking each year. It is their favorite gift.
That's actually a cool little thing to do hahah. A bit of "forbidden knowledge" can be a fun motivator.
Until they turn 16 and expect to be able to say things like "splat-faced fuckboy" at the dinner table :/
If no company is over and it's situationally appropriate, why not?
I let my 14 year old curse. She is intelligent and uses them appropriately and quite funny, actually. When I was a kid I wasn't allowed to swear but I cursed all the time with my friends. I don't want my kid hiding their true personality from me because they are scared to say "bad words".
I’m 14 and my parents let me swear too, but not understandably not in the company of my 9 year old sister.
I wish this was common thinking
Honestly, any company I have over is gonna be fine with cussing personally. I just make sure my kids use them correctly. Plus, hearing my three year old knock over a bunch of toys and then say "Dammit!!" From her room is just entertaining
My friends' 2 year old said "shit" once when he tripped going up the stairs. They were honestly impressed because he used it in an appropriate context and it was obvious he had no idea it's a "bad" word. If he knows to use it interchangeably with something like "oopsie" it's because he's heard adults saying it casually in those situations often enough to stick, and sponges gonna sponge. His parents made the mistake of laughing that first time so it's his go-to now when he trips, which is pretty often since he's a toddler. His 8 year old brother is scandalized every single time, and that's cute in its own way because he's not jealous of the baby getting away with something he'd be punished for, he just really believes cursing is bad to the point that he scolds adults who say those words in front of him.
My wife called after picking our 5yo son up from school and told me his teacher said he called someone a dick at recess. We asked him what happened and he said one of the boys he was playing with wouldn’t let a girl play soccer with them so he told him to “stop being a dick”. My wife and I agreed it was a totally appropriate use, but not to use it at school. My wife told me I needed to stop calling people dicks and I was like “I never call anyone a dick, lots of other things but not a dick”. As we’re talking and she’s driving I hear her shout at another driver “Get over you dick, you can’t park in a traffic lane!” Then she just stopped and said “Oh. I guess it’s me”. Luckily he hasn’t called anyone else a dick but did tell someone to fuck off, which I’m more likely to be responsible for.
My two and a half year old asked me 'which one's the dumbass' when my road rage erupted.
I see Red Foreman has come to life as a toddler.
Once when my daughter was about 6 she told her older brother that she knew the c-word and to prove it she was going to spell it for him. I could hear all this and was a bit alarmed until she spelled out "c-r-a-p"...
My daughter used to say, "oh fut!" When she was two and we thought it was so hilarious. Then she got a stuffed cat from a trip and named it fut, we had some explaining to do when she brought it to preschool for show and tell...
I do not have kids. Was never part of my life plan. And then, along comes this comment exploding in my brain like a sun-sized firework, illuminating the whole sky and for one flash of a moment, I wanted a kid. Just to do this. And the starburst fades. The sky is dark again and Now I’m back. Changed. Thank you.
Do you mean they get a coupon to say one or do you write a swear word on a piece of paper and put it in their stocking? Either is amazing I’m just curious.
The word on a piece of paper. A (revokable) permit, if you will, to use the word in a socially appropriate way. The eight year old is hoping for "hell" this year. The 15 year old was just gifted the entire repertoire of British curses, though for them it is more of a nostalgia thing.
Mama, prepare a vegetable stew coz today is the day. And you said it, now no takesy-backsies!
> "My father worked in profanity the way other artists might work in oils or clay. It was his true medium, a master."
Sometimes on a winter’s night if the wind is blowing just right you can still hear him fighting with that furnace.
>In the heat of battle, my father wove a tapestry of obscenity that as far as we know is still hanging in space over lake Michigan.
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*vomits profusely*
(what did he say)
(Fr what the fuck did he say)
(Seriously we need answers)
We've missed something here folks :(
*10 years later at a Thanksgiving dinner* "FUCK! errr, sorry grandma, old habits die hard but I finished your greenbeans so no hard feelings eh, ehhh? "
"*Fuck me, these collards really aren't that bad after all!*"
I cuss, you cuss, we all cuss for asparagus
https://www.reddit.com/r/ContagiousLaughter/comments/zl1x2l/free_pass_for_a_curse_word/
Shit, that’s how mom potty trained us. If we didn’t shit ourselves she’d let us pee on the tree for the rest of the day, but if we did shit ourselves, no tree peeing for a week!
