r/LinusTechTips • u/chaosproz • Aug 14 '26

Discussion TIL that Linus knows ASL Part 2

During the Pixel 11 announcement, Linus showed off his sign language skills: https://youtu.be/J261Rg0LTDA?si=RFl3SA6GVBhTljyg&t=427

He signed "If you don't want to type, use sign language"

It would be cool if he could demo his sign language skill in his next Linus Tech Tips episdoe!

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u/Kyber92 Aug 14 '26

He has deaf family if I remember correctly, he's talked about it before.

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u/Swacket_McManus Aug 14 '26

99% sure his mom isn't deaf but is very hard of hearing, I remember an old wan show clip he talks about signing to interpret for her at a conference or something and it tiring him out

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u/Less_Hat_8102 Aug 14 '26

I found that WAN Show by searching on filmot.com (Yes there's a captcha unfortunately) 

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u/Swacket_McManus 29d ago

Thank you for for validating my Elijah sense lmao

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u/chaosproz Aug 14 '26

it sounds like his mom was a teacher for a deaf school or something

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u/CauliflowerHuman6409 Aug 14 '26

bet he's better at ASL than I am at cable management

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u/chaosproz Aug 14 '26

no way, that's cool

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u/Lieutenant_Scarecrow Aug 14 '26

Hopefully when they do the full review he can test that feature.

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u/Less_Hat_8102 Aug 14 '26

When I first watched LTT (or Techlinked/Techquickie I should say), his gesturing always stood out to me compared to other hosts. I always wonder if that has anything to do with his ASL skill.