wolfe but sad @wolfgang@awoo.space

maybe more like 😏 eyes with 🤪 mouth

i also started noticing that you can embed a lot of non-words in your sentences -- like if someone asks your what a sign means, and it's some physical thing, then you can make a playful version of the "tongue out, jaw to the side" 🤪 face, and pantomime/draw with your fingers in space/use other signs to mimic a hebrew phrase for the thing

also when explaining what NOT to do/say, or when you're suggesting something semi sarastically(???) you need to make the 🤪 face to signal that! i think i should personally practice that one in front of a mirror to avoid possible misunderstandings 🤪🤪🤪

israeli sign (and probably others too) has this....... thing, where sometimes a sentence(?) doesn't quite have a verb and subject and object and all that -- but rather just describes the positions of things in space, using a special set of handshapes that represent different kinds of objects

instead of signing "book my (is)* on table" like you would in a spoken language, you sign "book", then "table", then make a handshape as if you're holding a book (NOT the actual word/sign for "book"! just literally pretend you're PHYSICALLY HOLDING that book), and sort of act out placing your invisible book wherever in space you just signed "table" -- optionally you could also use your off-hand to be the actual table

(* both israeli sign language and spoken/written hebrew don't really use a word like "is" in this case, but english does and this post is in english)

there's no isl word/sign for "cross" as in "physically cross from one side to the other". wanna say how you crossed the road real slow? sign "road" but move your hands along an imaginary road in physical space in front of you. possibly also keep your off-hand/off-arm hanging in space to keep representing that road. then in your main hand make the handshape that looks like your fingers are walking, and move your hand reeeeeaaaal slow over the "road". while you do this physical space theater, make an exhausted face with your tongue out and your jaw slightly to the side

the sign for "traffic" is possibly lexicalized by now, but it is literally just both hands in "car" handshape (i.e not the word/sign for "car", no no -- but rather a flat hand with thumb sticking out so it sorta looks like a car) both hands next to each other moving slowly forward, with the exhausted face described above -- i.e cars next to each other moving real slow

and before anyone brings it up: yes, i am aware of the technical details and that firefox for ios uses a uiwebview ie mobile safari to render pages

but that doesn't change the fact that i'm using firefox and the website is telling me to fix the problem by using firefox..........

AND i also think it's wrong to release a product that's ostensibly supposed to compete with other mainstream websites WITHOUT MAKING SURE IT WORKS ON 1/3 OF ALL SMARTPHONES?????

the video itself doesn't actually work btw. just plays the audio and shows a black rectangle

this IS firefox! telling me to use firefox won't help when you don't support some firefox ports apparently

are you autistic and struggling to figure out which rules are actual rule rules that really matter, and which rules are fake wink wink nudge nudge rules that you can safely ignore?

here's a tip i learned: if a rule would disproportionately harm non white people, disabled people, women, the lgbtqia+ community, refugees, immigrants, and/or other minorities -- then you better bet your ass it's gonna be one of the rules that's actually enforced

i also suspect:

ASL: "right/correct"
Israeli: "harassment"

but the movement might be slightly different between these two? idk

ASL: "work"
Israeli: "complain"

(this is mostly a joke because i do not have the attention span to watch that right now)

wanna practice french but i don't like french movies so i'll just watch ratatouille dubbed to french