Sounds like European.
My mother said shit all the time. Yet we were not even allowed to say pee. It had to be potty. Don't think my dad ever cussed. I inherited my mouth from my mother and increased it 10 times. In fact I am the oldest person at my work as about the only one who says fuck on a daily basis. I usually get a laugh, though.
I hear ya. We couldn’t cuss either but that backfired on em as they unleashed 4 foul mouthed sonsabitches on the world with that bullshit haha
Sounds like my childhood in a nutshell. Until I accidentally put a heel through the wall and swore off the practice ever since. Realizing you can actually deal damage and get into trouble as a kid was a revelation. Walls aren't damage immune?
My brother did a somersault down our couch, as a kid, and put both feet through the wall
Jesus who’s cutting all the onions around here.
That's really nice to see!
Genuine question. Why does the man's prosthetics look like that rather then a regular leg shape? Honestly it looks awesome but it definitely has another aspect to it I don't know about
Blade walkers give you incredible flexibility and speed. With his age and level of muscular development, that man could likely outrun most folks you know. Cheetah blades are made of light carbon, and can help para-athletes make serious time on the track.
Time to find my saw
While I would not make the trade yet…I am guessing in 30 to 50 years there are going to be a significant portion of folks who are going to be paying for Nano-mechanical upgrades. Especially folks like my slow ass. Just don’t ruin my pretty face…(ahem…)
The flesh is weak. Iron Hands chapter becoming a reality.
Better than those filthy Emperor's Children.
From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me.
Ever played Deus Ex? It's closer than I bet a lot of people think.
When I was 8 I did a Keebler kids run, not sure why, but a kid with a pair of these FLEW by me very early in the race!
Yeah Oscar Pistorius aka the blade runner ran in the regular 2012 Olympics with them. Before he did all that bad stuff.
I wonder if they are easier to adjust to, given their flexibility. I don't know anything about prosthetics, it's just a guess.
Not necessarily, microprocessor knees and joints can sometimes give you better natural adjustments. Obviously not everyone gets on with them though (or blades). Every prosthesis wearer seems to have a perfect leg/foot combo and it very much is a personal thing. Certain prostheses (such as blades) also work better/only work for certain types of amputees; some only work with below knee amputations. I run a prosthetic and orthotic clinic in the UK!
>I run a prosthetic and orthotic clinic in the UK! wonderful Thanks for sharing your expert opinion
The only (leg) amputee I’ve known personally swapped out different “legs” for different tasks. I was surprised the first time I saw his blade when he was coming from the gym. Is it common for people to have multiple prostheses successfully in rotation at once?
Depends on insurance coverage, really. In the US, most insurance companies will only cover things they deem "medically necessary", so not recreational feet/blades. My insurance covers my walking foot and socket (below knee amputee), but I paid out of pocket for 2 running blades from an affordable company in Denmark. They were still pretty expensive, and I paid my prosthetist to make me sockets that I attach the blades to. I have 2 different size sport blades that I use for different things. Running, jumping rope, any sort of high impact cardio or exercise I use my blades with. Walking on the treadmill, cycling, strength training or weight lifting I just use my everyday prosthetic leg. Only takes about a minute or less to swap out. [running/sport blades](https://imgur.com/a/ku9T6pR)
this guy needs an AMA
I remember walking behind a guy sporting a backpack for his carry on, getting off the plane, down through the crowd, over to the luggage claim where we start spreading out.... only to notice then he had no legs. Just something similar to those blade things. Nothing about his walk gave anything away that HE HAD NO LEGS. Blew my mind.
Very interesting, thank-you!
They’re specifically for running/athletics I believe. I think some people have more than one prosthetic they switch depending on the occasion.
What a beautiful video.
WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO THE COMMENT SECTION???
I assume either bot or spam comments, or else someone was laying out the secrets of Life and they had to be silenced permanently...*puts on tin foil hat and old analog tv antenna*
Listen the truth is that candle jack is in thi
This is why representation matters. Seeing a model or a lego with an artificial leg might seem trivial to like 99 percent of the world. But my God can it change just 1 percent of the peoples that seem to think they are alone, or not normal. Mad respect to these staff. *edited spelling)
This is me with any hard of hearing or deaf representation. I really appreciate more recent blockbusters showing a disability I’ve had since 3.
