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Sally a bit of a baby?

posted 16 years ago by trompos
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I get it, it's a hard transition, emotions were running high, but Sally started to get under my skin. Esp. when she started to resent her husband for doing better than she was. Or when she was crying every 5 mins. She had no patience for the process of hearing. I liked Paul a whole lot more. He was a really strong person who didn't sit and feel sorry for himself. He wanted to use the phone, so he invented a phone for himself, he wanted to hear better so he worked at it, when things got rough and he thought he wouldn't hear perfectly, EVER< he accepted that he was deaf and it wasn't that big a deal. I figure if you're not a happy deaf person, hearing won't make you happy, it's like money that way.

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[–] vpm321 16 years ago

I was a little saddened and disappointed that they didn't seem to really like hearing that much. I think I've heard that cochlear implants will not give you 100% the experience that actual hearing does, I think there may be some missing frequencies and such and that you can't just listen to music and hear it like a normal person. That, plus the fact that their brains had to learn to hear properly, probably kept them from having the best possible experience.

It was so interesting that they could not repeat a single word that they heard when the doctor was testing them without letting them read lips.

[–] dgates64 16 years ago

You're an idiot. Plain and simple.

[–] trompos 16 years ago

Why? Because I told the truth about a deaf woman? Are handicapped people just like us except when it comes to speaking unflattering truths? You never told me WHY you felt I was an idiot, you simply came in with your stupid, simplistic drive-by insults. YOU ARE AN IDIOT! Do you know why? Because you can't even put your thoughtS together on IMDb. And you can't simply disagree without calling someone a name.

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PS: For the record, I called you an idiot and told you why you ARE one, you didn't provide me with anything of substance to disagree with you on.

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[–] dtmetalizeddt 16 years ago

YOU ARE AN IDIOT? WHY? because if you noticed this film took place over the course of a year since the implant was put in. They only show 10 minutes for each segment of footage for 3 months after and then 6 months after and then a year later. So within those total 30 minutes you make an assesment that this poor woman is an emotional wreck. She was happy for her husband but you could tell she wanted to hear more than he did. She was frustrated and with anyone in such a position a frustrated person ultimately breaksdown. How could you say she was not happy for her husband? OF COURSE SHE WAS HAPPY FOR HIM! But at the same time she wanted to progress at the same level he was progressing and it upset her that she couldn't.

[–] trompos 16 years ago

Oh boy here it is, shall I bring out the violin? I realize this movie wasn't shot in a week MORON. Sally was a big cry baby who cried at the drop of a hat, why didn't we see Paul crying all the time? And NO she was not happy for her husband, she was envious of him if you took your head out of your rear and actually watched the movie rather than throwing a pity party you would see the part of the movie where she shows clear signs of envy and she made CLEAR statements that can support that. Watch the movie again. Imbecile!

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[–] hellokello84 16 years ago

Wow trompos, you are calling someone a moron, and an imbecile, yet your signature states you love Jesus Christ? That's pretty shameful. Jesus = love, and compassion. Not hateful words, and immaturity. You know the old saying.. what would Jesus do? I'll bet he wouldn't use hurtful words to put someone down. Neither would a respectable Christian. But I can see from this, and other posts of yours that you are pretty defensive. So if you feel the need to insult me as well, by all means, do so. Christian or not. I have thick skin.

Anyway, I have something you may not have heard of before. It's called empathy. It means compassion toward another person, or living being. Sally unfortunately was born deaf. Upon getting surgery, she realized it didn't go as well as planned, and thus became emotional. Who wouldn't? Hearing is a HUGE thing. She was really looking forward to gaining her new sense. She has every right to be emotional, and cry, and feel bad. Personally, my heart goes out to her. I wasn't thinking she was a baby at all, just a sad woman whose hopes were cut short. Have a heart.

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[–] trompos 16 years ago

BOO HOO HOO HOO HOO AHHHH BOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO!

