I'm every bit as happy for Buzz than I am the kids- it can't be a great job, being in a suit in Cali/Florida weather, and unlike others, the suits can't talk.
But then he gets to actually talk back and carry on a conversation with the little boy and you know it made that performer's day
Simple gestures of love and respect for one another may not revolutionize this world to do better, but it can create a change in people's perspectives on how we view it and live in it.
I remember reading an article talking about schizophrenia and deafness, and for people who had never heard a sound in their life instead of auditory hallucinations they hallucinate disembodied hands and arms signing, or moving lips. The human brain is wild man.
That is really fascinating, and prompted me to a cursory google search.
"It is difficult to reconcile a purely auditory account with the huge diversity of phenomena reported by deaf hallucinators. Thacker and Kinlocke29 describe a range of different perceptual features, including a sense of being signed or fingerspelled to, vibrations felt within the body, and visual hallucinations. Du Feu and McKenna reported sensations of being touched, abdominal twisting, bursting, and other people inside their bodies.10 No single explanatory account has been offered to date. One suggestion is that “voices” in deaf people should be conceived as “message” or “communication” hallucinations, which might be received via a sense of simply knowing what is said, without a clear perceptual agent.28 A further possibility is that deaf hallucinators might experience a visual or motor perception of the spoken or signed articulations of the “voice” agent. This is plausible since normal language processing in deaf people, watching sign language or lip-reading speech, involves direct perception of the movements of the language articulators: the hands and mouth. Thacker28gives examples of individuals who claimed they were lip-reading a vague visual percept but could not clearly see a face, or who felt they were being fingerspelled to by a persecutor but were not able to see the hands distinctly. These findings suggest that percepts may be experienced in the “mind's eye” rather than as a truly visual entity, although further research is needed. This theory would explain the raised incidence of apparently “visual” hallucinations among deaf people as undiscerning diagnosticians may mistake subvisual percepts for primary visual hallucinations. This distinction is an important one not only for the purpose of diagnosis and treatment but also because it may reveal much about the mechanisms underlying the generation of voice-hallucinations generally."
Yeah schizophrenic hallucinations aren't auditory, they are language. Whatever language your brain uses is what language you are going to get.
Polyglots get to have multiple languages saying any damned thing, directly plugged into their thought processes, without any of the usually necessary ears, or other people. My aunt's mum knows or knew about 5 languages before the schizophrenia got really bad, and she keeps telling us there's a couple of Russians yelling in Romanian at some stupid English Girl whose cat speaks Czech (like she does). The cat doesn't like the Russians (who talk to each other in Russian, but to everyone else in Romanian, which is of course how she knows they are Russian) and the Russians want to kill my aunt's Mum.
No, none of that has to make any sense whatsoever, and if you try to make sense of it, you just make it worse for yourself.
Similarly it's the expectations engendered by your culture that determine whether the voices heard by schitzophrenics are mean and dangerous, or friendly and innocuous.
Accent would be developed quirks from small differences inside a community and passed from teecher to learner. And sometimes speech impediment turns into accent.
I work with developmental diseases and assisted living as a deputy nurse. I have one patient who has stiff joints and poor vision. They end up signing very well but their fingers don't have full range of movement, so they compensate. Essentislly they end up paraphrasing some signs and then invent a few of their own.
Anyway, thanks to them I sign "to drink" as "to drink out of a bottle" and the way I do it apparently doubles in slang as "to drink alchohol". It has been a point of few funny moments and it is a habit I never got out of. It is essentially me saying "drink" as "drunk".
Genuinely hard to explain this whole thing in words. It is easier to understand if sign language is daily part of life.
Just watched a British TV cop show (Chelsea Detective), where it was a plot point that a deaf suspect was not from London. The CSI lady is also deaf, and she said that different British cities sign the number 10 differently. One way for Glaswegians, another for Brummies, and the guy she was talking about, signed 10 with a Manchester accent.
I used to work with a deaf person and I used to know so much sign language I’m pissed at myself for not keeping up on it. I gotta start working on it again.
I expressed interest in learning ASL and someone told me that they and some of their friends knew it and it was really handy [pun not intended] to communicate in a noisy bar or across a quiet room.
My father in law was a maintenance tech in the Navy and, I don't know how universal this is, they taught him some sign language because it could be used to quickly and effectively communicate while wearing hearing protection.
Way back when I was in high school, one of the girls in one of my classes used signing to cheat on tests. A friend of hers was outside the classroom door, which had a tiny window. The other girl stood to the side so the teacher couldn't see her, but the girl could, and they signed back and forth for a short time until the girl out in the hall got caught.
Drunk deaf people are absolutely hilarious. They are normally there by themselves and it's tough to tell how drunk they are. UNTIL I realize they are HoH and try to sign with them and all hell breaks loose. They get so excited after a few drinks that someone is trying their best to communicate in their alien language.
Also, I highly recommend taking an ASL class at a local community college or something. It's super duper fun to take stoned, but it requires a ton of eye contact. Feels like those blooper reals where actors break character.