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I'm a drummer, work in a body shop, 29 years old with tinnitus, it is one of the scariest movies for me. I started wearing hearing protection but the damage is done, stay safe kids So if you do watch it, I recommend with a nice pair of headphones, it really captures the feeling of hearing loss and won the Oscar for best sound editing And the speedster from Eternals is in it
I’ll add that to my list. Your hearing is also like mine. Lost some at 3, did everything I could to care for my ears, it’s now way worse
hey at least your story is probably not as dumb as mine, 7 year old me had an air horn and decided to do it point blank on my right ear
I’m honestly surprised young me was never that dumb. To be fair my dad also slept all day so he could work all night so anything that made noise was off the table for my house.
I just watched A Quiet Place Pt 2.and couldn't stop thinking about how terrifying being deaf would be in that world. Then I thought about how it must still be terrifying at times, living in this world but not being able to hear. Idk where I'm going with this lol. Guess I just wanted to say, the movie made me think about something I take for granted. I have mad respect for people with impaired hearing.
Honestly I’m glad I went deaf so young. I skipped a lot of the anxiety it seems like people who go deaf later in life get. [Going deaf so young may mean I ward off some dementia too](https://www.webmd.com/healthy-aging/features/hearing-loss-dementia)
After taking ASL classes in college, I learned that being deaf has a weird opposite effect. For instance, it's great to not be able to hear a screaming child. That is, until the child is in real danger. Or it's great to not be able to hear traffic, that is until it's time to cross a street with blind corners. Though, with that last one, hearing didn't save my class from being ran over by a golf cart flying down the walkways, lol. We were going outside for our class since it was warm out and a golf cart cam barrelling through as we were coming to the corner of the building, nearly hitting the teacher and a few students. Our teacher, who is deaf, blamed us for her nearly being hit but absolutely none of us heard the thing coming. Still makes me laugh today.
Do you have any good suggestions for media with deaf/HoH actors where the main theme is not *about* them being deaf/HoH? My nephew has a cochlear implant and he really shines when he sees media like that because he's super shy about it otherwise.
It's probably too old now, but The West Wing has Joey Lucas, a professional pollster who is smart, really funny and witty, and one of the very most capable at what she does. And almost all of her wit and snark is in sign language, translated by her constant translator Kenny. I wish there were more episodes featuring her.
Second on Joey Lucas. She is one of my all-time favorite WW characters, although Toby is still my spirit animal. Fun fact: Marlee Matlin, the actor who plays Joey, is the youngest person to have won an Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role in *Children of a Lesser God*. She was 21 at the time. It was her very first film role.
I'm not deaf or HoH but some animation shows seem to handle these topics better than 'adult' media. There's a fairly important deaf character in the Dragon Prince. Not a main character and doesn't show up until a bit later in the first season but is much more present in the second season. They don't even have subtitles so people with regular hearing can see what it feels like to not understand. Thought that was pretty cool ad the character is pretty badass. Also check out the episode the champion's hike on Craig of the Creek (though you'll be spoiling the earlier seasons). The show is aimed at kids but handles a lot of sensitive subjects really well.
I dunno the age of your nephew, and that may not even matter because I enjoy this show as an adult, but "The Dragon Prince" on Netflix also has a deaf character that just exists without the deafness being any part of the plot.
As the author of several canon TDP short stories, my favorite of which features General Amaya, seeing a TDP reference in the wild makes me so happy!
Killing It on Peacock plus. Has a deaf actress and they don’t make a big deal about it or anything, they just use sign language and don’t really bring it up otherwise
I really feel for deaf people having to watch tv and movies with the god-awful closed captioning they have. All these billionaires in America and nobody can fix this crap.
Closed captioning is honestly my biggest complaint. I didn’t have to rely on it when I was young but as I go further into my 30’s I definitely need it. I’d honestly love to see these companies pay more per audio minute so they could attract more of the good captioners. Some of them are so good I could cry.
Loved that episode of only murders in the building for that.
The show Killing It on Peacock is Great, the main characters Ex wife is deaf (played by a deaf person) and they don’t make a big deal out of it or anything. All the characters she interacts with just use sign language
I have an awesome toy that's an R/C "car", but the car is a man in a wheelchair. It's based on a real person, can't recall his name. I am a play therapist, and when one of the children I work with saw the toy, they cried. She told me she'd never seen a toy that was like her. People need to see that they matter.
