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[+] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago (3 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 34 points 1 year ago* (1 child) If the basis of calling him Hot Wheels is because he's in a wheelchair, it's ableist. Just like the stereotype that "all Asians are good at math" is seemingly positive, it's still a racist statement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago There was a customer at my old sub shop that some staff dubbed "Hot Wheels" and not endearingly. Everyone hated her, she was rude and mean, and yes she came in with a motorized wheel chair. I phrase it that way because, if you ever delivered to her, she'd answer the door standing up, no chair in sight. She didn't need it, she was just really fat and somehow got an actual wheelchair instead of one of those scooters. She also once answered her door naked, expecting the delivery guy to be a man. It wasn't, and she wasn't pleased. Didn't even pay, let alone tip. (She never tipped.) permalink fedilink source parent [–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 year ago* (1 child) My leg is busted and I can only hobble around with a cane. Finally got accepted into seeing a physical therapist, outlook is good, but its gonna take a while to recover. Recently took a paratransit ride. Fully disabled guy in a motorized wheelchair got on. Within minutes, after he asked me what happened to me, we were joking about how he would probably, actually be able to beat me in a race. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago The bus driver was actually great too, younger than me, maybe early or mid 20s, before the wheelchair bound guy got on, we bitched about microtransactions in games, and I was able to confirm that yes, games did not in fact always used to be like they are now, with dark patterns and what not... he sounded like a lot of his friends were trying to gaslight him into just accepting the enshittification as normal, that its always been like this. permalink fedilink source parent [–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Right I don't see how it's ableist or an insult. She didn't say it like it's a bad thing or associate it with any assumptions. It's not like she called him "Legless Wonder and his Half Pint Segway" or questioned if he can govern from a chair. It's closer to calling him Governor Brown Hair. Neutral. Silly at worst. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Would she have called Trump "President Hot Wheels"? No. It's clearly an ableist insult. Fuck her. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* Would she have called Trump “President Hot Wheels”? No, because that wouldn't make sense? I do mock Trump for his mental disabilities all of the time. Is that also ableist? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 34 points 1 year ago* (1 child) If the basis of calling him Hot Wheels is because he's in a wheelchair, it's ableist. Just like the stereotype that "all Asians are good at math" is seemingly positive, it's still a racist statement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago There was a customer at my old sub shop that some staff dubbed "Hot Wheels" and not endearingly. Everyone hated her, she was rude and mean, and yes she came in with a motorized wheel chair. I phrase it that way because, if you ever delivered to her, she'd answer the door standing up, no chair in sight. She didn't need it, she was just really fat and somehow got an actual wheelchair instead of one of those scooters. She also once answered her door naked, expecting the delivery guy to be a man. It wasn't, and she wasn't pleased. Didn't even pay, let alone tip. (She never tipped.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DeusUmbra@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago There was a customer at my old sub shop that some staff dubbed "Hot Wheels" and not endearingly. Everyone hated her, she was rude and mean, and yes she came in with a motorized wheel chair. I phrase it that way because, if you ever delivered to her, she'd answer the door standing up, no chair in sight. She didn't need it, she was just really fat and somehow got an actual wheelchair instead of one of those scooters. She also once answered her door naked, expecting the delivery guy to be a man. It wasn't, and she wasn't pleased. Didn't even pay, let alone tip. (She never tipped.) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 22 points 1 year ago* (1 child) My leg is busted and I can only hobble around with a cane. Finally got accepted into seeing a physical therapist, outlook is good, but its gonna take a while to recover. Recently took a paratransit ride. Fully disabled guy in a motorized wheelchair got on. Within minutes, after he asked me what happened to me, we were joking about how he would probably, actually be able to beat me in a race. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago The bus driver was actually great too, younger than me, maybe early or mid 20s, before the wheelchair bound guy got on, we bitched about microtransactions in games, and I was able to confirm that yes, games did not in fact always used to be like they are now, with dark patterns and what not... he sounded like a lot of his friends were trying to gaslight him into just accepting the enshittification as normal, that its always been like this. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] anindefinitearticle@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 year ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago The bus driver was actually great too, younger than me, maybe early or mid 20s, before the wheelchair bound guy got on, we bitched about microtransactions in games, and I was able to confirm that yes, games did not in fact always used to be like they are now, with dark patterns and what not... he sounded like a lot of his friends were trying to gaslight him into just accepting the enshittification as normal, that its always been like this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] sp3tr4l@lemmy.zip 13 points 1 year ago The bus driver was actually great too, younger than me, maybe early or mid 20s, before the wheelchair bound guy got on, we bitched about microtransactions in games, and I was able to confirm that yes, games did not in fact always used to be like they are now, with dark patterns and what not... he sounded like a lot of his friends were trying to gaslight him into just accepting the enshittification as normal, that its always been like this. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nightofmichelinstars@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (1 child) Right I don't see how it's ableist or an insult. She didn't say it like it's a bad thing or associate it with any assumptions. It's not like she called him "Legless Wonder and his Half Pint Segway" or questioned if he can govern from a chair. It's closer to calling him Governor Brown Hair. Neutral. Silly at worst. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Would she have called Trump "President Hot Wheels"? No. It's clearly an ableist insult. Fuck her. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* Would she have called Trump “President Hot Wheels”? No, because that wouldn't make sense? I do mock Trump for his mental disabilities all of the time. Is that also ableist? permalink fedilink source parent
[+] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world -6 points 1 year ago (1 child) Would she have called Trump "President Hot Wheels"? No. It's clearly an ableist insult. Fuck her. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* Would she have called Trump “President Hot Wheels”? No, because that wouldn't make sense? I do mock Trump for his mental disabilities all of the time. Is that also ableist? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 year ago* Would she have called Trump “President Hot Wheels”? No, because that wouldn't make sense? I do mock Trump for his mental disabilities all of the time. Is that also ableist? permalink fedilink source parent
