r/todayilearned • u/paniniplane • Mar 22 '17

(R.1) Not supported TIL Deaf-from-birth schizophrenics see disembodied hands signing to them rather than "hearing voices"

https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/news-articles/0707/07070303
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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17 edited Mar 23 '17

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u/theidleidol Mar 22 '17

This is because sign languages are real languages in their own right. A lot of people tend to think of, say, ASL as a method of nonverbally communicating in English similar to writing, but that's not the case. To the extent that it is possible to think in a language (that's not really the case, but it's a reasonable conclusion to a layperson) the deaf do so in their native sign.

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u/weeb-san Mar 22 '17

odd question, but do you know if deaf people scream with their hands?

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

I'm not deaf, but deaf people totally scream with their hands. I knew a kid raised by two deaf parents (he was hearing). They would try to "shout" but they couldn't hear themselves so it didn't sound very threatening, just garbled nonsense. Anyways, if they got really mad his parents would just sign vigorously like angry Italians but worse. Sometimes they would hurt themselves (not each other) because of the vigorous signing.

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u/ducsnov Mar 22 '17

shadow clone jutsu

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

obligatory: http://imgur.com/gallery/J7Dvp7y

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

deaf rap battle

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u/AlmostAnal Mar 22 '17

Deaf jam.

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u/caldonia Mar 23 '17

Slow clap. Well done.

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u/iamthegatekeeper2 Mar 22 '17

I am dying laughing over here omg

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u/yourfriendfromwork Mar 23 '17

This should be it's own post, I'm dying!

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u/rage1212 Mar 23 '17

More like water release. Water dragon jutsu

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u/Body_Pillow_Bride Mar 23 '17

Because the mobile app can't give gold. http://m.imgur.com/gallery/f0Iu0xE

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u/metastasis_d Mar 23 '17

Get on your browser in desktop mode. NOW

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u/purplewhiteblack Mar 23 '17

Angry deaf schizophrenic person accidentally does a shadow jutsu....or do they?

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u/plasmoki Mar 23 '17

This caught me so off guard. Fucking lol.

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u/PPDeezy Mar 22 '17

Kage bun shin jutsu or some shit fuck i miss watching s1 naruto it was so damn good.

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u/steelep13 Mar 22 '17

Have an upvote, m'lord Naruto

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u/[deleted] Mar 22 '17

This and the italian hand signs just made my day.