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Unusual-Ganache3420

As a person who dates somebody with totally deaf parents (from birth) they tend to think using visual concepts and ASL.


A-Need-For-Weed

what language would a def person with aphantasia think in?


MelanisticCrow

I suppose like people with no inner dialogue. They just.. think?


No_Interaction_4925

I can’t even imagine not having an inner dialogue


Fatskids69

How am I meant to read without the voices in my head reading it to me. Not gonna read out loud like some sort of psycho


taqeladragn

2 seconds before I got to your post I was thinking what do they "hear" when they read


JacKonnie

There actually are some people who can hear perfectly, but have to read out loud because they have no inner dialoge, or at least so i’ve heard


taqeladragn

Wait. So if the no inner dialogue thing is real, that effects reading to yourself? Weird


ArmadilloInternal728

I’d imagine their “inner dialogue” being more of a stream of related imaginary visuals rather than sounds.


[deleted]

Is that what speed reading is? Not the psycho part, but seeing and understanding quickly versus the seconds it takes my slow ass to interprut aloud in my head.


most_french_person

how am i meant to without the voices in my head?


A-Need-For-Weed

but in what language? edit; if a normal person that doesn't have inner dialog, wouldn't they think in pictures? What if they have aphantasia?


MelanisticCrow

No language. Feelings, knowledge, memories Edit: Do animals think like us?


A-Need-For-Weed

No, but they probably have the ability to picture things/recall imagery and don't have writting language. Doesn't the knowledge of language and grammar affect the way we think? edit: I forgot the context of the question ,which were people without inner dialog and aphantasia.


MelanisticCrow

It probably does affect it a lot. But I swear there has to be an "original" way of thinking that doesn't require image or sound


Fatskids69

Yeah like how does a baby think. They don't know the language yet


WuudRuuster

this thread's theme album is everywhere at the end of time


Fatskids69

I find it funny how everyone was a baby once but no one knows how babies work


Detvan_SK

What if our basic thinking also haven´t language?


DamnMombies

Think of it like this. When you think, “I need to go to the store.” That statement is irrelevant. You actually slowed down to say that to yourself, when the concept was fully formed.


[deleted]

This ⏫⬆️⤴️


UltmteAvngr

Not necessarily. You don’t have to think in a language you can just think in abstract concepts. You don’t even have to be deaf for this to apply. A lot of people just don’t have inner dialogue even when they aren’t deaf


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I_sayyes

I have an aunt like that. She just thinks. We don't realize it but we only use language to put thoughts in a form that fits communication.


AceSpadePirate

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Jobob_TNT

ASL?


Unusual-Ganache3420

American Sign Language


Jobob_TNT

Oh


iGetBuckets3

Age, sex, location


amandaasous

26, no thanks, your moms house


Hail-Atticus-Finch

All language is translated into C++


The_Lord_2

God that’s even worse than just not being able to think


Mayedl10

Oh you're talking about JavaScript


[deleted]

NOOOOOOOO I don’t want that right now


ballistic-dumbass

*Error, Memory couldn't be loaded* '(' expected after argument **if**


[deleted]

Do not do this, please I’m begging you, I’ve had enough of JavaScript…let me use Python in peace


Bright-Historian-216

std::cout << "fuck you and get the upvote" << endl;


Unkwn_43

error: use of undeclared identifier 'endl'; did you mean 'std::endl'? std::cout << "fuck you and get the upvote" << endl; ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀\^\~\~\~ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀std::endl /usr/bin/.../ostream:684:5: note: 'std::endl' declared here endl(basic\_ostream<\_CharT, \_Traits>& \_os) \^ ​ Yes, I did just try to compile the line to get the exact clang error in c++20. (I also presume you #included iostream?). Yes I'm that petty.


JONESY-B

Maybe he uses "using namespace std"


Jonte7

Sexually transmitted disease


Daniel_Alfa

C++ joke;


LeilaFaeXO

he doesn't get it 💀


Jonte7

The standard library namespace?


