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(81,068 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)That was on-the-nose...
Vinca
(50,170 posts)brush
(53,474 posts)Response to Soph0571 (Original post)
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zackymilly
(2,375 posts)I have a family member that has to use a scooter due to severe arthritis.
How would you feel if someone came up to your family member in a scooter and said,
"If you got off your lazy ass and walk around a bit..."
Sometimes this site....
Aristus
(66,095 posts)She goes to the gym three times a week, which ameliorates many of the symptoms.
Not bad for a lady of 78.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)I had to be in a wheel chair for a month because I couldn't walk, before I could have back surgery.
I know have 6 screws and 4 plates in my back. The looks I got from some people in public.
I was a power lifter earlier in my years, and still somewhat have the same body, except for a few extra pounds.
People were like "get up you lazy ass"...
I guess this site isn't for me when stuff like this is acceptable.
swimboy
(7,279 posts)Im happy to say the post has been removed
colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)And these people on scooters probably weren't either. But their physical condition betrays some poor food choices and lack of self-care.
If you are a "few extra pounds" overweight and have needed back surgery, please consult a dietitian and get those extra pounds off! Your body will thank you.
And please stick around - this is a great place to get news, even if we don't sometimes agree with each other.
jayfish
(10,035 posts)That describes 33% of the US adult population. Much of it the fault of industrialized "food" production Are they all Trump supporters?
colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)or a supporter of anyone else. The topic had veered off onto anyone-on-a-scooter.
Agree with you on food production and probably other things, as well.
But! Overweight is overweight. I need to lose weight, so I speak from experience! And it doesn't matter how you put it on - it has got to go, to save your life and your health. I am working on that for myself.
jayfish
(10,035 posts)riffing off of your post. ...no intention to single you out directly. Apologies...
colorado_ufo
(5,717 posts)Hekate
(90,191 posts)...of this era. An American nutritional disease leading to diabetes, heart disease, and early death.
I shook my head in agreement with the OP, because of the total lack of self-awareness of, yes, the Master Race.
But other than that, we don't know what brought them to needing scooters -- we just see what is in the outside.
PS: glad to hear your mom is plugging along. I'm a few years younger and this summer my left knee that I had been ignoring forever just up and went critical. Can't talk about it.
jayfish
(10,035 posts)-Dalisia Brye
I'm not always able to adhere to this but I have taken it to heart and I try. I realized that people don't know what I'm going thorough on a daily basis so I should try to give them the benefit of the doubt.
PJMcK
(21,921 posts)If a picture says a thousand words, this one is a mouthful.
Cosmocat
(14,543 posts)nm
flotsam
(3,268 posts)aren't even available in medium...
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)Who happen to be in rascals. Dont get it twisted.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)jayfish
(10,035 posts)the caption and thread title "beep beep" imply they are being ridiculed because they are on the rascals. Othewise any picture of a Trump supporter would do.
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)jayfish
(10,035 posts)don't pretend it's not being done because they are disabled. Don't tell people they are "getting it twisted" when it's there for everyone to read.
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)The OP or your inability to grasp the irony of the OP.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)Harsh, but it just so happens that a majority of them do look like that and are filled with hatred for those they consider "inferior" so I don't really feel too bad about making fun of them.
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)Jeesh!
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)zackymilly
(2,375 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)They hate anyone with brown skin, anyone who wasnt born here, they worship a fascist, they are truly bottom of the barrel scum and oxygen thieves. Hell, they probably hate other disabled people, too. They probably think theyre better than them.
So fuck these people. Fuck their attitudes. Fuck their ugly mugs and their ill fitting MAGA swastika t-shirts. And fuck their problems, too. Who cares.
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)Love it!
zackymilly
(2,375 posts)This place isn't for me.
Some of the responses I have gotten on this thread shows me that there are some uncaring people here.
Only a few, but enough to see that these responses are acceptable.
I hope none of you or anyone in your family ever ends up handicapped.
It's so easy to say things on an anonymous board.
I'm holding back a lot of words, and I'll leave it at that.
Take care.
cwydro
(51,308 posts)Or people who die unfortunate deaths.
Id tell you not to give up on this site, but Im seeing a real change around here since when I joined.
Many of the good ones have long since left, or simply dont post anymore. Sigh.
Kingofalldems
(38,361 posts)Got a link?
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)That poster throws that out there but in another thread they applaud the removal of a 4-year-old special needs child from an Outback Steakhouse because the child was too loud. The ethics seem to be fluid.
maxsolomon
(32,992 posts)Fact: Uncaring people are everywhere.
Cary
(11,746 posts)Fact: Poseurs are everywhere.
GulfCoast66
(11,949 posts)And left leaning people.
That does not necessarily mean nice all the time. People on the left can be in poor taste as anyone else. I know I have been at times. I find the post distasteful, but normally would just ignore it. Not worth fighting about. Because I know plenty of people in this shape are democrats, a few I actually know.
Plus, Trump brings out the worst in all of us. And this couple, disability aside, are proudly being dicks. Thats where our ire should be focused. That and the fact we all know the government they rail against probably bought those scooters for them.
For every OP like this you will find 10 that are kind and 20 that are bitingly funny.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Focus on what *really* matters.
Takket
(21,424 posts)Because surly they wouldnt use that evil SOCIALIST Medicare!!!
dalton99a
(81,068 posts)bucolic_frolic
(42,676 posts)vicarious hatred for his supporters. They can hate, but don't have to get personally involved. Trump makes it sound good to them, and makes it easy to participate.
Chakaconcarne
(2,387 posts)Cary
(11,746 posts)I don't think it should go away. We do not adequately care for the disabled.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)calimary
(80,699 posts)Whenever it was mealtime, these rather - um -enormous middle-aged and older folks on their scooters were the absolute RUDEST people on the boat! Criminy! Theyd speed up to cut in front of you on the way to the buffet, and damn near run you over. Then if you were spooning something onto your plate, theyd be beeping their horns at you to get you out of their way, sometimes at multiple spots going all the way down the buffet tables! And their plates were always overflowing with food.
But the rudeness and sense of entitlement! Im still aghast thinking about it. At every meal EVERY DAY! Insane!
Reminded me of my dad - whose end was hastened by his failure to eat normally. He might have lasted long enough to see his grandchildren grow up if hed taken it easy on the heavy eating. And eating all the wrong things. Toward the end, eating was the only thing that gave him any pleasure, I guess, even while it was killing him.
BannonsLiver
(16,162 posts)My wife and I were in our late 30s, and felt like teenagers again. Will leave it at that. Your take on scooters and cruise ships is spot on, btw.
Blue Owl
(49,918 posts)n/t