FreshParsnip

u/FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca
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As a Canadian, I don't think there's much I can do. I've been trying for years to "sound the alarm" for all the good that's going to do. I'm starting to think I need a safeplan in November for dealing with my anxiety and depression if and when really bad things happen.

I recommend: comfort food, comfort activities like watching movies, and being in touch with mental health resources

Godspeed America, I hope you find a way to turn this ship around

on Subtitles · c/lemmyshitpost · 1 pts · 4h

It is putting them at a disadvantage. I can hear characters speaking french and pick up at least some of what they're saying. A deaf person who knows some French should have the same opportunity as me to see the French words and interpret some of what is being said. I'm not saying have the subtitles in English, I'm saying have them in the language being spoken on screen so they're getting the experience intended

on Subtitles · c/lemmyshitpost · 1 pts · 7h

Like I said, people who happen to know the language can understand it and so should have the same chance to understand with subtitles. If the director's intention was nobody understand it, they shouldn't have them speak in a language people may be able to understand

on Subtitles · c/lemmyshitpost · 1 pts · 8h

I noticed this in Meet The Robinsons. A guy says "Madames and monsuiers" and the subtitle says "speaking french" as if the average English speaker doesn't know what those words mean

on Subtitles · c/lemmyshitpost · 1 pts · 8h

This is unfair to bilingual deaf people.

For example, there's an episode of Bluey with a lot of French. I'm really bad at French but I do know a little of it. I am able to understand some of the dialogue.

Why should a deaf person not have the same right as me to interpret dialogue in a language they happen to understand or understand bits of?

Why does the majority not simply seize wealth from the minority and redistribute it? Why can't society just collectively decide money from billionaires had no value? It's so frustrating seeing the majority allow a minority of rich people ruin everything when money is a social construct, meaningless if we all collectively decide it is

People keep thinking I'm saying don't bother voting when I say the midterms aren't going to save them. I guess my brain is wired differently than theirs. I don't think a hopeless situation means don't bother doing anything. I think yeah duh, you gotta try what you can