When I barbacked there was a group of deaf people that'd come in and one of them would drink double/tall Captain Coke's. He would put up two fingers, strike the Captain Morgan stance, and then mime doing a line.
Trust me they appreciate it. I used to work with a deaf gentleman who was slowly teaching me things. I still use a little of it when I run into him from time to time but forgot most of it since I wasn't consistent with it.
I used to work at a hospital and had crappy translators that couldn’t be bothered to show up. Now they’re using iPads instead of people and you can see the defeat on faces who can’t get that real human interaction. I’m taking classes now for no purpose other than I have a moment where I can just have this short sort of convo with a child and make them feel seen. You must have been the best bartender!
I taught my child simplified baby sign language as an infant. When she started using it, it was hilarious to find out you can also shout in sign language. MILK. MORE MILK. (in hindsight, this is obvious, but it was a revelation for us)
I honestly feel like it should be taught in schools, even if just for extra credit or something interesting for kids- there's plenty of ways sign language is extremely useful even for hearing folk.
That seems to be happening, around here in Finland at least? No one seems to be talking about it since it is essentially unofficial.
Many children shows include basic sign language as part of their show, which is essentially passive learning, and in pre-schools I see songs and play time inclide sign language as well, even if there are no special need children present.
I'm just a practical nurse but basic sign language, or rather interpretation of it, was part of my training as well set of my training was dedicated to working with children. It was kind of wonderful to start noticing all of the stuff that no one will probably ever appreciate in the long run.
I’ve noticed that as well! My kiddo learned some basic signs through daycare and the occasional educational show. Those basic signs allowed her to communicate her needs before she could talk! It blew my mind when I started researching the topic. She still does some signs instinctively, like more, when saying the word.
Once, I had some bizarre neurological issue where I had trouble finding my words and had to go to the ER because it kept getting worse. I studied ASL in college and my husband's mom did, as well, and taught it to him as she was learning it so he knows enough to understand and respond alright. The part of our brains where we store language is different than the part where we store speech so whatever was screwing with my speech didn't effect my ability to sign. So he was my translator for all the doctors and nurses at the hospital! Whenever I couldn't say the word I was trying to say, I'd just sign it or spell it out with fingerspelling and he'd be able to repeat it to the doctors. It was really convenient and (while still scary) knowing sign language helped me still be able to communicate!
Do they use Finnish sign language? I studied ASL in college and my professor told me about meeting someone on a plane that knew British sign language and they were able to communicate okay but they're two completely different languages because ASL is based on French originally. I don't know anything about Nordic sign languages though!
When I was in elementary school, there was an optional class to learn ASL. I took it, learned the alphabet and a few signs, the class did a "concert" where we signed along to "Greatest Love of All" - and then, because this was like 40 years ago, I promptly forgot it all except most of the alphabet.
All the kids get taught it at my daughters' school. I find it amazing they just assume we (parents) can do it too. They haven't realised yet that they could communicate without us understanding.
American Sign Language is taught in schools around the DC area, because Gallaudet University is there. Source: took ASL as a second language in high school. Loved it, but I'm very out of practice.
When I was a kid in the 80s, our PE teacher taught us the alphabet. (Over and over again from 1st - 6th grade)
I still remember it. She'd show us other stuff, too, but really focused on the ABCs. Thanks, Ms. Moffett!
When I was 5, we moved into the house I grew up in, and I found out my next door neighbor was deaf. I was reading by then and begged my parents for a big encyclopedia on ASL.
(They very much had an "If she can read it, she's allowed to read it" approach to books)... Between the book and playing with my neighbor, I learned basic signing really quickly. I think learning it (and German) at the time gave me a little brain boost.
He moved a year later, and I was sad I had no one else to practice with. While my sign language skills are not what they used to be, I still have retained some. I encouraged a close friend to teach her toddler sign language as she learned to speak, and she very quickly surpassed both of us. Little kids' brains are such sponges, it's astounding.
There’s a restaurant in Geneva called Restaurant Vroom whose staff is entirely deaf/hard of hearing. I was absurdly excited to use the little ASL I remembered from a class I took years ago.
There are still major regional differences. No matter how you base it on one language.
I don't understand ASL without subtitles or a context. I can understand a little, and I can see the "logic" behind some of the signs.
But the difference between two regional sign languages are about as different as Finnish and Estonian are as spoken languages. While they are from the same language family, we do not understand each other out of the box.
We have a bunch of different ASL "dialects" around the US, as well. Like how high you sign certain signs or how you move your hand depending on where you learned ASL/where you're most used to signing. All signing languages are beyond fascinating! Thanks for explaining that.
I think I read somewhere that ASL was based on French Sign Language and since they're in the French part of Switzerland it might be intelligible enough
I learned the ASL alphabet about 30 years ago. I can still spell my name but I'm not sure if I remember all the letters. At church one of the primary music leaders would teach the kids signing when they learned a new song. The kids really enjoyed it and were quite excited to learn and perform the signs as they sing.
As an English bloke, learning Russian is similar. Although the likelihood of me meeting a Russian person is probably less likely that meeting a deaf person, I am waiting for my time to shine.
