Helen Keller - seriously?

Carrot Flower King · 7th January 2021, 12:30 PM

WTAF? How is this any sort of a thing? Unless it IS a huge wind up? In which case, just grow the **** up!

https://www.theguardian.com/books/20...ning-her-story

eerok · 7th January 2021, 12:39 PM

The simple answer is that internet echo chambers create and amplify stupidity in a feedback loop.

theprestige · 7th January 2021, 01:30 PM

What's this about, then?

kookbreaker · 7th January 2021, 02:39 PM

IIRC my great grandmother was good friends with Helen Keller’s teacher. She did an interview which my Mom had transcribed to CD. sadly, I think we lost the recording when cleaning out their house. ��

fromdownunder · 7th January 2021, 02:48 PM

I must start one about Beethoven.

Norm

Foster Zygote · 7th January 2021, 03:29 PM

Originally Posted by fromdownunder

I must start one about Beethoven.

Norm

He couldn't really play, he just stitched samples together in PreSonus. Don't believe me? Then ask yourself why there are no actual recordings of Beethoven himself.

paiute · 7th January 2021, 09:03 PM

No way a deaf and blind girl was able to hide from the Nazis for so long.

EHocking · 7th January 2021, 09:23 PM

They would have heard the noise of the pinball machine.

Carrot Flower King · 8th January 2021, 05:13 AM

Originally Posted by theprestige

What's this about, then?

It's a story I saw in the Guardian, hence the link to the Guardian. It's about a conspiracy theory, which is why I posted this in the CT section here.

fromdownunder · 8th January 2021, 05:27 AM

Originally Posted by paiute

No way a deaf and blind girl was able to hide from the Nazis for so long.

I was thinking along the lines of composing while deaf.

Norm

Mike! · 8th January 2021, 09:37 AM

Originally Posted by EHocking

They would have heard the noise of the pinball machine.

Tommy was a privileged white boy, Helen wasn't so lucky, all she had was a water pump.

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Carrot Flower King Muse Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Northumberland, UK Posts: 904	Originally Posted by theprestige What's this about, then? It's a story I saw in the Guardian, hence the link to the Guardian. It's about a conspiracy theory, which is why I posted this in the CT section here.

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