{"id":17444,"date":"2014-08-12T18:08:44","date_gmt":"2014-08-12T18:08:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-08-13T23:08:05","modified_gmt":"2014-08-13T23:08:05","slug":"Marisa-Sung-s-Rules-of-Etiquette-For-The-Modern-World-Number-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=17444","title":{"rendered":"Marisa Sung’s Rules of Etiquette For The Modern World Number 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thou shalt not act as my “representative” or “interpreter” without my permission.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just because I was born half deaf does not mean that I am slow, retarded or incapable of representing myself. I do not need a pushy and obnoxious, know-it-all “friend” to go around telling people (esp. attractive men) behind my back that I am deaf. They get all confused and start trying to speak to me as if I am seriously retarded. Either that or they suddenly avoid the situation, or try communicating with little to zero knowledge of sign language where they actually appear retarded! Read a book or two like “Seeing Voices” and “The Mind’s Eye” to try to open your mind and educate yourself on how to assimilate with the deaf and\/or hard of hearing, the blind, etc. It’s called being “cultured” and becoming “a decent human being.”<\/strong><\/p>\n

Katy Perry – Hear Me Roar<\/strong>
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