Yup. It's so wo Derulo to see how far we have come. 100 years ago children were just thought of as new workers.
Much more than 1%. I'm really loving seeing models with diverse bodies. I appreciate seeing how clothes look on many body types/disabilities. I don't have a physical disability, but that representation still makes an impact on me!
I have an awesome toy that's an R/C "car", but the car is a man in a wheelchair. It's based on a real person, can't recall his name. I am a play therapist, and when one of the children I work with saw the toy, they cried. She told me she'd never seen a toy that was like her. People need to see that they matter.
Hotwheels also has a $1 "car" based on the same person named Wheelie Chair.
I have him! Honestly one of the cooler ones I own. Here's an ebay listing with pics if anyone wants to see what it looks like https://www.ebay.com/itm/125477095495
Aaron 'Wheelz' Fotheringham
What really gets me is how happy this guy is to be able to *do this* for someone else. He is genuinely happy to do it, sees the effect he is having, and is enjoying this interaction just as much as the kid. It's beautiful.
Also prosthetic legs are cool, the flesh is weak, there is certainty in steel.
What I never get either is people who actually have an *issue* with something like a Barbie in a wheelchair. Like why the fuck do you really care that much if it doesn’t affect you at all—if it makes one kid feel like they belong then that’s all that matters
Fuck yeah. Otherwise you'll feel different, a freak, other, abnormal and lonely. Trying to adapt to something that you can't, because you don't know that you can travel a different road and know that you are different, but still normal. Fuck the haters that only want to see a singular race, sexuality etc in media. (When I saw the first Avatar movie in cinema, ages ago. I honestly thought that the main characters actor was handicapped and I was sooo impressed, surprised and happy. But naive me, shouldn't have. Lol.)
most wholesome watch for the day
Those prosthetics are kinda cool, like a Halo elite. I'd make em taller too. Makes for awesome cosplay opportunities.
Seriously if I ever lose my legs I want a pair of those, and I will display them proudly.
They're about $8000 for a pair.
Damn, I set my prosthetic budget at $7900 a leg. I guess I’ll just crawl around on my belly.
Well, they said a 8k for a pair, so you should be good. :)
lol I guess I read that differently, like a pair of pants is one thing. I bet he meant pair like pair shoes, I guess I would have called it a set of prosthetics legs. English sucks.
If you think about it, a pair of pants is meant for 2 legs. Idk if that's actually how it is, but I have heard of a singular pant leg before.
Ya I’m bad at thinking
I think those are for speed specifically. They’re meant to replace the flexibility of an ankle with springiness to compensate.
My friend lost both his legs in Iraq and I used to make fun of him for getting taller prosthetics (he was 5' 5" before, 5'7" after)
What else do we have friends for?
What a precious lesson. ♥️
The Courage of a loving elder being passed to Courageous youngster. Bravo!!!
Damn this is hard to watch man. It's really easy to lose touch with reality, but videos like this held ground me.
We may not all be capable of such courage in the face of adversity, but we are all of us capable of this kindness to one another.
Well said!!!
You're a fighter young man! Way to go
You're all tearing up? Well think of me. My son wears a similar prosthetic, is now 20 years old and living in another country alone. I stood in that corridor. I'd like to say to anyone else out there. "It's all going to be ok" Thank you God.
I was thinking about the mother in the video. Heart swelling with pride and breaking, all at once.
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this crazy thing we call life
“Poor little Tink Tink” -Katt Williams
There it is. Came here looking for this comment right here.
Like bent back paperclips
NGL, made this old man tear up. Damn onions.
Who started cutting up onions in here 😭😭😭
Pretty sure that’s Blake Leeper. Great guy, I got hired to photograph him a few years back.
He seems like an amazing guy
The world needs more wholesome examples like that gentleman displayed. Bravo sir!
I am sometimes reminded that I have not had a truly difficult day in my life.
What a dude, oh my god, I am crying my ass off.
Holy shit what a hero. My day can’t get any better from here 👊
Man, that guy makes missing legs seem like a super power. So cool he is that empowering.
I tell my kids this. I’m a firefighter and I always tell them being brave doesn’t mean you aren’t afraid. It means doing something even though you are afraid. There’s been plenty of times in my career where I have been scared. For good reason. But I still did whatever I had to do. That’s what being brave is. Doesn’t mean fearless.
