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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.28,0:00:02.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this video I'm going to answer\Na question
Dialogue: 0,0:00:02.06,0:00:04.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's as old as the universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.18,0:00:06.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, it's not.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.26,0:00:12.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A question that comes up on YouTube\Nquite often is this one:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.48,0:00:15.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How does a blind person know\Ntheir sexual preference?"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.08,0:00:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? Because of, you know,\Nyou can't see,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.41,0:00:20.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can't see how pretty somebody is\Nor what somebody looks like
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.18,0:00:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or any of that kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:21.56,0:00:25.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So how do you know?\NHow the heck do you know?
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.06,0:00:26.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Answering this question,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:26.10,0:00:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can only give you \Nmy own personal experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.04,0:00:31.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't speak for anybody else\Non this one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.22,0:00:34.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll just tell you how I knew\Nwhat my preference was.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.86,0:00:35.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And is.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.49,0:00:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Ben laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.06,0:00:39.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Tommy laughs]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.21,0:00:43.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, growing up, the things\Nthat I learned
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.85,0:00:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were all based on my surroundings.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:46.08,0:00:48.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So my parents were straight,\Nall their friends were straight,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.82,0:00:52.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the characters I saw in television\Nand movies were all straight too,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.43,0:00:55.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that sort of helped\Nto steer me in a particular direction,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:55.23,0:00:56.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the direction that I went.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.50,0:00:58.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This may not work for other people, but
Dialogue: 0,0:00:58.81,0:01:01.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for me it was just the thing\Nthat felt right to me.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.16,0:01:02.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was the thing that made sense.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:02.59,0:01:04.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so that's the path I chose.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.30,0:01:07.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As I got to be a teenager\Nand started talking to girls,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.28,0:01:09.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, then the experience got to be\Na little different. Right?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.88,0:01:12.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hormones are starting\Nto fly around and things and
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.62,0:01:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starting to get those butterflies\Nand starting to feel this sort of twinge of
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.21,0:01:18.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"boy, I like her. She's cool."\NYou know?
Dialogue: 0,0:01:18.06,0:01:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's one of those experiences\Nthat I never got from my guy friends.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.27,0:01:23.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So in school, for example,\NI can't look across the room and go,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:23.95,0:01:25.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ooh, I like her. I gotta go talk to her."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.91,0:01:28.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or, you know, "She's pretty," \Nor this kind of thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.78,0:01:30.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No. For me it's all about conversation.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.93,0:01:33.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Right? And if I talk to somebody\Nand we start to click
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.49,0:01:36.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we, you know, feel the same way\Nabout certain things,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.67,0:01:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or, you know, somebody's just got\Na cool energy to them,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.48,0:01:41.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or somebody's extremely funny,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.61,0:01:44.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, that's how I get to see\Nwhether or not I like somebody.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.17,0:01:47.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then I have to take the chance\Nand say, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.56,0:01:50.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Would you like to come\Nto the Eighth Grade dance with me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.85,0:01:53.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then we can stand against the \Nwall and never dance together
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.94,0:01:59.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ANNOUNCER: We interrupt this YouTube video\Nfor this special announcement.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.07,0:02:01.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TOMMY: Hey, I just wanted to let you know\Nwe've got some brand-new merch available
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.72,0:02:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the next seven days only.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:03.91,0:02:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is our Blind Caution sign series.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.38,0:02:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, when I was in high school\Nthere was a big, giant sign
Dialogue: 0,0:02:08.84,0:02:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out the front of my door that said\N"Blind Child Area".
Dialogue: 0,0:02:11.34,0:02:14.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I always thought the white stick \Nwould've been enough. But OK.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.39,0:02:17.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we came up with our own \N"Blind Caution" signs for you as well,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.16,0:02:19.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we put it on some T-shirts, \Nhoodies and stickers.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.30,0:02:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's Blind Drunk -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.45,0:02:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this one, you know, in case a stagger\Nisn't enough for people.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.75,0:02:25.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can just read the front of your shirt\Nand know that you're blind drunk.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.48,0:02:26.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's Blind Driver.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:26.76,0:02:30.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People are always yelling at motorists\Non the roads and stuff. "Hey, look at my shirt!"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.39,0:02:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or my personal favorite, \NBlind Not Buzzed,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:32.67,0:02:34.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because this has happened to me\Nmany, many times.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.91,0:02:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll sit down in a bar\Nand somebody will say,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.58,0:02:40.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think you've had too much already, sir."\N"No, no. Look, I'm blind, not buzzed."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.77,0:02:43.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So if any of those interest you or \Nyou'd like to get the classic stuff -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:43.95,0:02:46.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, the Blind Film Critic or\NThe Tommy Edison Experience stuff -
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.56,0:02:48.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the link is right there\Nin the description for the video.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.98,0:02:52.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And remember, it's only available\Nfor the next seven days.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.15,0:02:55.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,ANNOUNCER: We now return to this\NYouTube video already in progress.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:55.66,0:02:58.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TOMMY: You know, one of the things\NI really enjoy is like the smell and the sounds
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.94,0:02:59.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.67,0:03:02.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, all the fragrance, right? \NThe perfume and stuff.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.73,0:03:05.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just lovely. It's so nice.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.05,0:03:06.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And, of course, \Nsome are better than others.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:06.99,0:03:10.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people wear a little bit more\Nthan they should.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.14,0:03:12.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, you know, it's all part\Nof the experience.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.78,0:03:13.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The sounds of a woman -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.88,0:03:16.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the sound a woman's shoes make\Non the floor sometimes,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.45,0:03:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know, like on a cement floor,\Nyou know, in an office building.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.65,0:03:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, it's a great sound.\NI just love it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.05,0:03:24.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Plus girls and women\Njust have different stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.68,0:03:25.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,than guys do.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:25.95,0:03:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that was attractive too.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.80,0:03:29.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And these are some of the things\Nthat helped me figure out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.84,0:03:31.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what my preference was.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.32,0:03:33.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just what I was drawn to.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.26,0:03:35.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I just liked girls and women.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.31,0:03:37.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, I loved what they had to say.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:37.47,0:03:39.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I liked listening to them talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.12,0:03:40.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I liked hearing their stories.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.69,0:03:42.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's no more complicated than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.47,0:03:44.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that's really about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:44.24,0:03:47.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, that's my story\Nand that is how I knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.30,0:03:50.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I'm sure that there are\Nother things that I'm totally not aware of
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.42,0:03:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and things that are going through\Nother people's heads
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.62,0:03:53.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I don't know, but
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.65,0:03:57.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's such a difficult question\Nto answer. It really is.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.40,0:03:58.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I will say this:
Dialogue: 0,0:03:58.89,0:04:02.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't think sight plays into it.\NI really don't.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.08,0:04:06.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Without sight I was able to determine\Nwhat I liked, who I liked,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.02,0:04:08.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and, honestly, I don't believe sight\Nplayed into this.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.98,0:04:10.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I really don't, you know
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.27,0:04:12.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I simply liked who I liked.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.47,0:04:19.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, thank you so much for watching\Nthe video. I hope you enjoyed it.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.59,0:04:23.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'd also love for you to follow me\Non Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.06,0:04:25.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's just another way to find out\Nevery time we put up
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.80,0:04:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a brand-new video for you.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.35,0:04:31.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,BEN: Cos YouTube certainly wasn't.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.60,0:04:34.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TOMMY: YouTube ain't doin' it.\NThey dropped the ball!
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.52,0:04:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, they dropped both balls.