@KnoxHarrington Also the “dramatic faces” are called facial morphemes, it’s one of the ways you convey tone of voice, emphasis, and context in ASL. It’s a very important part of the language.
@KnoxHarrington@ABC37az They’re not doing it to be “woke” they’re doing it because there’s a market demographic that wants it since it’s better for them than English captions and it’s incredibly cheap for HBO to provide.
Get it mad at it is like calling wheelchairs woke. Doesn’t make sense.
@KnoxHarrington@ABC37az ASL is not English. It’s a completely different language. The sentence structure, syntax and grammar, and even medium of communication is very different from English. It’s literally not possible to caption something in ASL.
APA Heritage Highlight
An Official Selection for dCFF20, "My Daughter Yoshiko" was a live action short.
Director: @BrianThePlum
Based on true events, the film follows a day in the life of Saki Omura, a Japanese-American mom trying to cope with her daughter's autism diagnosis.
@XAmbassadors excuse me who gave you permission to make this song about my high school identity crisis, you’ve got me SHOOKETH and FLOORED over here https://t.co/lQk7noutsb
.@animalcrossing You should not be able to catch bunny day eggs while participating in the fishing tourney. I just lost 500 bells because I only caught eggs. Bunny Day sucks the fun out of the game and makes it more annoying than enjoyable. #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons