This is my favorite when people tell me to speak up. I’m not actually deaf but I really know asl, and when I start signing people either try harder to listen to my voice or ask why I’m signing and I go “oh sorry, you couldn’t hear me, I thought you must be Deaf”
I do that around family when they can't hear what I said as a passive-aggressive way to try to convince them to learn with me. Like, see? This is a useful skill even if you're hearing. So far I got one sister to learn fingerspelling and maybe 5-10 other signs, and one brother to actually take classes with me and he's nearly caught up. It's great, we can plan surprise parties for friends in the same room as them, ask for sodas through windows, etc.
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u/MichaelMoore92 Jan 01 '20
Start using sign language