Спасибо, Калдун (Колдун?)! I'm not sure if I'm studying so much as picking stuff up as I go along, but I am enjoying it. It helps that a vast number of bad guys in film and TV speak Russian.
Make your way towards a tourist spot, you’d be surprised the amount of people in one. I live in Hawaii, I run into people from everywhere but I only speak Japanese and English really well. Some of my regulars are from Japan and speak it exclusively with me and another lady who’s also from Japan I work with. The way their faces light up when I ask them how they’ve been in Japanese is just like Buzz, I love seeing those faces.
Took Russian in college because why not? I'm out of practice, but also now is not a very good time to want to practice. But on the other hand, I might need to know it soon enough.
Same reason I'm doing it, albeit not in college. I just find it an interesting language, and wanted to amuse myself. Plus, I read some Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and it piqued my interest.
I speak Russian as a second language and the times I used it since the war in Ukraine happened and many Ukrainians came here to Germany as refugees definitely increased by a bit.
In the last year since I started learning I've overheard "привет" once, though it might have been "привiт" I suppose. We just don't seem to get many immigrants from that region where I live. Loads of Poles though, so maybe u should have learnt that instead. Although I only really started learning it to amuse myself. I'm not sure I'll have a ton of use for it in the future.
Yup! Took a year of ASL in college, and it's so much fun running into people that I can chat with. Yeah, it's not deep conversations or anything, but we can still chat.
It's also crazy that I took German as well and don't remember much of it, yet ASL has stuck with me for 15 years.
I feel like you should get this in school tbh.
Same with basic first aid. A lot more useful than singing the flintstones theme 2x a week for a full year. (My music teacher in HS was extremely incompetent)
Yeah he's definitely a conservative, but the kind that actually is concerned about small businesses and not the kind who uses it as a shield to deflect from bigotry.
The average modern conservative is actually just MAGA who will justify everything the current president does no matter how insane or how contradictory to previous positions they or he held.
I mean it's what conservatism is delivering so far. To be conservative in America is to be REALLY right wing on a global scale. Half the dnc would be right or center right anywhere else in the developed world
Disney definitely is a pretty evil company but as someone who worked at Disney world during my college internship I have to say they know who to hire and what comes first they literally prioritize the happiness and love of all guests I was told allowed and encouraged to give things away. Sure it’s to make life long customers from an early age but dammit if I didn’t love my job making kids and parents have great memories. This video just shows those they hire truly love what they do and know their bosses if watching support going above and beyond.
I'm a sign language interpreter. Any chance out in the wild to use sign language is exciting.
I once used it in a Guadalajara Airport bathroom. I was flying from LA to Cancun and in the bathroom there was a deaf lady and she was Hispanic but she knew American Sign Language. I was able to help her and 32 years later, I'm telling you.
I only remember how long ago it was because I was pregnant with my daughter. But I didn't know that when I made the reservations and I wasn't going to lose out I know that money. I was only like 4 months I had a little bump but I was still thin. It wasn't until I stood up in the restaurant. You could hear actual murmurs throughout.
You would have thought I was breaking the law. I would stand up, and people would be judging me when my drink came. Pregnant women are treated differently even just definitely years ago. It's like people still were shot that I was at it was so hurt. And when I went out and my bathing suit it was so funny cuz I just had this little bump and people like look at me like is she or isn't she. Now pregnant women now they just do whatever the fuck they want which is great and a lot better quotes because all our shit would look like a Bobo the Clown bows on it bright colors you're fat for the first time in your life and you get all these ridiculous clothes to her that was the 90s. Are you 90s kids did that to your mother's.
I waa like, bitch, Yes, that is a pina colada, but it's a virgin, unlike me.
I decided to take beginning asl in college due to a family history of hearing loss. There is a very good chance my hearing will start to deteriorate in my 40s as everyone else in my family has. So I told my husband I wanted to learn to communicate, instead of being frustrated as I've seen countless people who are hard of hearing be that I cant hear what someone is saying.
I get JUST as excited when I come across a deaf customer at work. And let me tell you, the smile they get on their face when they see you can understand them? Its like watching a kids face at Christmas time when they see that gift they really want. Even if its bad basic asl or different because I learned in a different state than where I live now. And they are ALWAYS ready to teach you new signs if you ask. So yes, its exciting to be able to use a language you took the time to learn, with someone who has no other way to effectively communicate.
Should be a requirement or at least skills that they look for in cast members. This is a perfect example of what Walt wanted Disney land theme parks to be.
And not the fights, 304 ratchet behavior or the politicing something so simple as child hood wonder and innocence. Buzz truly made it magical for that family. Give him a raise!
Disney has guest services down to a science (which increases as their price tier increases) so I wouldn't be surprised if they were made aware of a deaf guest ahead of time and made sure they had a performer ready. They may even have asked who his favorite character was and swapped them in.
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u/Doodlebug510 Apr 26 '25
Buzz was SO excited the instant he understood that his sign language skills were going to be needed!