Is that better? I'm crying for the big baby. Here's another idiot (yes the Christian called you what you are) trying to play the "bad Christian" card. Don't you lamos have anything else to say? THat signature really is a huge target for the unoriginal. I felt bad for Sally for about ehhhh, 5 minutes. Then she became annoying. Perhaps you have the ability to stand a grown woman crying every 5 seconds, but I don't. That's what's wrong with this country. Everyone has to feel sorry for this person or that person. What the hell ever happened to SUCKING IT UP! Sally should think of people who are deaf and have no insurance or money to get surgery. There are people who won't even know what it's like to hear AT ALL! And this woman is balling in the supermarket because she's being overwhelmed by sound. WAHHHHHHH!

I mentioned that I understood that emotions would be running high, I get that, but crying like a big oversized child that didn't get her way and being resentful of your spouse because he's doing better than you is also annoying. Christian or not, I have a right to get annoyed and a right to express WHY I'm annoyed.

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[–] flamie86 16 years ago

No trompos they're right...you're an insensitive idiot...there it has finally been said so you can just let it go now.

And if you were able to remove your ignorant mind from your ass you'd be able to realize that the real problem with this country is the INABILITY for people to feel sorry for one another. No one would have had any problem with your initial post if you were capable of writing it in an intelligent and sincere manner instead of acting like a complete juvenile and making fun of someone who is obviously frustrated and struggling with something she had anticipated all her life. I wonder how you would act if you're hearing had been taken away from you after becoming so used to it all your life. Tears aren't something that she should be ashamed of, and if you're not human enough to withstand emotion then you shouldn't really bother speaking to anyone...especially via Internet message boards.

As silly as it sounds as my mother always told me:
"If you have nothing nice to say then you shouldn't say anything at all."
So PLEASE trompos heed my advice

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[–] trompos 16 years ago

"As silly as it sounds as my mother always told me:
'If you have nothing nice to say then you shouldn't say anything at all.'
So PLEASE trompos heed my advice"

Heed your OWN advise.

"you're an insensitive idiot"?

"And if you were able to remove your ignorant mind from your ass you'd be able to realize that the real problem with this country is the INABILITY for people to feel sorry for one another."

That's not very nice at all, why didn't you take your mom's advise? And what the crap? YOUR MOM says this? Didn't I hear this a million times already? And this country has no lack of pity parties. Everyone feeling sorry for themselves and each other. IDIOT!

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[–] dlmslp1 16 years ago

trompos, i cannot believe how insensitive you are! it is completely arrogant of you to pass judgment on sally or anyone else in the deaf community for that matter. you watched the film with NORMAL hearing!!! you could not POSSIBLY understand what she was dealing with physically or emotionally. shame on you!

[–] trompos 16 years ago

Shame on this <grabs groin> Sally was a BIG FAT BABY! It has nothing to do with her being deaf, she was just a giant child. You and your kind want to treat her like some pity case because she can't hear and THAT is discrimination against her because of her disability, I on the other hand am treating her like any other person and calling her out on her childishness. I said SHE was ababy, I praised her husband though, how is anything I said an insult to the deaf community at large? Are you stupid?

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[–] dlmslp1 16 years ago

trompos...there is something wrong with you. from these posts and glancing over your others on this site, it appears you seem to thrive on arguing with others.

i was simply pointing out that it was arrogant of you to pass judgment on anyone deaf...let alone someone going through a difficult change. you should not judge anyone unless you can walk in their shoes. so let's see, how did you put it? "you and your kind"...yeah, we (me and my kind) are people capable of empathy.

i think people who are sympathetic to sally are just trying to persuade you to see a different perspective, but i feel we are definitely wasting our time with someone who "<grabs groin>" to make a point.

[–] nikki51964 16 years ago

to hellokello84 in response to trompos- aka- mr. compassionate...i couldn't of said it better myself.kudos,hellokello84. i guess when the wizard was giving out hearts he was too busy complaining somewhere else...