Deaf/Hard of Hearing

tblue37

(66,238 posts)

8. They don't--but considering that they have ears that work, they could try listening to

Sun Mar 5, 2017, 03:04 PM

Mar 2017

what we say.

BTW, I just watched the video, but I couldn't get the meaning of TBD from the text graphics, which is what one poster on the other thread said I could do.

So I asked a visiting friend to watch it with me and tell me what the voice over was saying. Guess what--none of it explains what "TBD" means--and that was all I asked in my original response to that OP: What does "TBD" mean?!

Apparently it is a common initialism, but not everyone knows all common initialisms, so when someone says they don't recognize the initialism, it seems that it would not be too much trouble for the other person to simply say what it means, without giving their interlocutor a runaround.

That would solve the problem PDQ*.
_________
*Pretty damned quick.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

16 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

AAARRRRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!!! Dammit, DU! [View all] tblue37 Mar 2017 OP

Thanks for the recs. Are you deaf or hard of hearing--or just sympathetic to those of us who are? nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #1

I have an uncle who is AwakeAtLast Mar 2017 #12

Recommended! Chiquitita Mar 2017 #2

While I am a hearing person, PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2017 #3

It is considered polite to give the actual time stamp in the video for the pertinent bit, tblue37 Mar 2019 #15

get what you are saying mercuryblues Mar 2017 #4

What does being deaf have to do with not understanding what TBD means? RelativelyJones Mar 2017 #5

My deafness is what made the ongoing exchange in the thread so frustrating. I kept being advised to tblue37 Mar 2017 #6

I am sure that is frustrating. They probably just didn't realize. RelativelyJones Mar 2017 #7

They don't--but considering that they have ears that work, they could try listening to tblue37 Mar 2017 #8

In all honesty, I didn't recognize it immediately either. I know TBA for To Be Announced RelativelyJones Mar 2017 #9

It's the "Turn on Rachel right now!" phenomenon. NBachers Mar 2017 #10

About once every month or two I used to post a thread in which I asked people tblue37 Mar 2017 #11

I haven't been aware of this but now that I'm tuned in I will also try to facilitate it and JudyM Mar 2017 #13

Thank you! I suspect the super short posts are because of texting habits--some of them at least. nt tblue37 Mar 2017 #14

No kidding DavidDvorkin Mar 2019 #16