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I hate how inescapable politics are on Lemmy, but ya know, at least nobody's constantly asking how I wipe my butt or pick up my dog's poop then completely ignoring me when I try to answer.
Submitted 22 hours ago by early_riser@lemmy.world to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 38 minutes ago
kbobabob@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours ago
lemmyknow@lemmy.today 3 hours ago
I don’t mind politics. Just wish I, who’s never set foot in the US, could come in here waste my time as usual and not have US News & Politics make its way into my feed every time through some non-US News & Politics community.
Maybe I need to make more use of a skill most USians lack, knowledge of other languages, and find myself more non-US stuff. Not exactly easy, but would pay off easily.
There’s some great stuff in English, but I wouldn’t miss it much if it means no more US news & politics. There ought to be good shit in other languages. I just need to find the good stuff, and where it be
guynamedzero@piefed.zeromedia.vip 9 hours ago
Maybe I’m crazy for this, but I don’t like the term politics, I feel like it hides what people are actually talking about. Think about the difference between the statements:
“I’m not interested in understanding politics, it’s too crazy”
“I’m not interested in understanding who gets to decide what my rights are, it’s too crazy”
Or maybe:
“It’s annoying seeing politics in my feed all the time”
“It’s annoying seeing people discussing the implementation of mass surveillance in my feed all the time”
In both cases, do you see how the first one feels like a pretty standard perspective, but the second one feels insane?
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
It would be great if my existence and the existence of my friends and family weren’t considered “political.”
But here we are. Sorry that our not going quietly into the camps inconveniences you.
pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
You know you’re in a discussion with a blind person, and you included an image without alternative text.
Please learn what alternative text is.
lmagitem@lemmy.zip 2 hours ago
They did not say what you’re implying them saying. There is a world between not caring about people getting arrested by ICE and not wanting every other post being about Trump’s antics and US politics.
Plus, if they are blind, I guess it’s harder for them to decide “at a glance” what they’d want to check or not. It doesn’t suffice to see someone’s face to decide to skip, they have to read what the post is about.
kSPvhmTOlwvMd7Y7E@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Do you have a stable work? And what do you di
early_riser@lemmy.world 1 minute ago
I admin an instructional data center at a community college.
Cevilia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 hours ago
Filters are your friends. :)
shittydwarf@piefed.social 20 hours ago
I’ve helped a visually impaired person find their dogs poop so they could pick it up via the “Be my eyes” app
_haha_oh_wow_@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
You are now a poop sherpa, thank you for your kind service.
AmidFuror@fedia.io 18 hours ago
Username checks out.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
I’ve been logged in for years, and I just got my first call last week! I was so excited. Lady’s laundry machine had stopped with the clothes still wet, and I read off the dial settings and LEDs to determine why it had stopped the cycle and what to do. Took about 5 min.
shittydwarf@piefed.social 17 hours ago
The calls are few and far between that’s for sure. I’ve only had four or five in total
nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 12 hours ago
How do you pick up your dog’s poop?
early_riser@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
Guide dogs have bathroom breaks at set times, and in my experience if their diet is healthy they’ll drop a duce at the same time each day. In any case, the dog is kept on a leash and given a command to relieve itself. It’ll usually sniff around, then stop to do the deed. Straight back means pee and arched back means poop. The posture can be seen if the handler has sufficient vision or felt with a hand if not. If poop is indicated, you find the dog’s south end and use your foot to mark ground zero. When the dog is done it’s a simple matter of bagging it using your foot as the landmark.
Proprietary_Blend@lemmy.world 38 minutes ago
Dogs are amazing.
SalmiakDragon@feddit.nu 1 hour ago
Interesting! As a seeing person who used to walk the family dog, I can attest to the technique of using your foot as a landmark - it was invaluable in order to not lose track of the pile among similarly-colored fallen leaves while I was getting the bag ready.
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 6 hours ago
Sounds like poopy shoes but I guess it’s all about practice…
Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 hours ago
Wait… You’re blind?
👋
early_riser@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Sí
Witchfire@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
What’s your favorite screenreader? )
humorlessrepost@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Easier said than done, it seems.
arnitbier@sh.itjust.works 10 hours ago
Yeah once politics aren’t killing everyone slowly and ruining life in general for the public then it’ll be better
Tho I get the desire this is so over the moral lines its crazy so gonna just have to see it
Maybe help make it so its not needed but bitching and moaning makes it MORE necessary not less
early_riser@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Trump is sending us to Hell in a hand basket.
Biden was sending us to Hell in a hand basket.
Obama was sending us to Hell in a hand basket.
Dubya was sending us to Hell in a hand basket.
Clinton was sending us to Hell in a hand basket.
Bush 1 was sending us to Hell in a hand basket.
Reagan was sending us to Hell in a hand basket.
Forgive me if I’m a little numb to it all.
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 9 hours ago
lol Americans
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
the issue is that ‘political’ people inject their politics into everything, and want to put every comment and commentator into the prejudged boxes they regard as right and wrong.
A_norny_mousse@feddit.org 19 hours ago
put every comment and commentator into the prejudged boxes they regard as right and wrong.
