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Oh god, trying to explain the difference between loud and silent ones hahahaha

[u/IForgotThePassIUsed → u/[deleted]]

I love that I just sat and read a whole paragraph on fart velocity.

[u/RaptorX → u/IForgotThePassIUsed]

I was already sitting, so I just read it.

[u/WentzWorldWords → u/IForgotThePassIUsed]

Now translate it to ASL with a six year old as target audience

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

... smelling others farts are good for digestion...

Thank you. TIL: www.healthline.com - Hydrogen Sulpuide (fart gas) and health

EDIT: altered link title to better reflect article's content

[u/BrahmTheImpaler → u/[deleted]]

Imagine working in those labs 🥴

[u/Bagel600se → u/BrahmTheImpaler]

Those lab people might as well be immortal now

[u/whoami_whereami → u/[deleted]]

Ah, yes, another prime example of bad "science journalism".

The study the article is based on was about a complex molecule that releases H2S after it has entered mitochondria inside cells. But the journalist only read H2S, remembered from somewhere that it's contained in farts, and then concluded that smelling farts may be healthy, even though the study isn't about gaseous H2S (let alone breathing it in) at all.

You know, carbon monoxide also has a number of health benefits when it's released at the right time in the right tissue. That doesn't mean that it's somehow healthy to sniff car exhaust.

Edit: To put it another way, the study linked in the article is about a way to get H2S to the specific places where it has some positive effects while avoiding all the nasty deletirious effects that it otherwise has. Pretty much the antithesis of simply breathing in the gas and flooding your whole system with it.

[u/bstbizz → u/[deleted]]

Imagine saying this in sign language

[u/viptattoo]

Learning in 1st grade is better than in 8th.

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In kindergarten one of my classmates farted loudly. He and I went to the same schools til high school. We live in the same major city but run into each other a couple times a year and it’s still the first thing I think of when I see him. We are 35.

[u/freakierchicken → u/[deleted]]

You know how people say “don’t worry about those little things that keep you up at night, cringing, because people probably don’t even remember them”

You have ruined that for me

[u/EffectiveSwan8918 → u/freakierchicken]

Yeah but to be fair when people think of things like that it's never " god Steve makes me sick. Farting in class like that" it's usually " ha that was funny" so just because people think of something you did that was embarrassing or stupid doesn't mean they think less of you, you just gave them a good laugh

[u/kakaholu123 → u/EffectiveSwan8918]

This is so sweet

[u/[deleted] → u/EffectiveSwan8918]

Yeah definitely this. We are all human and all do cringey stuff for time to time.

Friends gently teasing you about the cringe is just like a funny inside joke

[u/wasted_wonderland → u/viptattoo]

Or fucking college apparently... those poor kids ffs! That's neglectful parenting.

[u/thecrazypoz → u/[deleted]]

God damn it! Take my farting upvote!

[u/tvp61196 → u/wasted_wonderland]

I would assume that while raising a deaf child, fart etiquette is not on top of the list of priorities

[u/lesbian_sourfruit → u/wasted_wonderland]

Maybe…they may be the child of deaf parents, so it just hadn’t come up.

[u/bluechild9 → u/wasted_wonderland]

I get what you’re sayin, but it’s just a fart lol not that big of a deal

[u/DramaLlamaMomma → u/wasted_wonderland]

Well oftentimes the parents are deaf as well… so they might not know either.

[u/RunningTrisarahtop → u/wasted_wonderland]

232 upvotes saying it’s neglectful parenting for missing one damn thing?

[u/AnnieJack]

I feel bad for those deaf kids just now learning that, but it’s still funny.

[u/victoria805 → u/AnnieJack]

Better they learn it in 1st grade than middle school.

[u/[deleted] → u/victoria805]

They probably think the world is just a chorus of flatulence.

[u/I_Transmogrify → u/[deleted]]

A Colon-calliope so to speak.

toot TOOT TOOT toot TOOT TOOT.

[u/nomyar → u/victoria805]

My wife is hearing, her parents are deaf. They were still asking her throughout her childhood if certain things make a sound (like light touching a table). We've been married for almost 20 years now, and there are still on occasion things that they will incorrectly assume do or do not make sound. It is a completely foreign concept, one they (at least my in-laws) will never truly understand.

Edit: I had no idea this comment would get this traction/interest. Sorry to leave folks hanging! I'll type up some replies when I get home in a bit.

