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@MisterRogersSnapped @MK2boogaloo @matrix @SouvlakiSmuggler @Zyklon_Dan @colonelj @repent @adolf @Christ @verita84

I believe it can be done, but what would normally take a child a few years to master by himself, it would basically take maybe even decades for someone like that. My blind guess is that at best she knew only a small number of words, and she had to practice long and hard to speak phrases for reporters.

@MisterRogersSnapped @MK2boogaloo @matrix @SouvlakiSmuggler @Zyklon_Dan @colonelj @repent @adolf @verita84

>All of her ideas and opinions magically mirrored the feminist views of her caretaker Anne Sullivan.
That's reasonable. I thought you were gonna say something like "she wasn't actually blind&deaf". If her caretaker was feminist or whatever, it makes sense that she'd mirror whatever education she received. Just like so many university students today get brainwashed in the most crazy ideologies.

>Stephen Hawking
Regarding his face blinking or muscle twitching or whatever it was interface, that was more recent indeed. Well into 2010s I think. Made by Intel IIRC. Don't know much about this one, I'm more familiar with his prior, finger-click interface. But I don't think they were that different in one crucial aspect: they were anything but rapid. From my understanding, any speech he made, was in no way "live". He prepared every single word, maybe even weeks in advance, and he'd just hit play when put on the scene. If someone made you think anything he said was "spontaneous" in any way, they basically lied to you.

As for "how long can a dude live with ALS", you'd have to ask his doctors. As far as I'm aware, his case is considered a miracle that they don't really understand yet.

>used him as a front facing sympathetic figure
This one I find hard to believe because interviews and speeches from him are pretty hard to come by, which is odd just going by the fact that he's been called the Albert Einstein of our generation. He's definitely an important figure, but if someone wanted to use him like that, they didn't manage to do it very well. They also chose a poor target, because it would be hard to parade him around to give talks and such, like they do with Greta Thumberg. I'd have an easier time believing this about Neil deGrasse Tyson.

Didn't mean this as a way to "expose" anything. Was legitimate curious, especially about Stephen Hawking, cause I've found him an interesting figure since I was a kid, and read a few books of his.

What I've learned about antisemites today: they are in desperate need of some good carpenters, considering they actually think you can't get wooden doors air-tight.

@crunklord420
The look on his face when he discovers some asian dude invented bitcoin will be priceless.

@11112011
No, not really. They're not as useful as they once were, and will forever remain as a more niece market, but they have their place as a fun activity to do with friends.

@MisterRogersSnapped @MK2boogaloo @matrix @SouvlakiSmuggler @Zyklon_Dan @colonelj @repent @adolf @verita84

>Okay then let's do those same tests on the Diaries of Anne Frank
I don't have any issues with this. :blobshrug:

I feel like I should know what you're referring to surrounding Helen Keller, but I don't. And I have no clue what you think was faked about Hawking. Any clarification on these two things would be appreciated.

@Terry @moonbase @adolf @cowanon@neckbeard.xyz @Starcake @Babysgramma@social.quodverum.com

Until he actually shows his ass to me and tells me what to do, that's his problem, not mine.

@repent @alyx @MK2boogaloo @SouvlakiSmuggler @Zyklon_Dan @adolf @colonelj @matrix @verita84 shitty memes are why people hate having conversations about anything remotely controversial. Act like an intelligent man not a miserable meme spouting fucktard. Sitting in mummy's loft with your kipper and a cumsock on.

@Terry @moonbase @adolf @cowanon@neckbeard.xyz @Starcake @Babysgramma@social.quodverum.com

I don't know if that's true, I have no way of knowing, and even if I did, I would have no right to be judge, jury or executioner for something like that. If a god exists, that's his job.

@Terry @moonbase @cowanon@neckbeard.xyz @Starcake @Babysgramma@social.quodverum.com

Saw it, but I have no guarantee that the excerpt really is from the book or if it was invented, as long as I'm not familiar with the site and don't know for sure they wouldn't invent stuff just because.

@adolf @Babysgramma@social.quodverum.com @Terry @Starcake @moonbase @cowanon@neckbeard.xyz

Fuck off Adolf! No one asked you. Go back to the antisemitic thread.

I used to be an avowed, card-carrying socialist (I got better). Even then, I would have never done what this psychopath did. That's the kind of thing you might do if your parents abused you, not if you simply disagreed on politics. The modern millennial leftists are certifiable.

@Terry @moonbase @cowanon@neckbeard.xyz @Starcake @Babysgramma@social.quodverum.com

Found it, but was mostly looking for another source to make sure this wasn't biased or something.

@moonbase @Terry @cowanon@neckbeard.xyz @Starcake @Babysgramma@social.quodverum.com

Source outside of the pictured article makes me believe it's true. While some reviews on the Amazon page seem copy-pasted or potentially inspired from the article, this seems to come from someone who genuinely read the book.
My source: amazon.com/Beyond-Magenta-Tran

@moonbase @Terry @cowanon@neckbeard.xyz @Starcake @Babysgramma@social.quodverum.com
I want, no, I NEED verification on this.

@MisterRogersSnapped @MK2boogaloo @matrix @SouvlakiSmuggler @Zyklon_Dan @colonelj @repent @adolf @verita84

Define "looked real"? Cause there are tests that can be done on the paper and ink to certify the time period, so you'll know it's not some recent scam someone is pulling.

It could still potentially be a century old prank, of Hitler's war buddies, making it seem like he lost his testicle, but the farther away you get, the least likely it is that someone would hold on to a document they faked for a stupid prank.

@MisterRogersSnapped @MK2boogaloo @matrix @SouvlakiSmuggler @Zyklon_Dan @colonelj @repent @adolf @verita84
Only one I wouldn't quote myself is the guardian one, and not even cause it's The Guardian. But they cite a biography book, that let's face it, it's probably based on rumors and hearsay. At least with the medical stuff you have actual evidence and medical records.

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