I hate that this is commonly known as “politics”. To me, this is a sports event. I still like to think that politics is about discourse, compromise, coalitions etc.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 19 hours ago
that’s cool, but the vast majority of people don’t. for them it’s about whether you are on their team, and how pure your loyalty to their team is.
early_riser@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It’s not even always that I disagree with what people on here say, I’ve been a 3rd party/independent voter most of my adult life, hardly a Trump fan, but if I post about where to find good fajitas in Dallas I don’t want to hear a manifesto. A fanatic is someone who won’t change their mind and won’t change the subject, and a lot of lemmings fit that bill as evidenced by this very thread.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 19 hours ago
The unfortunate part is that politics isn’t necessarily tied to government. People get political over anything they identify with
MotoAsh@piefed.social 18 hours ago
Political, or tribal? Political is supposed to mean compromising on solutions to tough and intertwined problems.
MantisToboggon@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
How do you wipe your butt?!?!
SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
This question, asked by Jim Jefferies in his bit about guide dogs, ruined my wiping experience. When I was younger, my ass smaller and and my shits smoother, it was enough to give a single wipe and go on with my day. Then Jefferies asked the question of how blind people see the poop on the paper, and the next time I had to look at the paper and do a control wipe to see that it’s clean. But now that I’m fatter and my shits messier, I have to do like six wipes to get a clean one. Curse you Jim Jefferies.
early_riser@lemmy.world 22 hours ago
Very few blind people have no vision at all, and many, including myself, have sufficient vision to see what’s on the TP. Otherwise, the friction as you wipe is a decent indicator, and if you’re not sure you can just make a few more passes.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social 22 hours ago
That extra bit of context definitely helps to frame why someone would be asking you those things!
teft@piefed.social 19 hours ago
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 17 hours ago
I’d never heard that! So you might be able to see it from very close, or only in peripheral vision or something? That’s great.
Grimy@lemmy.world 21 hours ago
Smell test
Habahnow@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Taste test is actually more accurate /j
slothrop@lemmy.ca 22 hours ago
The same way they pick up dog poop. They have a theme or compulsion.
ComfortableRaspberry@feddit.org 22 hours ago
The same way they pick up their dogs poop ┐( ˘_˘)┌
x00z@lemmy.world 15 hours ago
**American politics
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
This is the important part. I enjoy reading political news and discussions. But in the country I live in, not American politics which forced into each conversation.
MangioneDontMiss@feddit.nl 13 hours ago
considering the state of the world, politics really should be inescapable. everywhere. not just lemmy. not just reddit. not just social media. everywhere.
people trying not to pay attention are allowing evil to go on uncontested. you are showing a lack of empathy and self absorption that is ruining the entire world.
DempstersBox@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
My god… How do blind people pick up their dogs poop?
capuccino@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Dogs do poop in the blind person’s hand.
early_riser@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
That is incorrect. Certainly at least not a bare hand. I’ve heard of people catching it midair with a bagged hand but that was when the dog was having an accident IIRC.
CaptainHowdy@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
How do blind people use cash in the US? Other countries have different sizes and textures and stuff, but not our cash.
early_riser@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
It’s not an ideal situation, but that’s partly on us. Back in 2008/09 or so there was talk of making money more accessible, and the National Federation of the Blind came out against it because they thought it implied we couldn’t handle money as is. Honestly I don’t associate with either the NFB or ACB, but that goes back to my aversion to politics.[^1]
Coins are already tactilely distinct, bills are the problem. Assuming we know the denomination, we usually fold them in different ways to differentiate them. Singles may be left unfolded, fives folded hamburger stile, tens hotdog style, etc. There’s no set way to do it, it’s up to the individual. There are bill readers, both standalone and as phone apps. TheiPhone may have one built in as part of VoiceOver or the magnifier app, but I’m too lazy to check right now.
I personally avoid using cash where possible as I don’t like keeping track of change.
[^1]: Standard disclaimer: I only speak for myself. Blindness does not respect class or creed or culture, so every blind person approaches their situation from a unique worldview, and there’s debate among the blind whether a blind “community” can be said to exist. I personally say no for the reason stated above, but again, I only speak for myself.
Burnedspaghetti@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
That’s pretty interesting I always thought they had different ridges on the person’s clothes in the bill, at least that’s what I’ve been told when I was younger because my dad was able to take out the exact amount people asked from him from a wad of cash in his pocket
Zdvarko@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
My favourite part of Lemmybis being able to block communities and users, don’t live in America so it’s not my problem you got a tangerine hitler for a president, we got our own problems.
Hadriscus@jlai.lu 16 hours ago
Like it or not, it’s everybody’s problem. At least he unwittingly caused some positive change, pushing EU countries to break away from US tech/products
Zdvarko@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
Don’t live in Europe
paraphrand@lemmy.world 17 hours ago
This is what happens when you browse “All” on lots of platforms.
Gotta stick to your niches. And sadly, it’ll come up in comment sections too sometimes, because power is everywhere.
TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
lemmy is too small to have active niche communites. the only active communities are the general ones.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 47 minutes ago
Yes, politics is here, because Spez pushed a lot of it out, due to Elongated Muskrat.