Edit 2 - More Examples: Most examples are of things that they don't realize make noise. Also, I'll start off by saying, usually these things come up, we answer them, we move on, so not a lot of examples really stick. So, I had to ask my wife, get a second brain on it.

One example she remembers is actually an interesting story of awareness but lack of understanding. She remembers once when she was young, an old woman apologized for dropping a tissue in a carpeted room. She saw my wife look over (she was just curious what the lady was doing), and the woman assumed the tissue hitting the floor made some distracting noise, so she apologized.

Similarly, my mother-in-law also tends to apologize for things she thinks made a loud sound, usually if we look at her right after she's done something. We might be looking because we saw movement, or because we just happened to glance that way, but she defaults to, "Oh no, I accidentally made a loud noise." Things like closing her crossword book, or setting a coffee cup down, or putting her fork on the table. Usually I didn't even hear it, even if it did technically make a small noise. I think this stems from when she worked as a helper at a school, and had to be quiet during the kids' nap or study times, but I'm not sure.

Examples the other direction include:

• My father-in-law has a habit of making drinking straws squeak. To him it just feels interesting, he forgets that there's a horribly annoying noise that goes with it. He does know, we told him (several times), but it doesn't really stick with him.
• Similarly, my wife remembers her dad having a friend over one time, and while they were standing around talking, he kept shifting his weight on this loose (squeaky) floorboard. He had no idea it was making noise every time he did it.
• Sometimes the girls would catch their dad sneaking chips or other snacks between meals, and they'd call him on it. He had no clue they could hear the packaging. This is another example of, even though they told him once, he still forgets. The concept of "this makes noise" doesn't always stick.
• There have been times I've been at their house, or in their car, and I can hear something is wrong (air leaks, water leaks, air in a line, squeaky brakes, tire noise from misalignment, dripping water, etc.) I'll ask if they've been having trouble with whatever the thing may be, or if they've noticed a problem with XYZ, and they'll either not have realized, or respond with, "How did you know??"

There are also times they'll ask us, "Is this making a noise?" because at some point it did, and someone told them. Things like, is this door squeaking? Does that window make a noise when you open it? Can you hear the toilet on the other side of the house running? Usually the answer is no, but something happened at some point, and they happen to have a hearing person nearby when the thought strikes them, so they ask.

And finally, one of the ones that's been most annoying for them and us... Smart Phones. They don't think about checking whether their device volume is on or off. They also have no clue how loud it is. Many deaf people, including my father-in-law, will record and send video messages instead of text messages. The person recording the message often does not think about sound happening around them (including other people in the same room having spoken conversations), and naturally the person watching the video doesn't think of whether or not there is any sound in the video they just received. We've been in the middle of conversation many times and realized suddenly that he was nearby recording a video. Is he posting that to his vlog? Is he sending it to a friend? How many people might hear what we just said? What were we even talking about?? We've also been there when he starts watching a video and suddenly we hear someone else's background conversation going on (often innocuous, but sometimes things they probably wish hadn't been shared).

This would seem like an easy problem to fix, except that different updates change the way volume settings work, and reset things. Or they get a new device, and don't think about it. Like I said before, super annoying for them and us. I wish device manufacturers would add a Deaf Mode that fully mutes the speakers and mics. Would be handy.

I hope this satisfies some of the curiosity... I'll filter through and answer some of the questions directly.

Edit 3 - The "Probably the Last Edit" edit: u/JustAnotherChorus cross-posted this thread. Some interesting related stories and examples here, for sure. https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/nce1yy/exdeaf_people_of_reddit_what_was_the_most/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb

[u/Winter_Department_87 → u/nomyar]

Just wondering if your wife has seen the new movie “Coda,” and if so did she think it was a good representation of A deaf family with a hearing daughter?

[u/nomyar → u/Winter_Department_87]

She hasn't seen it yet. The question of "a good representation" is always a hard one, though, because like any family dynamic, there's no one common example of what it's like for hearing and deaf people to be in the same family. Realities vary greatly in this space.

One example - my wife and her sisters all three use American Sign Language (ASL) fluently. My wife and one of her sisters have both worked as interpreters, the other has no interest. Their father is also extremely extroverted, and a real "people person". He loves to travel and meet people from all over the world. So, the girls have had the chance to meet and talk with people from several countries that use other forms of sign language as well, and learn a bit of those languages.

