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Parents of visually-impaired boy believe their DOG saved son from going blind (dailyrecord.co.uk)
submitted by fastfinge
blind_devotion08 3 points 7y ago
Multiple things to say about this article.
1: This is inspiration porn. Fuck inspiration porn. Thank you for sharing the article, u/fastfinge, but man, fuck inspiration porn.
2: There are MANY reasons a dog might consistantly put itself on one side of a person over the other. Dogs are pretty habitual creatures. It's also simple and innocuous enough that I'd be willing to question if the dog even did what the article claims.
3: astigmatism isn't a 100% death sentence for your sight, and the eye doctor, assuming they were at all competent at their job, would have spotted it anyway. The fuck does the dog have to do with any of this?
4: I love dogs, but the amount of adoration and mystical abilities attributed to this one is almost enough to start a cult. Licking a spot where the tumor grew? How do we know the dog isn't secretly an evil bastard and was like "mmmm yess, your impending doom is delicious to me mlem mlem mlem."
Don't get me wrong, dogs are awesome. My service dog has saved my life so many times, and there has been some, albeit IMO slim, evidence to support the idea that dogs might be able to sense cancer through smell, but come on!
5: And if the boy had gone blind, whoop-de-fucking-doo, another one joins my camp. The world needs more blind people who don't put up with bullshit.
1: This is inspiration porn. Fuck inspiration porn. Thank you for sharing the article, u/fastfinge, but man, fuck inspiration porn.
2: There are MANY reasons a dog might consistantly put itself on one side of a person over the other. Dogs are pretty habitual creatures. It's also simple and innocuous enough that I'd be willing to question if the dog even did what the article claims.
3: astigmatism isn't a 100% death sentence for your sight, and the eye doctor, assuming they were at all competent at their job, would have spotted it anyway. The fuck does the dog have to do with any of this?
4: I love dogs, but the amount of adoration and mystical abilities attributed to this one is almost enough to start a cult. Licking a spot where the tumor grew? How do we know the dog isn't secretly an evil bastard and was like "mmmm yess, your impending doom is delicious to me mlem mlem mlem."
Don't get me wrong, dogs are awesome. My service dog has saved my life so many times, and there has been some, albeit IMO slim, evidence to support the idea that dogs might be able to sense cancer through smell, but come on!
5: And if the boy had gone blind, whoop-de-fucking-doo, another one joins my camp. The world needs more blind people who don't put up with bullshit.
fastfinge [OP] 2 points 7y ago
Oh, agreed. I don't necessarily endorse what I share. But I saw the article three or four times on Twitter. In my mind, as blind people, we kind of have a duty to keep up-to-date on how we're being portrayed in the media, because it can effect every aspect of our daily lives. And we can't speak out against it unless we're aware of it.
edit: I would change the inspiration flare to inspiration-porn, but people do view this sub at work, and an insane number of corporate firewalls just block any page that has the word "porn" on it. Plus, I don't want to atract the porn spammers LOL.
edit: I would change the inspiration flare to inspiration-porn, but people do view this sub at work, and an insane number of corporate firewalls just block any page that has the word "porn" on it. Plus, I don't want to atract the porn spammers LOL.
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