I think what is talking about is like everyone now forced to have blue eyes with gene editing so is it considered a type of soft genocide or something.
Not saying this is what you’re saying, but it’s attitudes like this that make me see red. We gotta stop letting our society become so atomized that we’ve replaced tribalism with Turbo Tribalism.
Groups who are so desperate to maintain a group identity that they think something like a child getting cochlear implants or other actual remedies to handicaps is equivalent to “genocide” against their group. (that’s a thing.)
Everyone is susceptible to this syndrome to some degree, but you see it the most when you see people suggest the possibility of positive change.
Well, deaf people at least have the argument that they do have their own languages and cultures.
Of course they lose that argument when they ignore the fact that they can still teach their children their language and culture even if said children can hear, though, so it isn’t a very good argument, but it is an argument, I guess. 🤷♂️
I’d never heard of it, but after reading about it it looks like basic depressive Hollywood drama slop with some anti-cochlear implants¹ and anti-metal music² propaganda and the usual “learn to be happy with the cards you’re dealt” conformist bullshit³ mixed in, so no thanks, I think I’ll pass, I’m already angry enough without having to suffer through this sort of shit.
1.– Sure, cochlear implants kind of suck when compared to working ears (though maybe not so much when compared to somewhat working ears with tinnitus), but someone born deaf won’t be able to tell the difference, having nothing to compare, and at least they’ll warn you when a car is honking for you to get out of its way (and, frankly, quite often at work I wish I could just unplug my ears and plug in some music, so they’ve got their good sides too).
But we weren’t talking about cochlear implants; we were talking about CRISPR. We were talking about giving deaf people proper working ears. Nah, fuck that. If we can do that we can do better. Give everyone who wants it the ability to hear as well as, say, a dog. I, and lots of people, would pay good money for that.
2.– Seriously, what the fuck. Have we learnt nothing since the eighties satanic panic? American religiosity and so-called morals are a fucking cancer on global culture. Keep that fucking shit to yourselves, if you enjoy wallowing in each other’s misery that much.
3.– Fuck. That. Fuck the cards I’m dealt. I’ll make my own fucking cards. Play them how I want. And if I have to, I’ll make my own fucking game (creative commons licence, of course, in case anyone else is into it).
Isn’t eugenics more about choosing who can reproduce for the best outcome? Curing after the facts doesn’t seem to fit that.
I think what is talking about is like everyone now forced to have blue eyes with gene editing so is it considered a type of soft genocide or something.
Nah, man, forget blue eyes. Think neon purple. With natural blue hair. Fucking anime shit.
And just imagine what furries will do to themselves once they get their paws on this tech…
Nono, the paws come after
Yeah now you’re talking! Cat girls/boys here we come!
Blade runner or deus ex timeline
Batman beyond. They will create batman beyond.
Not saying this is what you’re saying, but it’s attitudes like this that make me see red. We gotta stop letting our society become so atomized that we’ve replaced tribalism with Turbo Tribalism.
Not clear to me what you are trying to say.
Groups who are so desperate to maintain a group identity that they think something like a child getting cochlear implants or other actual remedies to handicaps is equivalent to “genocide” against their group. (that’s a thing.)
Everyone is susceptible to this syndrome to some degree, but you see it the most when you see people suggest the possibility of positive change.
Well, deaf people at least have the argument that they do have their own languages and cultures.
Of course they lose that argument when they ignore the fact that they can still teach their children their language and culture even if said children can hear, though, so it isn’t a very good argument, but it is an argument, I guess. 🤷♂️
Watch The Sound of Metal, it’s very good
I’d never heard of it, but after reading about it it looks like basic depressive Hollywood drama slop with some anti-cochlear implants¹ and anti-metal music² propaganda and the usual “learn to be happy with the cards you’re dealt” conformist bullshit³ mixed in, so no thanks, I think I’ll pass, I’m already angry enough without having to suffer through this sort of shit.
1.– Sure, cochlear implants kind of suck when compared to working ears (though maybe not so much when compared to somewhat working ears with tinnitus), but someone born deaf won’t be able to tell the difference, having nothing to compare, and at least they’ll warn you when a car is honking for you to get out of its way (and, frankly, quite often at work I wish I could just unplug my ears and plug in some music, so they’ve got their good sides too).
But we weren’t talking about cochlear implants; we were talking about CRISPR. We were talking about giving deaf people proper working ears. Nah, fuck that. If we can do that we can do better. Give everyone who wants it the ability to hear as well as, say, a dog. I, and lots of people, would pay good money for that.
2.– Seriously, what the fuck. Have we learnt nothing since the eighties satanic panic? American religiosity and so-called morals are a fucking cancer on global culture. Keep that fucking shit to yourselves, if you enjoy wallowing in each other’s misery that much.
3.– Fuck. That. Fuck the cards I’m dealt. I’ll make my own fucking cards. Play them how I want. And if I have to, I’ll make my own fucking game (creative commons licence, of course, in case anyone else is into it).
Limits are meant to be broken, not embraced.
Oh looks good! appreciate the recommendation.
Ah thanks for the clarification.