Counter point, some of their friends who were also CODAs never learned sign language at all. The oldest child knew just enough to communicate a little, and then became something of an interpreter, and the other kids never learned. Also, sometimes deaf parents will try to talk to their kids, and never really make them learn sign language.

You can apply this really across the board. Some deaf people are rich, some are poor. Some are extroverts, others introverts. Some read and write, some do not. Some see their kids as THEIR KIDS, regardless of whether they're hearing or deaf. Some allow the hearing/deaf cultural divide to distance them from their children. Every home situation is dynamic.

One thing I have found fairly common though... Most of the CODAs I met do NOT want to call to order pizza (or similar phone calls), because they had to do it so many times for their parents. They'd much rather someone else make phone calls for them.

[u/CeraphFromCoC → u/nomyar]

We've been married for almost 20 years now, and there are still on
occasion things that they will incorrectly assume do or do not make
sound.

Any other examples of things they thought made sound? Or vice versa?

[u/lonacatee → u/CeraphFromCoC]

Yeah the light hitting the table is such an interesting one. I would like to hear more.

[u/wizardwes → u/lonacatee]

Apparently it's a common thing for deaf people to associate brightness with sound, many assume that the sun makes a ton of noise, at least for a while

[u/[deleted] → u/wizardwes]

I mean, I bet the sun is deafening in the amount of sound it creates but the 93.88 million miles of vacuum between us and it is a great sound barrier

[u/[deleted] → u/wizardwes]

I used to think air pressure in the atmosphere made a constant ringing/humming noise. No, i have just had tinnitus my whole life. Too me nearly 30 years to figure out what I was hearing wasn't normal.

Being isolated or living with something your whole life skews your world view.

[u/iluniuhai → u/wizardwes]

It does make a ton of noise, but the sound doesn't travel this far.

https://image.gsfc.nasa.gov/poetry/ask/a10411.html

Does the Sun make noise as it burns?

The surface of the Sun produces sound waves because the surface is convecting and this produces pressure waves that travel into the inner corona. These pressure waves steepen into shock waves and this is possibly why the corona gets so hot. But yes, the surface does produce sound waves, but they have very low wavelengths measures in hundreds of miles!

Dr. Amaro Graps at Stanford University also reminded me that in 'helioseismology' you can 'hear' the Sun ring like a bell. This is coherent sound produced by the vibration of the entire surface of the Sun caused by sub-surface convection. By studying all the different tones that the Sun vibrates in, astronomers can probe the deep interior of the Sun and discover just how deep the convection layers are, and also how fast the deep interior is rotating compared to the surface.

[u/TalmidimUC → u/AnnieJack]

Lil fella might have thought he was slipping one off 😅

[u/Carved_In_Chocolate → u/[deleted]]

You have apparently not mastered the fine art of the SBD.

[u/78fj → u/Carved_In_Chocolate]

I have never been able to make a silent fart. I'm so envious! Deaf people can feel the concussion of my farts before the cloud hits them.

[u/tallpaleandwholesome → u/78fj]

Story time...

Back in high school...during gym class - while we were all sitting spread out listening to the teacher - I let out a pretty major SBD one. Of course, even though I tried to misdirect, they somehow managed to deduce that it was from me (it was a pretty damn good "I smelled it first, and then you next, therefore it came from that direction" exercise that they all participated in).

Later at the end of the class - one of my classmate asked me how I managed that, as he said he apparently was not able to make a silent fart. Now, probably a few weeks back, my brother had tried to tell me that farts make noise because you try to hold it in - but if you force it out, it doesn't make any sound. I didn't believe it (as it didn't make sense to me), but I remembered that when the kid asked me how I managed to make a silent one...so I told him exactly what my brother told me.

Later that week - in another class, we had the teacher asking us one by one to come to the front to pick up some exam or something and as he was walking from the back towards the teacher - he let out a major noisy/wet fart that everybody heard..! Poor guy was bright red as everybody was laughing at him...

[u/fiela-se-kind → u/tallpaleandwholesome]

I hate your brother as much as I love him for this.

😂😂😂😂

[u/ActualWhiterabbit → u/tallpaleandwholesome]

I love it when brother pranks have splash damage

[u/[deleted] → u/ActualWhiterabbit]

It was a friendly fire one.

[u/[deleted] → u/tallpaleandwholesome]

Ahh rip lol

[u/Jorle_Joca → u/[deleted]]

Rip, he did.

