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re: I’m not buying all the Helen Keller stuff
Posted on 1/17/22 at 7:44 pm to rocky mountain way
Posted on 1/17/22 at 7:44 pm to rocky mountain way
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rocky mountain way
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I totally agree with your message. However, you are new to this place and you should really manage your expectations. They cause resentments
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Posted on 1/17/22 at 7:50 pm to Jeb Busch Lite
It's pretty unpopular, but I agree.
Imo, her degree was likely more an honorary degree. She was dealt a very shitty hand in life, but didn't let that stop her. So why not honor her with a college degree. After all, there's numerous celebrities and whatnot running around with honorary doctorates.
Her books was probably written by someone close to her, but thought Helen's story and name could make the books sell more.
Imo, her degree was likely more an honorary degree. She was dealt a very shitty hand in life, but didn't let that stop her. So why not honor her with a college degree. After all, there's numerous celebrities and whatnot running around with honorary doctorates.
Her books was probably written by someone close to her, but thought Helen's story and name could make the books sell more.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 7:52 pm to Clames
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They punished her by leaving the plunger in the toilet.
Also, they rewarded her by leaving the plunger in the toilet
Posted on 1/17/22 at 7:54 pm to jchamil
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1. How did she even know she was alive
Did you forget about the other 3 senses?
And farting.
But I think yall are seriously underestimating how difficult it would be to be deaf and blind, and how difficult it would be to communicate with a person who was.
This post was edited on 1/17/22 at 8:21 pm
Posted on 1/17/22 at 8:14 pm to Jeb Busch Lite
This thread fricking delivered. 
Posted on 1/17/22 at 8:29 pm to A Menace to Sobriety
The more explanations I see, the funnier it is to just claim the whole thing is a hoax lol
Posted on 1/17/22 at 8:34 pm to fr33manator
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Supple wrist and sense of smell. Also no distractions
I could see how that would be an advantage. I kept getting distracted by the cleavage on the Elvira pinball machine.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 8:34 pm to Jeb Busch Lite
Not gonna lie. I don’t know how she learned the word “water” to or even “waa” to begin the journey without the see/hear senses.
However, truly remarkable (unbelievable) if everything I was taught about her is true.
However, truly remarkable (unbelievable) if everything I was taught about her is true.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 8:43 pm to Jeb Busch Lite
lite beer drinkers of the world unite
Some say comment if you have a dog in the fight that's been over for the last 60 years
Posted on 1/17/22 at 8:50 pm to Jeb Busch Lite
she walked on the moon and it was flat
Posted on 1/17/22 at 8:59 pm to Topisawtiger
Why does helen keller masturbate with one hand? So she can moan with the other.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 9:19 pm to Jeb Busch Lite
You should visit Tuscumbia, AL someday.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 9:20 pm to Jeb Busch Lite
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. We are supposed to believe she was able to not only write, but write 12 books and graduate college?
What else is a blind and deaf person going to do with all their time? No sports, tv, music, etc. Seems exactly like what a person in that situation would do besides suicide.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 9:23 pm to AMS
Roll around in clover field. Try it sometime. Feels amazing.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 10:41 pm to mdomingue
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can see how someone of your apparent mental capacity could reach the conclusion that she could not have done any of that.
If being hesitant to believe a blind and deaf person wrote 12 books and graduated college equates to a small mental capacity then I’ll admit I’m fricking stupid
Posted on 1/17/22 at 10:47 pm to Nephropidae
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Not gonna lie. I don’t know how she learned the word “water” to or even “waa” to begin the journey without the see/hear senses.
I want you to plug your ears and cover your eyes.
Now I want to put your fingers all around your mouth as you say “water”. Feel how your teeth move, how your tongue moves, your lips, the way the form. The vibrations.
It’s slow, tedious, unnerving…but when all you have is time, what have you got to lose.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 10:49 pm to Jeb Busch Lite
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If being hesitant to believe a blind and deaf person wrote 12 books and graduated college equates to a small mental capacity then I’ll admit I’m fricking stupid
Amazes me that people actually think that she was studying, comprehending, and passing exams in high level math/science/chemistry courses.
To think that a University would even have an army of professors that would have the ability to convey those subjects to a deaf & blind person is ridiculous.
I'm guessing that she was far more functional than a typical deaf & blind person, studied a few college courses taught by specialists, was given an honorary degree, and the entire narrative was embelleshed because it made a great story and served as an inspiration to others.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 10:51 pm to rocky mountain way
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'm guessing that she was far more functional than a typical deaf & blind person, studied a few college courses taught by specialists, was given an honorary degree, and the entire narrative was embelleshed because it made a great story and served as an inspiration to others.
Best argument I’ve heard
But how did she study?
This post was edited on 1/17/22 at 10:53 pm
Posted on 1/17/22 at 11:05 pm to Jeb Busch Lite
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But how did she study?
I am being generous when I say study.
I am guessing that her college experience consisted of her receiving schooling from specialists that helped her to be somewhat functional.
Posted on 1/17/22 at 11:32 pm to beerJeep
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It exists on drive thru ATMs
I read this joke a few years ago and it's kinda stupid.
It's there because blind people are often passengers in the back of taxis(and now Uber/lyft). Before every cab took cards, they'd need to stop at an atm to pay the fare. Now I can't begin to guess how they can tell a $20 from a $5.
But braille at drive thru ATMs makes perfect sense.
This post was edited on 1/17/22 at 11:33 pm
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