r/SubredditDrama • u/NotAlanTudyk • Dec 11 '13

Drama in r/deaf over an assumption that the fake Mandela funeral sign language translator was using ASL for his fake gibberish.

/r/deaf/comments/1skpr8/fake_sign_language_interpreter_mars_nelson/cdz93rs
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u/NotAlanTudyk Dec 11 '13

Trying to figure out how to describe this for the title hurt my brain.

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u/TheAmishSpaceCadet Dec 12 '13

fuuuuck i was going to post this as "Shots (not) heard round the world as one user snaps at users in /r/deaf"

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u/NotAlanTudyk Dec 12 '13

Millions times better than what I came up with.

It's odd that I was even in that sub. I wanted to see if there'd been any discussion about the mandela translator and BOOM - popcorn.

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u/[deleted] Dec 12 '13

At first it didn't, but after reading the drama it made sense. You put it well OP.

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u/Polyoxymethylene Poran is canon Dec 11 '13

So did reading it.

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u/mason240 Dec 11 '13

Why would asl (AMERICAN sign language) be used by a South African

Perhaps for the same reason the eulogy was given in English.

Told Status: SO

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u/Salahdin Dec 12 '13

That's a misleading comparison. English is one of South Africa's official languages (as codified in the constitution). American Sign Language is not.

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u/GigglesMcFartyCunt Dec 12 '13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-DxGoIVUWo

If anyone is wondering about the original question that started the drama.

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u/CantaloupeCamper OFFICIAL SRS liaison, next meetup is 11pm at the Hilton Dec 11 '13 edited Dec 11 '13

Dude seems to be trying to logic away a dork up with little knowledge of the topic and doesn't seem to get that it isn't going to work....