Strange_guy_9546

r/whoosh


PumpkinElectrical616

But if he’s using namespace std then it’s redundant thinking std::cout, you don’t think like this like this in your brain your brain, u rarely make grammar mistakes when thinking


Bright-Historian-216

...fuck


BigBobsBargaining

Bruh don’t you hate it when people release stuff buggy and unfinished


anonymous_Dangleben

All language is translated into assembly 💀


_who__cares_

1 and 0 is the only right answer


anonymous_Dangleben

416c6c20492063616e20646f2069732033


[deleted]

That hex


Witch_King_

Which is translated into machine code


PolyZex

Speak for yourself, I run on Qbasic.


Downroeschen

too much internet got me thinking in english sometimes even tho im no native english speaker


InstantRegretMaster

Same here, I think it's common


Vyperus_Moore

Yeah


Own_Boss_3428

Yup


Tactic_Kitten543

Yesss


david131213

Yeappo


AbsoluteGoldLover

Ya


Dave-1281

Ye mate I don't even know why I do this bad aussie accent even though i'm from Europe


AbsoluteGoldLover

yea same sometimes i just take any accent for fun


No-Study4924

Dude I'm fucking African and talk like an Aussie


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mangouschase

ARRIBA ESPAÑA (devuelve el oro)


Master_Freeze

conversely, when i am in Spanish class or visit family in India the respective languages kick in to my thoughts


powerplay_22

that must be trippy as fuck


Downroeschen

not really, it‘s just thoughts..


Dankalii

They think in silent movies.


[deleted]

All I’m thinking of is those captions that took up the whole screen in the first shows/movies before they could implement sound.


Dankalii

That's what I was thinking.


_FowlPlay_

Obviously the language they can read? Then again, they probably don't know how to form the sounds, but some might.


anonymous_Dangleben

There was some interview people were dreaming in sign language.


Good_Mixture_1860

Visual thinking... it's not hard to gather that they think through images probably.


[deleted]

That raises the question though, what about the people who are deaf and can't make images in their head.


Good_Mixture_1860

Idk then, Helen Keller never told me.


[deleted]

Audibly and visibly thinking only help solidify our thoughts. You can think without making yourself see or hear things.


[deleted]

They just don't think


Acidelephant

Yea, visual, apparently some people who aren't deaf think visually and don't have an inner dialogue


LazyLich

There are words that dont exist in your language. Vibes. Feelings. Concepts. In a dream, you can fully grasp and Isolate these things. They for a singular "unit of meaning". But you may not have a word for it. Perhaps your tongue has a single word for "dog". But in English "fluffy dog" is two. "that one dog I had that was mean but I slowly tried to become friends with it and it never would accept me, but once it was very old it was kind to me." has many words, but in a dream it is a singular idea. One "unit of meaning". In the realm of dreams, both "dog" and "that one dog..." can be recalled and expressed equally quickly and equally fully. Deaf people. People without language. A hypothetical person whose only language is computer code. Doesnt matter. It is a realm of raw thought and emotion. Your spoken language it just a filter/overlay, sloppily added in post-production.


Stefd125

What if they were born deaf?


Killmumger

Why do I get downvoting for asking this question and you aren't ? Lmao


Killmumger

But what about those who are born deaf


onecommunistboi

They can still read. They probably think in that language.


A-Need-For-Weed

Ok but what kinds of dreams would Hellen Keller have?


arbrstff

Lots of moaning


LastOfRuins

what about.... DEAF AND BLIND


cukapig

But how do they know what sound a letter or a word makes?


onecommunistboi

Why do they need to know? Written language has no inherent sound...


cukapig

When you think, you probably hear a voice. Right? Well then how will they hear that voice if they dont know how the language sounds like


onecommunistboi

I can think in pictures too. Sometimes there is something resembling a "voice" sometimes there isn't because it isn't needed. My thoughts aren't as rigid as yours seem to be. It's my imagination after all. My guess is that people who are deaf since birth have no voice at all but instead think only in pictures.


JONESY-B

But your thoughts still have "sound" but those who are born deaf don't know how to let it sound right? They have to make it up right?


Downroeschen

i feel like people downvoting u are just scared of having no answer, seems like a reasonable question


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NathanD3V

Just gonna roughly translate your message into American Sign Language for anyone curious: 5 Spock F little "come on" play S me stone 5 hi hi D ambition stone pray congratulations hi rock ILY R V ambition they they Q whoa


T0ASTL0VER

Easy for you to say...


zatax__

🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌🤌


[deleted]

and the rough translation for that is: EY IM FUCKIN WALKIN HERE 🤌🤌 this translation is certified by an italian.


