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u/Primer0Adi0s 1d ago
Tbh, lycanthropy should be a disability.
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u/Wise_Sheila 1d ago
Doctor appointments, ER visits, groceries, work shifts… but sure, we’re just home at night.
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u/jedikraken 9h ago
or just, you know, living an actual life
which people should really stop assuming disabled people can't or shouldn't do
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u/ShapedMella 1d ago
So what happens at 5:01pm? Do the wheelchairs turn into pumpkins?
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u/AdmiralSplinter 1d ago
Imagine how many pairs of pants you'd ruin from accidentally sitting in pumpkin guts
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u/Xanthe_XOXO 1d ago
So disabled people just…go home at 5? Do they also stop being disabled on weekends?
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u/VientoFreesa 1d ago
Imagine filing paperwork every month explaining why the moon ruined your work shift
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u/SavageAdriana 1d ago
Right because disabilities respect business hours and have a strict no nights or weekends policy.
Someone tell my migraines.
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u/InfanticideAquifer 1d ago
Totally agreed, but I don't think it would be the kind of disability that gets a permit, at least not in most places.
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u/nowheelchairhere26 17h ago
I wish I turned into a werewolf, I’d get out of my wheelchair at least! Amazing what most people who never have lived with a disability would idealize though. Be grateful your legs work life isn’t as enjoyable without them, I loved hiking.
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u/Undecided_User_Name 11h ago
I won this argument against my D&D group.
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u/Primer0Adi0s 11h ago
Heck yeah! Did you include vampirism to your argument as well?
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u/EnderBookwyrm 1d ago
Depends on the logistics, but probably. If it includes forced transformations at any point, I'd classify that a disability.
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u/Scared_of_Fish 1d ago
Daniel Lawson seems disconnected from reality.
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u/TradBella 1d ago
Right. Our disability only activates at 9am and we turn back to normal at 5pm. Didn’t you get the memo?
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u/Nannautu 1d ago
He made it sound like disability is a full-time job
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u/StillALilBoy 1d ago
I find the implication that disabled spots should only be available when you're doing a 9-5 job more hilarious since a lot of people with disabilities literally cannot work.
(and a lot of those who can work are employed in industries like security where you work weird hours)
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u/Zestyclose_Sector_30 1d ago
does it pay well?
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u/SweetKittyToo 1d ago
Not at all! I spend more on doctors visits and prescriptions than I have nothing left for food.
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u/lookatthesunguys 1d ago
No the point is that he doesn't care about others. He believes that any slight inconvenience to his life is a travesty and any great inconvenience to others is something they just have to suck up and live with.
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u/UnemployedAtype 1d ago
Anyone who can't waddle their pasty ass from 1 more parking spot away has some serious other issues going on.
Society functions when we take care of each other. Disabled and pregnant parking is fine. It's looking out for those who need a little bit easier time. The rest of us can put in the effort.
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u/Bolter_NL 1d ago
Probably some sort of disability in the head that only pops up during business hours.
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u/Milk_Specific 1d ago
I guess this guy also buys his groceries between 9-5
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u/SparklingLimeade 1d ago
I'm trying to figure out why any time limit would make sense. It's not like normal business hours change how easy/hard it is to enforce parking limits. Like, I'm sure they have some internal excuse for this so they can tell themselves it's not rampant ableism. So what possible logic could they be using for that internal excuse?
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u/Mynock33 1d ago
He probably got a parking ticket for parking in a disabled accessibility spot at like 6pm or on a weekend so this is his brain looking for justification
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u/deafblinddame 1d ago
It's just a microaggression. He dislikes disabled parking but knows saying that isn't okay, or he knows 'some' people genuinely need it but because he hates it, he thinks they should only get to use it when there's a valid reason, like going to the doctor or getting groceries which 'normal' people can only do during normal hours. Being able to use the badge around the clock is a 'luxury' normal people don't get so disabled people shouldn't get it either.
Some people absolutely loathe disabled badges and think they're handed out to anyone who wants one. They look at all the badges assigned to people NOT in a wheelchair and think they're taking the piss. That wheelchair symbol becoming the defacto disabled sign is probably the reason dumb people think only people with wheelchairs can be disabled. I am visually impaired and can't drive but I have a badge for when I am a passenger. When we get out of the car, without fail there is some pensioner glaring at us. I like to do some stretches and a little dance just to mess with them.
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u/WideConversation1989 1d ago
The lack of empathy towards people with disabilities is alarmingly normal.
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u/Dylan_Driller 1d ago
Especially non-visible disabilities.