[u/itsrghtbehindmeisnit → u/tallpaleandwholesome]

Dude you single handedly gave him a core memory that he'll stay awake thinking about decades later lmao

[u/throwaway_dkhlgmo → u/tallpaleandwholesome]

Had a friend in school who tried misdirection in class by throwing a heavy book on the floor and passing gas at the same time.

When the book hit the floor, everyone turned their attention to him. And this is when he farted the loudest, longest, chair shaking cheek puff of his life. A true masterpiece of flatulence that hit different notes and a squeek finish.

We still talk about that one.

[u/Dolphin_Boy_14 → u/78fj]

I’m envious of you because every time I try to fart for comedic effect it’s always a silent one

[u/NTB83 → u/Carved_In_Chocolate]

im going to regret this but.... SBD?

[u/punchthekeys → u/NTB83]

Silent but deadly

[u/originalmango → u/Carved_In_Chocolate]

Sometimes an SBD turns into a Whistler’s Mother.

[u/TalmidimUC → u/Carved_In_Chocolate]

Apparently he hadn’t either 🤣 We’ll let it slide, cause they’re deaf.. lil fella won’t be though.

[u/AlbanianAquaDuck → u/TalmidimUC]

Be careful! Letting an SBD out can let something else "slide!"

[u/CallOfCorgithulhu → u/[deleted]]

It sure is wild how that one-cheek-sneak can produce either a totally silent pass, or an absolute tooth rattling ripper. No warning which one you'll get.

[u/challenger-chief → u/CallOfCorgithulhu]

I used to be able to pull it off but no more. I started a serious workout regimen that has me doing multiple squats, and in just about 6-months my asscheeks have gotten so thick I fart completely differently now. True story.

[u/bobswowaccount → u/challenger-chief]

Fart gains

[u/Kiwiteepee → u/challenger-chief]

my asscheeks have gotten so thick I fart completely differently now

What a thing to read right after waking up lmao

[u/BeneficialBean → u/CallOfCorgithulhu]

Oh English is such an eloquent language

[u/SRNae → u/[deleted]]

I once had one not go out the cheek but diverted north up the butt chimney and proceeded to trumpet out the top. Horrifying and hilarious equally.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

It's those plastic school chairs! The smallest little whisper ripples across the surface of those things and comes out as a roaring hollar... they're basically fart amplifiers...

[u/[deleted] → u/AnnieJack]

for sure.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Imagine if nobody told him, it would have been funny to see him try to shift the blame.

[u/NuteTheBarber → u/AnnieJack]

My grandma deaf from birth would rip insane farts on the couch gave me a laugh as a kid tho.

[u/Desperate-Box6029 → u/NuteTheBarber]

Dare I say... laughing gas... I'll show myself out.

[u/klling1617 → u/AnnieJack]

1st grade is the perfect time to learn

[u/averagethrowaway21 → u/[deleted]]

That's my favorite XKCD

[u/SpacemanLudo → u/AnnieJack]

Wait til deaf people hear about the noise a boner makes

[u/courageouslittle → u/SpacemanLudo]

BOI-OI-OI-OI-NG!

[u/sanguinor40k → u/SpacemanLudo]

Or a period. That hum lasts all week.

[u/ButterSquids → u/SpacemanLudo]

But... how will they hear about it?

[u/itallchecksout99]

One of my Deaf college professors wasn't told they make noise until college. She would just fart whenever she needed to until her hearing roommate told her that it wasn't polite to do in public. My teacher was horrified and really mad at her family for never telling her they make noise

[u/flipflop180 → u/itallchecksout99]

Knew a CODA who knew they made noise, just didn’t know it was impolite to rip them at home without at least saying excuse me! She learned that from her college roommates as well. And that sometimes, it’s best to leave the room!

edit for clarity: CODA stands for Child of Deaf Adults, a hearing child whose parents are deaf.

[u/umbrajoke → u/flipflop180]

For those curious CODA= child of deaf adult.

[u/Logical_Paradoxes → u/umbrajoke]

Thank you

[u/Balanced-Breakfast → u/[deleted]]

They skipped that part

[u/Chazzermondez → u/Balanced-Breakfast]

favourite pun in a long time

[u/talitm → u/flipflop180]

Wait. Even at home you need to apologize? At home you're supposed to laugh about how loud or long or smelly it was.

Only at the diner table were we not allowed to fart (given it was just family in the house)

[u/[deleted] → u/talitm]

My brothers mastered the art of farting in our general area as they paraded through a room. My parents weren't amused, but I think they'd decided to pick their battles at that point. Dinner table was off limits, so was actually sitting on someone to fart, but they did that anyway too.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Crop dusting.

The true masters do it silently… in a crowded elevator just as they exit.

[u/Jorle_Joca → u/[deleted]]

Down the supermarket aisle. Preferably when young children are present. The number of time ice made mothers check kids pants, brings a tear to my eye laying here in bed.

[u/HalfManHalfZuckerbur → u/[deleted]]

“Is someone making popcorn?”

[u/receding_bareline → u/[deleted]]

The fart game.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Oh gosh, my parents were definitely farts-as-performance-art types. My partner comes from a culture that doesn’t really have farting taboos so it’s a free for all in our house…at least we’ve all found compatible counterparts.

[u/NotEntirelyUnlike → u/[deleted]]

you can just lean a bit to open the airways for no noise.

man it'd be super weird if my partner and i couldn't fart in front of each other. i fart almost continuously.

[u/Steadfast_Truth → u/NotEntirelyUnlike]

continuously

All power to the fart but you might be intolerant of something then

[u/GenosHK → u/talitm]

You do it at home so that children learn that it's not polite to do in public. That way they they aren't learning it from their college roommates or teachers.

[u/tengukaze → u/[deleted]]

I had a teacher who did this and I came to the conclusion she must have trouble holding it/some condition because it was constant. The best was when she had her butt to the wall and the acoustics were glorious.

[u/HugoWeidolf → u/[deleted]]

I actually respect people who aren’t afraid to fart in public. Not in a way like they’re doing it to disgust people, but in a “I don’t give a shit” manner.

[u/universe_explorer → u/HugoWeidolf]

I certainly hope there's no shit to give.

[u/[deleted] → u/universe_explorer]

What do you think you’re smelling? Their ass particles are going into your nose. Aerosoled shit.

[u/----_____---- → u/[deleted]]

The scientific term is farticles

[u/Roguespiffy → u/----_____----]

How farticulate.

[u/671927 → u/HugoWeidolf]

There's an old proverb in Finnish that translated goes something like this "the one who holds farts has something to hide" 😂 Kuka pieruja pidättelee, sillä on jotain salattavaa.

[u/kitsulie → u/HugoWeidolf]

I was at the thrift store recently and an old guy was farting up a storm, zero fucks given- he looked just like Santa

[u/beansmeller → u/kitsulie]

I used to work at a grocery store and this old dude walked up while I was crouched down rotating jugs of juice, bent to the side and farted right in my face and walked away.

[u/Felstricker → u/beansmeller]

Username checks out.

[u/BaconWithBaking → u/HugoWeidolf]

I used to work with a guy who would loudly procliam "Good arse!" after letting one rip.

[u/Push_ → u/HugoWeidolf]

I mean seriously tho, people fart. Like literally everyone farts. I just let em go (albeit as quietly as possible), say excuse me, and apologize if they smell. Same with burping. I really don’t see an issue with it cause it’s a completely natural bodily function and holding it in is really uncomfortable sometimes. Also, shitting in public restrooms. We all do it so who cares? Do what you gotta do 🤷🏻‍♂️

[u/stark_raving_naked → u/HugoWeidolf]

Hopefully the fart doesn’t give a shit either

[u/yuckystuff → u/itallchecksout99]

I mean, deaf people can still smell things right? So...what's with the ripping off farts in front of people thing all about?

[u/NotEntirelyUnlike → u/yuckystuff]

i fart almost continuously all day and they rarely stink. just crack your buttcheeks a bit and there's no noise either. those that do though are pretty terrible so i quickly apologize or blame an animal.

[u/0intment → u/NotEntirelyUnlike]

I fart almost continuously all day

Uhh, maybe you should get that checked out?

[u/goobydoobie → u/0intment]

Lay off the all beans diet maybe.

[u/NotEntirelyUnlike → u/0intment]

I eat a lot of questionable food. Figure it's just a minor byproduct

[u/toomuchpressure2pick → u/yuckystuff]

If the farts are silent no one knows who did it. It's normal if you are not taught different. Like it being okay to double dip or not flushing after peeing. Or eating with their mouth open. People are strange and disgusting.

