1) I know. Right? Have you seen Through Deaf Eyes? If not, I recommend it. I'm particularly looking forward to seeing again a few of the short films that punctuate it.
2) I have no idea. My mother died before it became widely known. And my dad died 3 years ago. I only started noticed it being ubiquitous in the last year or so. Last night, I was googling for stats so I could write a complaint to Amy's Kitchen -- along the lines of: "Did you know that 1 in 5 people (or whatever) people hate cilantro with a passion? Why are you putting it in every damned thing you make?" I found no stats (maybe it hasn't been around long enough for nutritional scientists to take notice). But I did find this story from NPR Getting to the root of the Cilantro Divide, wherein the reporter does a casual experiment that suggests people who can't stand cilantro simply cannot perceive the aroma and taste that makes others go "Om-nom-nom! More please!" -- we smell and taste every other compound in cilantro except the one that actually tastes good.
This is a sensory impairment you can't get govt. support for. But it makes me more unhappy than my mobility impairment does, when ruins my dinner. alryssa responded to my entry on lj, and commented that it tastes like furniture polish, to her.
3) Ooh. That's an idea. alryssa recommended LED flashlights that don't need batteries at all (you shake them back and forth, and generate a magnetic/electric charge), that she uses herself. I may get one of those and a bicycle light. Thanks for the suggestion.
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2) I have no idea. My mother died before it became widely known. And my dad died 3 years ago. I only started noticed it being ubiquitous in the last year or so. Last night, I was googling for stats so I could write a complaint to Amy's Kitchen -- along the lines of: "Did you know that 1 in 5 people (or whatever) people hate cilantro with a passion? Why are you putting it in every damned thing you make?" I found no stats (maybe it hasn't been around long enough for nutritional scientists to take notice). But I did find this story from NPR Getting to the root of the Cilantro Divide, wherein the reporter does a casual experiment that suggests people who can't stand cilantro simply cannot perceive the aroma and taste that makes others go "Om-nom-nom! More please!" -- we smell and taste every other compound in cilantro except the one that actually tastes good.
This is a sensory impairment you can't get govt. support for. But it makes me more unhappy than my mobility impairment does, when ruins my dinner.
3) Ooh. That's an idea.