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    MataroTaylor Berman
    12/11/13 9:18am

    Everything is fake about South Africa, it's a lawless, graft-ridden, rape-addicted society—unless you perhaps happen to be a multinational corporation.

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      NefertittiesMataro
      12/11/13 9:27am

      You're not going to start citing scientific studies again, are you?

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      MataroNefertitties
      12/11/13 9:31am

      http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews…

      And hundreds more...

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    NefertittiesTaylor Berman
    12/11/13 9:10am

    I am sorry, but that is the funniest fucking news story I will read today.

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      GrahawkerTaylor Berman
      12/11/13 9:11am

      Well it's a perfect metaphor for the current ANC leadership - they profess to be walking in Mandela's footsteps creating a democracy where all South Africans, especially the black majority, have equal access to housing and employment and education and opportunity, where in fact they're nothing more than a bunch of thieves robbing the country blind and padding their pockets. Almost every day a new graft scandal breaks in SA. And Zuma is trying to push through a new secrecy bill that would make it a crime for journalists to do their work. In other words Zuma and his cronies are fake. Just like the interpreter. Mandela is rolling in his grave.

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        NefertittiesGrahawker
        12/11/13 9:20am

        Mostly I feel bad for Mandela; barely buried and already forced to roll in his grave.

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        Babbitty_RabbittyNefertitties
        12/11/13 9:33am

        He's not even buried yet. He's lying in state.

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      Pink SkullTaylor Berman
      12/11/13 9:20am

      I want to believe this was some Seinfeld-esque misunderstanding where SA Costanza sees a beautiful, well dressed woman asking him if he is somebody else. He thinks she might be hitting on him and says yes, and before he knows it is being whisked toward the stage. Now he has to make everybody believe that he's relaying a speech to the deaf during the funeral of their nation's most influential leader.

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        Ladybug2Pink Skull
        12/11/13 9:53am

        Then SA Kramer shows up with a vuvuzela.

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        spaced99Pink Skull
        12/11/13 9:57am

        George Costanza — infamous architect, marine biologist, and interpreter for the deaf.

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      burlivesleftnutTaylor Berman
      12/11/13 9:06am

      Maybe these people don't get how hard it is to understand that weird South African accent.

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        AhmadChildressburlivesleftnut
        12/11/13 5:26pm

        The should watch Lethal Weapon 2 for tips.

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        burlivesleftnutAhmadChildress
        12/11/13 5:42pm

        lol I was actually going to say that the dude in the bottom video looks like the villain from Lethal Weapon 2.

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      benhaddTaylor Berman
      12/11/13 9:16am

      Best con-job in 2013. Give the man a government position. I'm still laughing,

      Speaking of signing, what do sign-language interpreters do when Pentecostals start talking that holy spirit gibberish? Is it like this?

      GIF
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        Muscatobenhadd
        12/11/13 9:23am

        Now I'm trying to image a snake-handler church with an ASL interpreter. Not a pretty picture...

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        benhaddMuscato
        12/11/13 9:33am

        This is Mack Wolford. He be dead. It seems the snake didn't like what he was signing

        According to the church members Mack got his signing confused and instead of telling the snake about Jesus' love mis-signed that the snake's mother was a whore. The rattler said, "He tasted like fried chicken."

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      PopDataTaylor Berman
      12/11/13 9:14am

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        johnnymooreTaylor Berman
        12/11/13 9:16am

        He was actually trying to get the crowd to start up a game of head and shoulders knees and toes

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          ratchedjohnnymoore
          12/11/13 3:34pm

          Or the hokey-pokey.

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        Flm3454Taylor Berman
        12/11/13 11:08am

        According to that guy every phrase spoken by the speaker was the same phrase. So how did even non-deaf people not pick up on that immediately?

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          SrynersonTaylor Berman
          12/11/13 10:58am

          People who are criticizing this guy's signing are clearly just cultural hegemonists (and probably racists!) who fail to appreciate the beauty of his uniquely crafted language. If they were real progressives, they would honor his decision to reject the totalitarian regime of organized sign language. Because language isn't about communication — it's about self-expression, regardless of whether it's comprehensible.

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