Not only that, but say they had a tattoo of a pinup or of a flower or butterfly
or something I would think that that could have the potential to be a source of
distraction for your partner.
I'm not against tattoos, but I do not understand the need to feel them. Not,
at, all!
It is one thing if a person has a mole or birth mark, or like you and I a pock
mark or freckles--or just natural imperfections that exist in skin that we are
all born with--the cool little identifiers that make us all unique and the
human body all the more fantastic and beautiful, but if I were to ever do any
sort of body modification, I'd not want to have it be something that someone
could feel, or that would look odd to a sighted partner either.
If you get a tattoo or something like that, it's for you anyway, not for
someone else's benefit, so the point of feeling it really is stupid.
I'm with you: I'm perfectly happy with the way my body is now, and have no
desire to add any additional blemishes! LOL
The jury is still out as to whether or not I will get a tattoo, but if I do, it
will have some significance to me, and that's that.
I do not believe that the inventors of such things are thinking about how these
things would go off in the normal sighted world, where we all live.
I mean--it's almost as if they're laboring under the mindset that we are living
in this world where we've got a bunch of blind people swimming in a sea of
sighted, and everything needs to be made--um--blind friendly. Perhaps some
things in life need to be adapted, but wow!
Wow did we ever get on a tangent or what? hehhehehhehhehahhh
Ah well. That's us!
"Follow your bliss, and the universe will open doors where there were only
windows."
Joseph Campbell
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From: Mary Ann
To: talk2
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List more oddness!
Do you remember geometry books in highschool? Those raised drawings on those
thermoform pages? Ah. All those 90-degree angles and circles with the cute
little Braille numbers to show us the degrees when you drew an arc through the
circles. Blech! Anyway, what if they had those damn Playboy or Centerfold
magazines to look like those geometry graphs? Whoa!
As for the tattoos?
The description suggests that the person getting this, isn't actually getting
a tattoo, but they are getting a Braille implant instead. I don't think this
would be something I'd want either, Amy. And the zits comment was damn funny!
The feeling of smooth skin is great. Even the feeling of natural blemishes or
marring due to life and all that it brings is understandable and can offer
something unique. I have a small pock mark on my left cheek from when I had
chicken pocks. Guys who have dated me have said that it is unobtrusive and
looks more like
freckles and offers character. Who the hell knows. But I don't think I'd want
Braille implants. I like my body just the way it is, thanks. Heheh.
If people enjoy tattoos, more power to ya. For me, I guess I think that if I
was meant to have a tattoo, Ida been born with a built-in pen.
And as for why anyone would want to feel the thing, depending on where it was
placed? Is there any place that it could be placed that you'd wanna feel it?
Uh, I don't think sowowowowow...
How attractive would it be to run your hands over your partner's skin and run
your favorite Braille-reading finger over the words, "Amy, Mary Ann, Julie,
Sam, Cindy, Donna, Michelle, Rosie," or whatever. Heheheheheh. Especially, now
that I think of it, if you're name wasn't any of those! lol!
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Billman
To: talk2
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 2:01 PM
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List more oddness!
Yeah see I had one of those when I was a kid--the Rubik's Cube in Braille.
My dad and I labeled it. I only got the block once. So then I got
irritated at the thing, and tore off all the little stickers so then they all
matched so it didn't matter. Sort of defeating the purpose you know?
hehehhehheh
Yeah I think that some of this goes a bit overboard. I mean I'm all for
accessibility and broadening ones horizons, but wow! My mom was the one that
sent me these, and she could not wrap her head round the idea behind the
Braille tattoos either!
Personally I can't either. If I want a tattoo, I'll go and get one, and
that will be that.
Plus given the places that some folks put tattoos, why in hell would you
have the impulse to "feel" them anyway?
It just amazes me the things people come up with! I have no reason, like
you, to feel a neck tie, or bottle of wine or beer. That's excessive to me.
So what I want to know, is where is the line between meeting the needs of a
population to make things more accessible, and when it becomes too much?
Some blind and visually impaired people would argue that a line doesn't
exist, hence making it necessary for such things like Braille Play Boy center
folds and things like that, but to me, it seems that it makes you stand out
even more, and on the center fold thing, honestly guys, you can do better than
that!
"Follow your bliss, and the universe will open doors where there were only
windows."
Joseph Campbell
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----- Original Message -----
From: Mary Ann
To: talk2
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: The Talk2 List more oddness!
I like the idea of the Braille Rubik's Cube. I have enough vision that if
I hold one of the regular ones up to my eyes, I can match the colors on the
real ones. But I have a hell of a time doing even that. But then I got wise and
just pealed off all the stickers. Heheheh! It worked yay! All the colors were
then the same. Sorta defeats the point though, eh? Hah.
I also found the solar-powered retinal chip interesting but it seems kind
of ironic though. Can you imagine the ads for this thing?
Solar-powered retinal implants: Just add light to get your sight. Gag!
But Braille neck ties? Braille wine and beer bottles? Do I need to read
my label in order to drink wine or beer? Hell no. Do I need to feel Braille on
a man's tie? Kinda strange and, um, blindy. Init? I like the spiritual idea
behind it in that the designer is trying to open doors to understanding of the
colors and what they represent.
This is amusing. The things people think of... Whoa.
----- Original Message -----
From: Amy Billman
To: talk2
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:28 AM
Subject: The Talk2 List more oddness!
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