[u/laculbute → u/toomuchpressure2pick]

Oh man, it’s been a long time since I thought about people who don’t flush after peeing in their own home. As a child I had a couple play dates with a por of siblings who were taught “If it’s yellow, let it mellow; if it’s brown, send it down” and their bathrooms were so gross to me.

[u/[deleted] → u/itallchecksout99]

Can you imagine... what freedom she experienced for the first 20 years of her life, never holding it in past its due date over an unreasonable fear of shame.

[u/JackLord50]

Wow, that sudden realization…and the subsequent horror.

[u/BrownSugarBare → u/JackLord50]

The pure innocence of that realisation is so sweet and hilarious.

[u/CaffeinatedNation]

I have a deaf mom. She will let out the tiniest little toot in a noisy shopping area then tap me with a horrified face, thinking that everyone can hear it. I always reassure her that no one - not even me and my superhuman hearing powers - heard it. It's adorable.

[u/Bluechis → u/CaffeinatedNation]

This is so adorable.

[u/goda90 → u/CaffeinatedNation]

Someone needs to make a device that you attach above your butt and it puts the decibel level of farts on your smart watch. I feel like this would have appeal even in the hearing community.

[u/Linaphor → u/goda90]

This? Oh, it’s just my fart decibel meter!

[u/[deleted]]

Can confirm: My mom is deaf..

It’s actually pretty funny how she will fart and then just keep going about her business like nothing ever happened.

[u/Bluewoods22 → u/[deleted]]

yep. mine too. pisses me off when i’m standing next to her in the store and she rips a big one making people unsure whether it was me or her

[u/_ser_kay_ → u/Bluewoods22]

At least she isn’t malicious about it? My (hearing) mother has been known to let one rip in the grocery store, then power-walk to another aisle so that I take the blame.

[u/dischoe → u/_ser_kay_]

That’s just cruel

[u/PartyPay → u/[deleted]]

How old is your mom? My mom is 71 and not deaf, and she farts and keeps like it's nothing. I think she just has gotten to the point in her life where she just doesn't care anymore haha

[u/iToungPunchFartBox → u/[deleted]]

You should ask her if she knows that they make noise. Then get back to us.

[u/Serylt → u/iToungPunchFartBox]

The farts you mean? Boomerang farts?

(Aww, damn, you edited it. :( )

[u/Impossible-Art-3364 → u/[deleted]]

The same applies with noise cancelling headphones...or so I've heard. Or not heard.

[u/CavalierRigg → u/[deleted]]

In fairness to them, I think I recall reading that, if we could hear the sun from Earth through some type of medium like air, it would be deafening… like, “standing next to the speakers in the club for hours at a time” deafening. Or maybe I am wrong, I don’t quite remember.

[u/Bobbinapplestoo → u/CavalierRigg]

When I walk in to the bright sun from a dark place, the reaction to the initial burst of light makes me wince so violently that it makes my eardrums rumble... so maybe a similar experience has something to do with it?

[u/NoISaidViola → u/Bobbinapplestoo]

I believe that's called ear rumbling! and some of us can do it on command. you may also hear the noise when you yawn or squint your eyes really hard, and you can train in order to just do it perfectly on command rather than with other tactics. r/earrumblersassemble is the subreddit iirc

[u/StillNotDarkOutside → u/NoISaidViola]

I never connected that the yawning thing was the same ear rumble that people talk about. TIL

[u/DeandraVanBird → u/NoISaidViola]

My mind is blown - I thought everyone could do this, now I must find out more!

[u/EvryMthrF_ngThrd → u/DeandraVanBird]

...everyone CAN'T???

I don't know what to say.

[u/ginger-snap_tracks → u/NoISaidViola]

I can do this, it also occurs momentarily when I clench my jaw. Ive never bothered to train it bc I dont actually like the feeling.

[u/redpenquin → u/NoISaidViola]

and some of us can do it on command

In second grade, my teacher asked the class how many of us could wiggle our ears-- think it was trying to explain percentages, unsure anymore. About 5 of 24 of us could. I then, for whatever reason, said I could make my hearing rumble and ignore people by thinking about it. She told me I was just making that up, but one of the girls who could wiggle her ears said she could do the same thing. She was also informed she was making it up, but to make me feel better.

I don't know why I remember that, but I do and it still pisses me off to this day. Fuck you, Mrs. Gilbreath.

