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AboutPeach

did people make up “esl” or am i crazy?

This is a rant but feel free to leave your take on it. Whats up with people on the internet throwing out half assed signs trying to “interpret” a song and when someone corrects them they excuse it by saying it’s esl. I’ve only heard ASL, PSE, and SEE, but I might be wrong? Also when they aren’t adding captions to their videos?? I have more moderate hearing loss, but how would they expect someone with severe or profound loss to interact with their videos? If you’re learning a language that’s fine and you’re going to screw up at some point, but you have to be willing to own up to it and take constructive criticism from others. They don’t listen to Deaf people, they don’t listen to anyone except other hearing people actually. I’m sick of it holy shit.

Posted Jun 23, 2025, 4:17 AM UTC

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