I feel for them. I really do. I just couldn't imagine never being able to just be alone. Not even for just one single second. Everyone needs time alone sometimes.
True, but in some ways it's not as bad for them because they've never known that feeling, so maybe they don't know why people would particularly want it. Like if I asked you if you ever want to spend time away from your legs. I know it's not the same because it's another person but just saying they might never think about that at all.
I follow a deaf creator on social media and sometimes they have days where they don't wear their cochlear implant. Even though it's hard for me to imagine choosing not to hear when you have a device that can help, I get it. It's how they were born. Their natural state of being.
The deaf community is fascinating. I never thought that cochlear implants would be a divisive topic but some deaf folks view them as instruments of genocide. Learning about that for the first time made me ponder other arguments that could be applied to and just sort of makes me rethink concepts of cultural assimilation, erasure, appropriation, genocide, etc. I dunno how much my opinions shifted overall, but I'm glad to have learned about a unique perspective from a world almost totally unknown to me.
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u/One_time_Dynamite 2d ago
I feel for them. I really do. I just couldn't imagine never being able to just be alone. Not even for just one single second. Everyone needs time alone sometimes.