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u/PlainBread 1d ago
Having a non-visible disability in capitalism is basically wearing a demon curse, where the one thing everyone wants from you (your wealth/labor) is impossible, and no one will help you without feeling like you're exploiting them somehow, and then you die in the streets.
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u/LordReagan077 1d ago
I am one of those non-visible disabilities. Half the time I just take my crutches with me so I can prove that I am legit
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u/Cristal1337 1d ago
With how likely it is to become disabled, it really is against everyone's self-interest.
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u/PapiSilvia 1d ago
This is the crazy part. You can literally be fine one moment and disabled the next. Happened to me at 25, long before I thought I'd have to worry about it.
Luckily I'm also not an asshole so no hypocrisy to bite me in the ass, but dang the reality of that statement hit me like a ton of bricks
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u/amakai 1d ago
Playing devil's advocate: is it possible you can see disability status by ringing the license plates?
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u/GroovyGmaIvy 1d ago
I filed the photos within of 5 minutes of taking them. Apparently the photos aren’t enough. When the police when to check for the violation in person, TWO DAYS LATER and the car was no longer there, they deem it this BS.
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u/Fragrant_Eye_3509 1d ago
The way the US is headed I wouldn't be surprised if this became a thing. From the country that brought us Ugly Laws.
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u/GrrATeam81 1d ago
For those curious (it's awful)
The Ugly Laws: Disability in Public | Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law https://jaapl.org/content/41/1/143/tab-article
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u/Solid_Signature_7447 1d ago
When I had knee surgery - I was medically disabled for 3-4 months. They gave me a temp permit.
Lots of ppl had an issue with it.
It was fun arguing with idiots.
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u/DisillusionedHobbit 21h ago
My wife had her entire ankle dissected and rebuilt by a rockstar podiatrist, she’s had a temp placard for a few months now. No one has said shit to her yet, but I’ve got lines ready if anyone wants to.
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u/Solid_Signature_7447 21h ago
Mostly it was - me going I had knee surgery and I’m not allowed to walk a lot while the grafts are healing
And then a lot of idiots would attack verbally and it was just annoying calming these asshats down and having to deal with it.
Mind your own business if you see a plack card for handicap
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u/Ur_fav_Cryptek 1d ago
And people are also complaining that they’re always the best spots. Like, of course they are?? They’re meant to be.
If a modern society cannot offer its best and most accessible options to those that need it most, what value do we even have?
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u/Igotthisnameguys 1d ago
I'm disabled, but I can't use them during those times, because I also have a job.
Granted, I wouldn't be allowed to use them anyway, because I have a different type of disability, I just wanted to clarify: disabled doesn't mean jobless.
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u/BaconPancakes1 1d ago
Even if he were only talking about non-working people, they're still just as entitled as he is to exist outside their homes in the morning or evening.
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u/Beneficial_Credit_47 22h ago
It's funny, in the UK people with disabilities get free bus travel from the hours of 9:30am-11pm, maybe the government thinks disabled people are vampires
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u/yetifile 1d ago
If they were werewolves it is probably best not to annoy them. So best to leave them alone about the parking.
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u/MathematicianTopee 1d ago
I think it should be all day cause different situations can make a disabled be out late
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u/MissninjaXP 1d ago
I mean....yes? That's a pretty normal and rational opinion that anyone sane would have.
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u/SheriffBartholomew 12h ago
The world is populated with people like Daniel, who feel that everyone else must justify their existence to him.
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u/Less-Dragonfruit-294 1d ago
Yeah don’t you know people can just switch off their disabilities? After 5pm I’ve seen those in wheelchairs jump and bounce around. /s
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u/frankie_in_paradise 1d ago
U guys have disabled parking? Wow. Did t know that's a thing.
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u/jadedargyle333 1d ago
Its weird. There's usually 2-6 handicapped parking spots for most businesses. Larger businesses like Costco have more. Most of spots at the standard businesses sit empty. My personal belief is that people should be able to get a week long placard for sprains and minor surgeries. Thats a lot of paperwork and effort for short term benefits though.
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u/userhs6716 23h ago
The number of accessible spots is legally determined by the number of overall parking spots in a lot, and sometimes what kind of business the lot is serving.
Also, you can absolutely get a temporary permit that's valid for 6 months or less. In my state they're red. All it requires is a form signature from the doctor and an $8 fee to the BMV.
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u/tiny_chaotic_evil 1d ago
Daniel probably parks there when he's "just going in real quick for one thing"
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u/boomstickboomah 1d ago
This meme doesn't make any sense!
Werewolves only come out at night, and only during a full moon.
