r/MadeMeSmile • u/Positive_Actuary_282 • 16d ago

Good Vibes A woman with a beautiful and loving heart

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u/TheLastTreeOctopus 16d ago

So... I realize this is probably an ignorant question of sorts, but can he speak? Does he use some kind of text to speech accessibility device? I'm curious about the humor aspect. Like is he capable of telling jokes, or does he have to rely on more visual/slapstick humor?

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u/weirdmeleon 16d ago

He can't speak, he uses text to speech but it seems to work just fine for him.

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u/Red-it-sux-since-ipo 16d ago

I wonder if he ever learnt sign language? I feel like that would be the ideal starting point, but I guess text to speech is probably more convenient around most people.

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u/raulz0r 16d ago

Dude got game more than 50% of single men out there.

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u/Lyberatis 16d ago

I've actually talked to this guy before. He cannot fully speak.

He uses text to speech, but he was able to reply with obvious yes and no sounds when asked questions that didn't require complex answers.

He's super friendly

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u/LilMissy1246 16d ago

What I wanna know is, as a baby, if he was unable to cry or scream, how did a parent know whether or not something bad was happening or if he was upset and needed to be changed or fed?

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u/Significant-Yam-4990 16d ago

He can probably cry or scream, that’s just air vibrating against your vocal cords.  Your mouth is what can turn those vibrations into spoken language. 

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u/Whythisisnotreal 16d ago

A completely reasonable question to ask. Not ignorant at all, except in the super literal way of not knowing something hence why you're asking.

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u/confident-win-119 16d ago

Was wondering as well.