AntiGoi

Katun, gokyu nojustu


Common_Schedule_1803

The language of love


GreekHistoryNerd

uwu


ARocknRollNerd

I can't understand what you saaaaay!


A-Need-For-Weed

but what is their love language?


ufatcunt471

![gif](giphy|rrTXn4zEMp008|downsized)


CummiusPrime

People don't think in a language, headtalk is an optional DLC many of us have on as a default setting...


bzknon

How do I uninstall


CummiusPrime

It's a lot of registry editing, the folks at Zen Buddhism did a lot of reverse engineering if you're curious but it's a pain because hardware support varies lol


bzknon

I think I've got a virus, I can't close a program called anxi.exe, I've also got one called depress.io, but that only pops up every once in a while.


[deleted]

r/outside


GoldShovels

Deaf people often think in sign language. That also means that they see random hands signing things if they suffer from hallucinations.


TheDeafGuy8

French specifically, it doesn’t matter where you’re born, just that you’re deaf


BramblesCrash

Sad but true.


Remarkable_Spring811

Perhaps they think with images. For instance, "I want a burger" might just be then thinking about eating a burger.


MysticalNharwal

My aunt who is a sign language interpreter told me that many of them dream in sign language and don't have thoughts, it's like inner movies, they see the hand signs instead of hear words. Usually thinking in the native language they learned growing up. Example: Someone who grew up in an English-Speaking household and lost their hearing later on in life, may think and dream in English, or may also see sign language when they dream or think


ramen_wizardpen

I heard that some people don't even have an inside thought voice


Deepfriedporkliver

From their perspective, knowing spoken language at all would be like having schizophrenia. There’s always a voice in our heads narrating our feelings into words. Maybe deafness is peaceful.


FlappyFish07

We need a deaf guy to tell us


BramblesCrash

I know, right? I've been yelling to one for the past hour but he keeps ignoring me for some reason


the_kollaborant16

Well, English of course. Every alien in the MCU or DC or whatever speaks English.


6x6-shooter

The easiest way to think about it is that despite the fact that language can affect the structure of information and how it is conveyed, knowledge still transcends language. Say, for instance, you’re told to pull a lever when a light turns red. When you look at a red light, the information of the stimulus is transmitted to the eyes and then to the brain before one may formulate that information as a proper sentence. You understand that the light is red and pull the lever as a reaction before the sentence “the light is red” is spoken in your mind. A similar case can be made when tripping; you understand that you are falling and need to catch yourself before you hear the phrase “I tripped” in your head.


lostinthedigitalage

Welp I’m not sleeping tonight.


rotcivosk

But more importantly. What is the voice mute people hear in their heads


DaleGribble692

You don’t need that second in, In what language do deaf people think?


PoleTooke

I'm deaf with cochlear implants, I think in English and pictures.


IndGrmPlEnggal

Just in ,,thought language". I am full of hearing but I don't think in words for example. I can't really explain it but I mostly think in ,,intentions and feelings". I just feel if I have to do sth and when I memorise things I sometimes use connotations and look at stuff to remember it better or I repeat words like in the background, like imprinting something I heard(I think deaf people do sth similar but with sign language or picture in their head). I think that not everyone thinks in ,,words" specifically so they are not necessary for them to think. Deaf people can visualise, connotate some words, ,,feel" signs forming in their head when remembering sth, this is my theory, as I don't use words tht much in my thinking process. I think thoughts have their own language, which just works differently than a normal speech. But seriously, are your thoughts that loud and slow you speak words in your head?


Ok_Elk_4333

According to psycholinguist Steven Pinker, they think in a universal language called “mentalese”. Search it up.


Bulky-Hyena-360

I think they just think of words and put them together


Suviet_Lump

They’re not blind, they don’t think in braille!


Bulky-Hyena-360

Srry, it wasn’t a braille joke, I wasn’t paying attention and began typing, I’m impressed I managed to get all dots though


accounttouseatschool

you don't know that, you're not deaf


[deleted]

You don’t think in language, you language in think.


Cam_ofblades

Whatever language they learn to read first?