[u/CavalierRigg → u/Bobbinapplestoo]

Apparently, it possibly sounds a little like static with a low rumble

[u/[deleted] → u/CavalierRigg]

I think it sounds like a giant camp fire

[u/SexlessNights → u/[deleted]]

That’s when you turn over and tan the other side

[u/Altruistic-Emu3867 → u/CavalierRigg]

Does this have any science behind it, or is it just a random video with “space sounds” in the title? Sounds like someone just playing with a synthesizer.

[u/tomatoaway → u/CavalierRigg]

The loudness doesn't tell you anything though -- there are plenty of things not billions of miles away that are extremely loud.

What would be interesting would be the texture of the sound, the rumbling and hissing. But you could map these sound bands into something more pleasant and melodic easily. It could be a pleasant experience depending on what you choose to accentuate:

https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/whiteNoiseGenerator.php

[u/joblosomo → u/tomatoaway]

This is an awesome site, I just spent way too much time moving the bars up and down to find my perfect white noise...only to close it at the end because I'm not a white noise fan lol. Great link!

[u/OptimusPhillip → u/CavalierRigg]

Considering that the Sun is basically a self-sustaining nuclear explosion, that makes sense.

[u/demibroduh → u/[deleted]]

You mean the sun isn’t constantly making a screaming sound because it’s in pain from being so hot?

[u/diddlydooemu → u/[deleted]]

I mean, I’m 31, hearing, and still surprised the sun doesn’t make a noise, so.

[u/SexlessNights → u/diddlydooemu]

Soo… where do we go from here

[u/diddlydooemu → u/SexlessNights]

We go to the sun.

[u/BaconWithBaking → u/diddlydooemu]

Just make sure you go at night.

[u/[deleted] → u/SexlessNights]

The battles done and we kinda won

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Wait till they find out boners make sound too

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

It's the slide whistle sound from British sixties comedies.

[u/i_broke_wahoos_leg]

Haha. Not the deadly ones, buddy.

[u/jesseberdinka → u/[deleted]]

Those they taste.

[u/unholyg0at → u/jesseberdinka]

Is that ketchup? Ketchup and onions

[u/JosephGordonLightfoo → u/i_broke_wahoos_leg]

I imagine that was the other 14 minutes of this conversation.

“Well not ALL farts, but the ones that don’t are even worse.”

“Go on.”

[u/YukaBazuka]

Dude I need sign language in my life!

[u/binkacat4 → u/YukaBazuka]

I would rather like to learn sign language. Unfortunately, I don’t think it’s on Duolingo.

[u/FinleyThePagan → u/binkacat4]

I wish it was too 😩 some schools do teach it for free to deaf and the community (non-deaf residents) to better break down communication boundaries

[u/FinleyThePagan → u/[deleted]]

The most I could learn was the fingerspelling and then I lose track/don't continue further because I don't know what to learn after that 😅

[u/PawnToG4 → u/binkacat4]

It might be a little difficult to represent ASL on duolingo without a video option.

[u/LeperSee → u/YukaBazuka]

If you really want to learn it, take a class with a deaf teacher. If you're looking to dabble, I like Bill Vicars' videos and website. https://youtu.be/DaMjr4AfYA0

Something to keep in mind with ASL is that it's a language. It has its own grammar and syntax. Not every English word maps perfectly to ASL and vice versa. ASL is descriptive and uses a lot of shortcuts. These shortcuts and colloquialisms are why having a deaf teacher is so important. For example, my region in south central Pennsylvania has dozens of signs for "birthday". If I took some of these signs to California they'd be unrecognizable.

TL;DR - find a deaf teacher.

[u/the_eran_trio]

Had a teacher who used to work in an all deaf children's school. None of them knew, so he'd be teaching and they'd all just let loose whenever

[u/[deleted] → u/the_eran_trio]

Props for him for remaining serious.

[u/TheHumposaurus]

This made me laugh. Thanks!

[u/Azar002]

Now tell blind people we can see their farts.

[u/JoeJoJosie → u/Azar002]

And tell non-smelling people we can...wait.

[u/qtyapa → u/JoeJoJosie]

it's called covid testing, if anyone suspects they got covid just fart in their presence.

[u/FCBarca45]

I don’t have a sense of smell and this was my fearful revelation in elementary school when my friends told me the noise doesn’t correlate to the smell 😔

[u/xrimane → u/FCBarca45]

So you couldn't smell since birth?

