bruh i just realized i switched it skin of her map instead of map of her skin
Buffalo Bill on line 2...
I think I know more Sams who are girls than guys. Popularity is a fickle thing.
You know, you're right. Hadn't noticed it before but the frequency of the name Samuel seems to have dropped significantly from my generation onward, prob as the world (excepting the crazy parts in the US) became more secular and less Bible-fixated. I also probably have known a lot more Samanthas than Samuels.
As I wrote above, Kim won't be fixed because there's nothing wrong with her. Jamaal will get an improvement in his quality of life.
The issue is with Scarlett. Unlike Kim or Jamaal, she is concerned about her condition. It's something that sours her character and her future perspectives (even if she has accepted her fate). It makes sense for her to, having the means, try to investigate a cure/fix for her genetic disorder. If not for her, at least for other kids in the future to not go through what she and her mother have experienced.
I worked for an organization of blind people (O.N.C.E. in 2004-07) and it was one of the most enriching experiences in my professional life. One of my bosses said (on national TV, nonetheless) that he was used to being blind, but he would give an arm to recover his sight for ten minutes to see his wife naked one more time.
With Scarlett, I tried to move that feeling to deafness. She knows that she will be 100% deaf in the future, but she would give an arm to stop it from arriving at that point. If she isn't able to do it in time (she won't) she will try to find a way to stop it for future kids (including hers).
True to form I probably did not make myself completely clear.
I have no issue whatsoever with
anyone wanting to ameliorate/repair/cure any sort of 'ability differential' they feel makes their life harder. What bothers me is when
other people make assumptions about what the person in question feels or wants and speaks to or about them in ways the person in question might find upsetting or hurtful. Scarlett wanting to slow or prevent the loss of her hearing is not an issue
at all.
I too once did a little work tangential to the differently-abled community - exposing schoolkids (ha ha ha, insert joke here) to the challenges of disabilities and positive ways to interact with other kids dealing with them. As a result there is
nothing in the world that makes me angrier than people speaking thoughtlessly to differently-abled people. Their lives are already so much harder than most of ours every day without being treated inconsiderately on top off everything else.
[The instant defense by those kinds of people is always along the lines of "Well they never said anything so it didn't bother them" is garbage - for anyone who is super self-conscious about any part of themselves, raising one's voice to "complain" about how someone is speaking to them can be a very complicated thing. Many choose to sometimes remain silent
not because they are not hurt/insulted but because of the situation/context and/or simply because they just don't want to stick out any more than they feel like they already do.
No one should ever assume that their words are not hurtful just because someone is not immediately speaking up.]
#Paralympic Games in 3 days, BTW!!
If you like the Olympics and find them inspiring, check out the Paralympics to take it to a whole other level. As a former lifeguard who was recruited several times to join swim teams, it fucking blows my mind to see people with no arms swim faster than I ever could.