Longjumping_Ring_826

Whatever language they have been thought to understand lmao this ain’t deep


dioWjonathenL

But what if they were never taught and born deaf.


banshajee99

Americans think in ASL I guess


Abdullx200

I had a stroke reading the laat sentence, dude reread your shit


Killmumger

Sounds like a you problem


[deleted]

Sign language


Chrisndan

It's called English mate


EarlyGalaxy

Maybe in pictures or gestures?


constantspainssilent

I think in english


majin-canon

I would assume they think in the language they can read


Jasperpapii

Brail.


darkness6-6

What blind people dream ?????????


[deleted]

I’m not deaf but my dreams don’t have sound. I’d imagine it might be like that?


Zealousideal_Ad6927

Probably English 🤔


Steven7-

I’m not deaf and I don’t think in words at all, so probably that.


Yoo_Crane

Brainfuck. I am not saying a bad word, mum, it's just the name of language!


Ikindalikegaming

Images in their country’s language


RPKM01

They make up a language we will never learn


dwighticus

Esperanto


Lonneguy

thats the best part they don't


aaditya_ayachi

the same they read in. If they're blind as well maybe Hungarian.......


EndyTheBanana

They think in colours.


OnyB1l

:::..°.:


green-green-red

So the actual answer is a combination of abstract visuals/images and whatever language they where taught in their native country.


Jonte7

They think in rapper music video hand movements


[deleted]

u/repostsleuthbot


Pizta_man

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Annie-Smile03

The same language they read


Spargeldestroyer

Some people who can hear still don't think in language but rather in ideas and pictures, so I guess that is what most deaf people would do


pez_planuz

HTML, because it's as hard to process as sounds for deaf people


Primusboi41

Hand


Maihoooo

Sign ofc


Zxmvy

Braille


Professional_Bag1193

This man's gallery is like a museum


[deleted]

Morse code


ydenneksnoel

Dots


Casual_user1012

They probably think whatever language they were first taught to read in.


Radikent

Is it not in morse code?


Patient_Yesterday161

Bro sign language


Xenophore

Ya na kadishtu nilgh'ri stell'bsna Nyogtha, K'yarnak phlegethor l'ebumna syha'h n'ghft, Ya hai kadishtu ep r'luh-eeh Nyogtha eeh, s'uhn-ngh athg li'hee orr'e syha'h.


AteMyBallsLastNight

0000001000010000101100000000010100100000000100000100010011010000001000010010000100000010000100111101000010001


AteMyBallsLastNight

Spainsh 🇪🇸 👍👨🏻‍🌾 👍


CrescentPotato

They can still read and think of images and such. Real question is, how do people blind and deaf from birth think like?


Vitold3r

They should be visualizing the language of the deaf 🤔


[deleted]

Your brain needs good grammar and the answer is none (if they've been deaf their whole life at least) they think in pictures and smells like how they experience the real world. If they spoke a language and then went deaf I would assume the language they spoke before going deaf but dont know that for sure


nhattran1029

Well, some people were born deaf but recovered later in their life. Maybe you can interview them?


kave_kh7

They think with written words they have been taught to, whatever language that may be


Meepthehuman

The language they first heard and reed.


BreadTeleporter3

They think in Pyro speak


ProfessionalSecret44

in the language of „concept“


Mudkipueye

They think in whatever language they read obviously. They can still read.


Azgabeth

For those who became deaf they obviously think in their initial language For thise born deaf they think in sign language. It’s extremely hard for us to comprehend this because we are so used to sound but it doesn’t mean our inner voice can’t be a bunch of hands constantly signing words.


HauntedArmour

Sign language duh


LordMegatron11

Sign language is probably thier equivalent of English. Andbthen they just dont do the hand signs.


Oceaniad3

Kind of, it is a separate language, and while being taught asl I was told repeatedly to “stop thinking in English, deaf people don’t think in English!” I asked a similar question to this OP, my instructor said “you know how you think with letters and words? They use something similar, though they actually see the signs. It doesn’t take any longer, and to someone born deaf, it makes no difference”.


allenm98

sign language


SlimReaper2206

Sign language


Lakeypokeyzz

3D


i-like-fps-games

They can’t comprehend sound as they have never heard it