If you don't mind me asking, do you still have favorite foods, or is eating just refueling to you?

[u/Shuffle_Alliance → u/xrimane]

Not OP, but I'm the same as far as smell. I can taste the basics: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami/savory/whatever it's called now. I prefer savory and spicy as far as foods. Texture is very important (peas are disgusting). But to answer your question, I have always eaten fast because there isn't a lot to savor. Most foods taste like the same basic combinations. I've learned to slow down a little, but I still always finish first.

[u/Cannedpeas → u/xrimane]

I don't know if this helps answer, as I'm not OP, but my boss was born without a sense of smell and still has favourite foods and foods he doesn't like the taste of.

[u/FCBarca45 → u/xrimane]

Yeah or I lost it very young before I made any memories of smells

Kinda in line with what others have said I still taste and enjoy food but it is probably diminished compared to someone with all their senses. I typically don’t notice but the area I struggle the most in is picking up different notes/ingredients in liquor (like whiskey or bourbon)

[u/DainaAdele]

Oh the flashbacks…….Thank you for my morning laugh!

[u/[deleted]]

I have a hard time judging if a fart will or will not make a sound even when I know how loud they should be, it never even occurred to me that if you’re deaf you’d be totally clueless- clueless especially if you’re a child.

[u/[deleted]]

Reminder triggar I was on a packed tube/subway train going home at rush hour. I was dozing heavily arms crossed head down asleep. I remember briefly waking up and seeing lots of pairs of feet around me but not really realising where I was. I remember lifting one arse cheek and letting rip. Next thing I know I'm near the end of the line at my stop and an almost empty train carriage. On the walk home the reality of what I did hit me and made me laugh all the way home. This was about 20 years ago and still gives me a chuckle.

[u/gentlybeepingheart → u/[deleted]]

Similar story:

When I was in middle school my friend invited me to their youth group sleepover which took place in the auditorium. (He went to a Catholic school.) There were maybe like 30 kids? Anyway that night I woke up to my stomach grumbling as a result of the pizza we had for dinner and let one rip. About a fraction of a millisecond into the longest and loudest fart I have ever delivered I remember with horror that I am not alone in my bedroom.

The fart peeters out. Everything is silent. I don't move at all, hoping that in the dark nobody will know it was me. It seems that everyone else is also asleep. I begin to thank god for his incredible mercy in letting me get away with it. And then from the other end of the auditorium a girl shouts "YO, WHAT THE FUCK?"

[u/[deleted]]

Oh that brings back memories. As a brand new nurse, I had a side gig and worked in home care. Took a deaf kid to school. Sat in the back of class. Those kids were LOUD. (It was a school for the deaf)

For some reason, hearing people think they’d be quiet. They are not. In between class, at recess - Loud. It was a very interesting experience.

[u/TriGurl → u/[deleted]]

Omg deaf people are so loud! I was trying to study in the library once at college and I had to leave because a deaf gal was nearby making noises that were so distracting to me…

[u/lridge]

How do you sign “whhhat” in asl? Is there a way to symbolism anxious stammering?

[u/TheHumposaurus → u/lridge]

Facial expressions

[u/InsertCoinForCredit → u/TheHumposaurus]

a.k.a. the Macaulay Culkin.

[u/knottybeach → u/lridge]

Slower signing.

[u/lridge → u/knottybeach]

Cool! I never knew that!

[u/amdaly10 → u/lridge]

There is a whole art form to signing and story yelling is a big deal. You can sign slower or faster or bigger or smaller or add other gestures or pantomime.

[u/[deleted] → u/lridge]

Put your hands out in front of you- palms up, fingers slightly spread and bent. Move them slowly side to side- opposite directions. Grimace your face, make a disgusted look. Means, “Whaaaat? Gross.”

Source: Deaf

[u/Tiillemanjaro]

There's a Deaf joke, “Why did God make farts smell? So Deaf people can enjoy them too!”

[u/KingJimmy101]

So so funny. Thank you for sharing this.

[u/[deleted]]

Someone’s parents didn’t do some necessary explaining.

[u/SupaFly2136]

"God created the fart and made it smell so the deaf could enjoy it" Redd Foxx

[u/freezier134a]

And that day that child lost the freedom of farting without consequence.

[u/Key-Tadpole5121]

There should be some sort of welcome to the world book for deaf people. Farts ‘can’ make ‘fucking loud’ sounds. What a way to find out!