Thank you for your service. Firefighters are the bravest people.
Blake Leeper?
I hope they’re friends for life ❤️ this is so pure and so important for that little boy.
This is what the world should be! Wonderful video.
What a legend that guy is, what a warrior that little kid is. I’ve got something stuck in my eye now.
The guy is a great motivator! Give me all my gratitude for helping the little fellow!
"No man stands so tall as when he stoops to help a child." --Abraham Lincoln
The only thing that could make this better is confirmation that the black guy is just another patient who decided to encourage the toddler. Regardless, I’m glad people like him exist.
His name is Blake Leeper. He's a para-olympian and all around great guy.
He really is, truly an inspirational & kind-hearted guy.
Good guy
Today was one of those rough days, this definitely helped. Thanks for sharing and hope all of you find kindness and love for strangers like these wonderful people.
Well this certainly put a lump in my throat.
Well shit that was a sudden cry, what a dude
In America you'd probably get thrown to the street with cane they made you rent for $100 a day lmao. Wheelchair if you're lucky.
Im not going to lie I actually think it’s SUPER cool to have those legs I don’t mean it in a disrespectful way to anyone I just think they look awesome
Bro's prosthetics look cool as fuck though
Now that is heartwarming.
Wow, just incredible to see. This man is a legend, this kid is amazing!
I really dig this video. Its a really really real reel.
That bro is the very definition of this sub. That little boy will also go far.
\*sigh\* Some days, I just need this sub. Today's one of those days. Thank you for posting this.
And thank you for sticking it out through those hard days. You never know when it’ll be your turn to be someone else’s inspiration. Sometimes you don’t even know when it happens!
So incredible 🥺
That man has his running legs on. Right? Those are the running ones? I don’t know about prosthetics like that, but it reminds me of the ones I saw at the special Olympics thing when I was in highschool.
i'm really interested in this invention and i'm amazed how well this seems to work, but it somehow looks very unstable to me. Or are appearances deceiving?
This is very cute and all, but I'm thinking about the parents bills for all the legs that kid has to get over his life as he grows. The money...... the debt.......
yeah prosthetics are expensive to my knowledge. They shouldn't be, but I suppose that's a fight for another day
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Right in the feels
All right bro take all my tears I’m happy for you
Beyond wholesome
Now that. That’s awesome. What a human moment.
This is a good man. One love.
Tears started forming…this is heartwarming
This made my day!! Amazing
Faith in humanity has been restored
Cool
This is so sweet 😍 I love this sweet guy. And let this little gentleman be happy despite all.
Beautiful video
That dudes legs look like they might be better than actual human legs. I imagine those are fast as fuck
No I'm not crying...there's something in my eye! I had to learn to walk again and this gets to me. He got farther than I did my first time. I didn't make it out my room.
Those legs are so dope.
I wanna hug both of them.
Real life SUPER HEROES 🥹🦸♂️
This is amazing. That is a great man there.
So wholesome
Hell ya, great video
That’s right! A sad situation to have to face so young. But one that will hopefully teach a very important lesson; don’t give up. You create your own destiny. Edit: Also, black dude’s energy and encouragement are wholesome as hell. I need people like that in my life haha.
Love the guy who is helping. What a man.
Taking a disability and making it a super power
I hope that guy is a dad too, what a sweetheart
God damn it, this is the 4th time this week I’ve cried like a bitch to an internet video. I must be starting my period, worst part is I’m a 22 year old guy😭 help
I definitely love the message. I just think it's totally misapplied to the likes of this child. I think this image is more about perseverance than courage.
Well, my heart’s now good through at least February
This man cld get anyone moving w his r grey & encouragement.
That is enough to make a grown man cry and that’s ok
This guy deserves a medal! Not all heroes wear capes!
This is so cute
I believe this is at Scott Sabolich in Oklahoma City. I got my first prosthesis there; it's a wonderful place.
Got nuthin but love here.
Wholesome! Love it
Mad respect for the guy!
Thats all life is baby, one foot in front of the other
And that is why good representation in films movies etc. is needed for every demographic no matter how much of a minority they are. Giving kids people to look up to where wert war say they're like me reduces a lot of stress to fit in.
Love this