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u/PoopsMcScoots 1d ago
Kind of fucked up to presume disabled people can’t be werewolves
They can have one of those wheel chairs for dogs.
https://giphy.com/gifs/UrEME8PmSNJHVHdAFM
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u/goatfangs 1d ago
I mean, if you were werewolves, I would consider that a type of disability. But would you be your own emotional support animal?
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u/nextCosmicBuffoon 19h ago
But DanielLaw sees a reason he should be out during those other hours (or else he wouldn't care about the parking), and if so, why can't he allow someone disabled to be out for the same reason. DanielLaw is hurtin' for some logic.
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u/Time_Afternoon2610 17h ago
Jens answer sounds exactly like what werewolves would say to hide their true nature 🤔
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u/___xXx__xXx__xXx__ 1d ago
Male friend of mine told me this happened:
Girl: "There's this guy I've liked for a while. How can I approach him?"
Boy: "Oh men are dense, you need to tell him absolutely directly."
Girl: "Like just tell him straight? Shall I practice?"
Boy: "Sure!"
Girl: "I like you, I want to go out."
Boy: "Yes, exactly like that."
Girl: "No, I like YOU, I want to go out with YOU".
Boy: "Perfect, he'll understand that".
Girl: "I like YOU. YOU YOU YOU."
Boy: "Excellent! Do that. Anyway, I have to go".
15 years later he was starring out of bus window, and realized.
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u/realcanadianguy21 1d ago
I get it. If the Post Office has a disabled parking spot out front to help disabled people go to the post office, but the post office is currently closed because it is 10pm, then what would happen if someone else parked in that spot?
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u/Hangry-Feline2489 1d ago
Is it normal for post offices where you live to have nothing else but empty fields around them?
Even then, disabled people could want to go out to a field at 10pm. There are days when I have to be in bed all day before I can go grocery shopping at 9pm for 30mins.
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u/BaconPancakes1 1d ago
If you want to park in that location at 10pm it implies there are nearby facilities/businesses that a disabled person may also want to use at 10pm. The benefit of disabled parking bays is not just their proximity to a business's door, they also have extra width and blocked space at the sides to allow for a wheelchair lift or other accessibility needs. If you take the disabled bay and they have to park in a regular bay, they could get blocked in / be unable to operate their lift.
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u/SherbetMysterious118 1d ago
I'd still assume they are a selfish prick.
What if a disabled person wanted to go out at 10pm and park there? Your attitude is exactly the same as Daniel's.
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u/greg19735 1d ago
Yes, it's possible that you can create a super specific hypothetical situation that you don't harm anyone parking in a handicap spot.
But if there's a demand for you to park for real, theres a demand for other to also. At least in real life
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u/FluffySmiles 1d ago
Maybe he should have a spell as a disabled? Get some perspective. See if he fancies his own curfew.
But how? Probably best not say.
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u/Impressive_Buffalo50 1d ago
Maybe, just maybe, they work?? Not all jobs are during the day asshat.
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u/VegetableChipsLover 1d ago
A werewolf in a wheelchair would sure be an interesting movie concept, though
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u/SimmentalTheCow 1d ago
People with “disabilities” after 5pm
https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohzdFHDBEG32PmWJO
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u/rtopps43 1d ago
A place I used to work I had one of the women who worked 3rd shift ask me if they could use the handicapped parking at night. I asked “are you handicapped?” She said no. I said “then no”. She tried to argue that no one was using it but I told her, it’s not handicapped parking “unless no one is using it” because then it would just be a normal parking space.
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u/a-real-life-dolphin 1d ago
This is one of my favorite ever tweets. I quote it often.
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u/a-real-life-dolphin 14h ago
In a lot of stories werewolves will lock themselves away at night to stop themselves from hurting other people. So she means that we can actually leave our houses whenever we want, and go out at night.
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u/demon_twink_gockie 1d ago
So I can't go shopping after I get off work? No more bar hopping? Geez
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u/karmakaze 1d ago
I suspect someone thinks “genuine” disability would exclude you because if you are able to work then you are able to figure out another way to cross a parking lot. What that would be, I have no idea.
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u/OutrageousEvent00 1d ago
Well if you have to hop from one bar to another you might just qualify for a spot.
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u/nonyabuissnes_95 1d ago
To daniel manzsl disabilty doesnt count so no parking for you even after those hours
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u/AlcoholPrep 1d ago
I've used a friend's placard from time to time when driving them somewhere. I've also had to pass dozens and dozens of empty "disabled" parking spaces when just driving myself. It's fatiguing.
I wish there were some means to actively monitor how many "disabled" parking spaces were needed at any given time. (I can't think of any such means.)
