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[–] SkyeStarfall@lemmy.blahaj.zone 119 points 5 months ago

"why should disabled people have a life outside of work?"

[–] Kruemel@feddit.de 101 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Why does daniel need their parking spot outside 9 to 5? It is outside business hours.

[–] agressivelyPassive@feddit.de 36 points 5 months ago

Daniel is a werewolf, obviously.

[–] RegalPotoo@lemmy.world 58 points 5 months ago (20 children)

Encourage people like this to take up mountain biking or skateboarding or something - find out how much of a pain in the ass it is trying to get around on crutches for 8 weeks or so, then use the tiniest scrap of empathy to imagine what it would be like to have that be your permanent experience

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[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 43 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Imagine being so angry and so mad for so long at things you don't understand and can't control that you decide the best use of a moment of your life is to post a short attack on mobility-impaired individuals in general and your disappointment on how they have it too good.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

And the funny part is that they don’t have it too good. Disability reserved parking is one of the few ways the society tries to make their lives not suck as much.

[–] Zacryon@feddit.org 12 points 5 months ago

I like to imagine how the world, infrastructure, vehicles, electronic devices, buildings etc. would look like if most people on earth would be mobility-impaired. Then, considering how the world really looks like, it becomes obvious how even most basic notions of accessibility are lacking way too much. So much for a society fair to all.

This thought experiment can be repeated with other cases. For example, replace "mobility-impaired" with "autistic" or "trans" and see similar results.

[–] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 27 points 5 months ago (6 children)

Can someone play devil's advocate for Daniel? I truly do not get what his thinking is here.

[–] MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca 51 points 5 months ago (2 children)

IMO, he's thinking that anyone with a disability is incapable of working, so they'll be out during the day getting things done while the rest of us are working 9-5.

Obviously not the case, and people with disabilities who are eligible for a disabled placard, are normal people, many of whom have jobs.

[–] BenVimes@lemmy.ca 9 points 5 months ago

This is my read of it as well.

[–] kamiheku@sopuli.xyz 8 points 5 months ago

Ah, that's it for sure. Thanks.

[–] HK65@sopuli.xyz 25 points 5 months ago

Because disabled people obviously only go to work, going out for fun is only for able bodied people.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Daniel is obviously thinking that disabled people turn into giant, ferocious wolves that will prowl the city streets for their insatiable desire for human flesh when the full moon rises and he doesn't think that means they should be able to get into CVS faster than him when he has shampoo to buy.

[–] davidagain@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Daniel doesn't buy shampoo, his mum buys him a bottle each Christmas and birthday.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They seem to build out the number of handicapped spots for the peak crowd amount, which makes sense. If I'm at Home Depot and it's 8PM, and there are maybe a dozen cars in the lot I could maybe see making a few spots handicap only during certain times?

The flip side is that it's only a few more steps for me. I'll survive

[–] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social -4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

No, it doesn't make sense unless you don't know a damn thing.

[–] spongebue@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

It doesn't make sense to ensure handicapped spots are available? Ok...

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[–] Pacattack57@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s poor logic. He’s assuming disabled people can’t walk and therefore can’t do anything so they have no reason to be out of the house except for work.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I work from 5 till 9, not 9 to 5. I work NIGHT SHIFTS. I can't really be around people and I'm kind of a vampire

[–] Chobeo@discuss.online 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you work four or sixteen hours? I honestly can't tell.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

4 hours a day, 5 days a week, so 20 hours (I actually wanna get moar, but right now each person only has one building... I'm a Janitor for a fortune 500)

[–] dQw4w9WgXcQ@lemm.ee 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My attempt:

People with disabilities are obviously never outdoors themselves without an employed health worker. Outside of the normal work hours (9-17), we can't expect any health workers to be taking diabled patients outdoors, thus Daniel should be allowed to park there on his way home.

[–] luciferofastora@lemmy.zip 2 points 5 months ago

nice username

[–] Phegan@lemmy.world 19 points 5 months ago
[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 18 points 5 months ago

Imagine being disabled and being able to afford a car. I live on less than 14k a year. Every single one of the half million people on disability income where I live are so far below the poverty line, the only way any of us own a car is if we're living in it.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Damn OP, where did you dig this fossil up from?

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[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Bro I'm disabled and a lot of the time it's well after 9 when I have a chance to get out...

[–] pastermil 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

We thought you'd grow claws and fangs after 9....

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

well yeah why do you think it takes them so long to break out?

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