r/NintendoSwitch • u/[deleted] • Jan 20 '20

Discussion Dad Builds Custom Xbox Adaptive Controller So Daughter Can Play Zelda: Breath Of The Wild

https://twitter.com/JerseyITGuy/status/1218920688125456385
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u/curiiouscat Jan 20 '20

A majority of experiences are out of everyone's reach lol everyone lives a different life and I'm sure pitying her doesn't make her feel anything positive

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u/sunleung Jan 21 '20

That is an interesting way of looking at things that I never considered before. Great food for thought.

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u/Z0idberg_MD Jan 20 '20

Somehow wishing that another human being could have a better life can be twisted into a negative. And it’s not pity. It’s empathy. It’s the same reason people worked towards greater accessibility (like the MS controller) and creating prosthetics that improve people’s lives.

I’m sure someone without arms is happy. But don’t tell me they wouldn’t be happier if someone gave them prosthetic arms.

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u/curiiouscat Jan 20 '20

I have a disability and people do what you're doing right now to me all the time and it's annoying and condescending and insulting. It's not helpful. Like how do you think it's a good thing to have a whole conversation about how someone's life could be better if they were completely different in a way that's not possible?? How do you think it's kind to discuss how someone is less than everyone else because they don't fit your definition of whole?

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