• booty [he/him]
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    21 year ago

    hasan-ok-dude you’re right, not everyone can use bikes so telling people to use bikes is ableist. genius. you’re a real thinker. they’ll be reading about you in the history books centuries from now

    • blakeus12 [he/him]
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      51 year ago

      no, saying skill issue to people who aren’t able to bike up steep hills when there are other options such as pedal assist is unhelpful and ableist. it doesn’t take being a ‘thinker’ to deduce that.

      • booty [he/him]
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        1 year ago

        hasan-ok-dude

        this is such a silly non-issue to whine at a comrade for. it’s not ableist. obviously if you have a medical condition preventing you from riding up a hill then my comment doesn’t fucking apply to you, idiot

        • Egon [they/them]
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          “obviously the exceptions that make it so my comments aren’t fitting and showcase ableism don’t count. Everyone know that. You are the stupid one. I have depicted myself as the streamer for a third time to hammer this home.”

          The initial question is about those who are too physically unfit to scale a steep hill. Responding with “skill issue” is ableist specifically because we’re talking about the “exception”

          • booty [he/him]
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            11 year ago

            The initial question is about those who are too physically unfit to scale a steep hill. Responding with “skill issue” is ableist

            being out of shape is not a disability, that is very literally a skill issue. get to walking and biking and it gets easier

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              How do elders deal with …

              Skill issue.

              Being elderly or physically handicapped is not a question of “being out of shape”.

              Also your dismissal of the fact that overweight people exist and also need to get around is indicative of a poor understanding of good urban planning.

            • blakeus12 [he/him]
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              31 year ago

              what about people with eating disorders, what about people with depression? seriously think about what you’re saying

        • Kuori [she/her]
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          41 year ago

          orrr you could take more care to think about people who don’t have your capabilities

          idiot

          okay so maybe you actually can’t

          • booty [he/him]
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            you know how i got my capabilities? i used my body to move around instead of sitting in a car at every opportunity. when you use your body it gets stronger and hills get easier. if that isnt possible for you, that sucks and i get it. but if you do have that ability and you choose not to use it, fucking skill issue get over it.

        • jesus-christ

          Why double down on this of all things? It’s not even necessarily about a medical condition (but it’s that too, for many of us it’s not a skill issue but a heart and lung issue), it’s about the fact that biking up a hill can be fucking hard and I wouldn’t begrudge anyone for not wanting to do it all the time living in a hilly city, let alone if they’re trying to get home after working all day and are dead tired. The person who you were first responding to, who was asking in good faith from everything I can tell, also said “how do elders deal with what other citizens would take for granted in terms of mobility?” You completely disregarded that. Would you tell your 80 year old grandparent just to bike harder in their hilly city? This is a totally legitimate concern and responding “skill issue, just bike harder” really is heading into some ableist territory.

          • booty [he/him]
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            11 year ago

            Why double down on this of all things?

            because im not being ableist and “hills exist therefore bikes are impossible” is fucking carbrain bullshit