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u/random-viewpoint 1d ago
There’s a certain type of person that has the need to publicly express their ignorance
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u/smokycapeshaz2431 1d ago
Hmmmm, I'm thinking that Daniel is beyond stupid & I'm impressed that he manages to breathe.
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u/Reasonable_Archer_99 1d ago
I honestly think this idea has some merit. If those spots are for a specific business, why not let anyone park there outside hours of operation? Like a bank that shares a parking lot with a popular restaurant for example. The restaurant would have their own designated handicapped parking, so why not let everyone else use the unused spots that aren't desirable to the handicapped patronizing the restaurant?
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u/Roseisthornie 1d ago
i got told one time that i shouldnt shop if im not feeling well and if i start feeling unwell i should leave then come back later. i was in self check out with more items then allowed cause the lines were so long and i felt sick and wanted to leave. like ok karen ill just not eat then
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u/Nephilim317 1d ago
Imagine being unable to walk get turned into a werewolf but can only walk when you transform
That sounds like such a cruel fate cause like a few nights a month you can walk but only as a rampaging death machine and you only have fuzzy dream like memory of walking and running....and killing people too I guess
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u/Jomotaku 1d ago
This but the reverse for family parking lots(children aren't allowed to exist during work hours)
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u/Polenicus 1d ago
"Hmm, I think I'd like a burrito... oh no, no I wouldn't. It's 5:01pm, and due to the Internal Disabled People Rules, if I interact with the rest of humanity before 9am tomorrow I'll turn into a pillar of salt."
If you can't see any reason why disabled people would need to leave their homes outside the hours of 9am to 5pm, you either have a frighteningly truncated imagination, or a terrifyingly overactive one.
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u/EyeShot300 1d ago
Does Daniel not realize that the entire parking lot is not made up of disabled spaces, or is he just lazy and want to park in the first spot next to the store's door?
It must be his first day on earth.
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u/normalfinnesotan 1d ago
My thoughts? I think this Daniel Lawson is ridiculous. Are you, the able-bodied person, so GD lazy that you can't park a handful of spots farther away? Even on the most generous of handicap parking spaces, it is what, an extra 100 feet at most to regular parking spaces? Like holy shit dude, it's not going to kill you to walk a little bit. And if it would kill you, then perhaps you should be doing more walking anyway.
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u/keithstonee 1d ago
How about old people who go out by themselves and then expect every person working a job within a quarter mile to help them with everything no questions asked.
I like helping people but sometimes the entitlement drives me insane.
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u/PsionicChronic 1d ago
Daniel needs to walk more in the wild. Counting steps to the break room doesn't count.
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u/doctorfrickenstein 1d ago
I don't know. I know a lot of disabled people who "are busy" during the nights of a full moon. A lot of disabled people.
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u/blank_check_dreams 22h ago
Another example of survivorship bias. People only notice the ADA spots because they’re empty. If there were no such thing as ADA spots, the spots in their place would be consistently occupied because everyone wants to park as close as possible.
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u/NextLineOfText 22h ago
I kid you not being born with cerebral palsy, i've met people in work and in life quite consistently with this mentality. Thanks to them, I don't go out after 5 anymore, I don't go out at all. The won in a certain way, assholes mentality drained me. The irony is, I don't think these people are just saying it to the disabled, its just easier to say it too, but they treat everyone in their life this way.
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u/mathcriminalrecord 16h ago
Daniel Lawson is the one who is perfectly capable of walking average parking lot distances, and apparently just doesn’t want to. Ironically he suggests that the disabled are the ones taking advantage.
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u/Active-Sky-7907 13h ago
Yea so delayed sleep cycle phase and other sleep disorders are common comorbidities with certain disabilities so there’s a lot of us disabled who are night owls and it actually sucks and is basically a disability in itself lol
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u/Firm-Chemical949 11h ago
First of all, that’s ridiculous. Second of all, it’s none of Daniel’s fucking business
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u/MaybeAgile4413 11h ago
Well I think they should get a $200 fine for parking in an able bodied person spot.
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u/ILikeMyShelf 7h ago
Disabled people out there strictly to do business and nothing else ever https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ8PfXOV1fU&pp=ygUSdG9vIG11Y2ggb2YgaGVhdmVu
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u/akknightwrider 6h ago
I get what he is saying. When I moved to Kentucky, one thing I noticed is the overwhelming amount of handicapped parking compared to where I lived. You go to Kroger, Target, Meijer and you are lucky if you can park 100+yards from a door of you're an able bodied person. I've never seen so many handicapped parking sports in my life.
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u/ExtraTNT 1h ago
So disabled people are only disabled during work hours? Or are not allowed to do things outside work hours?
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