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What are some the 'Frequently Asked Questions' we blind and/or visually impared people get? (self.Blind)
submitted by Carnegie89
I have my list of about 20 questions that I will be using to make a YouTube video. What are some of the ones you get?
quanin 3 points 3y ago
My favourite, when I'm calling an Uber because it's -20 C up here and buses take too damn long: 'So someone ordered the service for you and texted me, right?' Nope. All me, bro. Now can we go before the bus I didn't want to wait for beats us?
aaronespinozaca 2 points 3y ago
I have only been asked once how I call a Uber or Lyft. I am really surprised about that.
quanin 2 points 3y ago
I'm not asked often. Maybe once a month or so. I figure, provide a guy with a free education? Sure. I'm about 90% sure one of the folks who picked me up spent some time playing with that new feature on his iPhone after he was done for the day.
bradley22 1 points 3y ago
Sometimes I get asked if someone ordered an uber for me, I explain about voiceover and get the whole, that’s amazing thing but it doesn’t bother me.
Mysterybanjo 2 points 3y ago
‘so what CAN you see? Can you see that tree over there? What does that sign say?’
‘How far can you see?’
‘If your vision is so bad how can you use an iPhone?’
‘Why are you squinting/closing your eye like that? You look stupid’
‘It’s not that bright why are you wearing sunglasses?’
‘Why haven’t you got a guide dog?’
‘How far can you see?’
‘If your vision is so bad how can you use an iPhone?’
‘Why are you squinting/closing your eye like that? You look stupid’
‘It’s not that bright why are you wearing sunglasses?’
‘Why haven’t you got a guide dog?’
quanin 1 points 3y ago
> ‘Why haven’t you got a guide dog?’
I don't get this question quite so often anymore. I used to get it a hell of a lot, usually when I was with my now ex-GF--who at the time had one.
I don't get this question quite so often anymore. I used to get it a hell of a lot, usually when I was with my now ex-GF--who at the time had one.
theawesomeaquarist 2 points 3y ago
What's your channel
Carnegie89 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I haven't posted vlogging videos yet. Getting started with this topic. $1
vapidvision 2 points 3y ago
I am really tired of people trying to 'verify' my blindness by asking how many fingers they are holding up, or some other meaneal test of vision.
I also get "can I pray for you" a lot; to which I am becoming less and less polite.
Also "So, what do you see?" because I have partial vision, I understand this but it is impossible to answer.
I also get "can I pray for you" a lot; to which I am becoming less and less polite.
Also "So, what do you see?" because I have partial vision, I understand this but it is impossible to answer.
Carnegie89 [OP] 2 points 3y ago
I get "So, what do you see?" a lot too. I have a rehearsed answer now. Good days up to 4 feet and bad days up to 2 feet. Today is a bad day.
vapidvision 1 points 3y ago
Thats easier to describe than mine. If there is paper, I'll do a quick sketch of my feilds or just say:
My left field of vision is like a rotated Pokeball; I can't see the left half or the center. And the right eye is like looking through a meatball that thinks its an onion ring.
My left field of vision is like a rotated Pokeball; I can't see the left half or the center. And the right eye is like looking through a meatball that thinks its an onion ring.
Carnegie89 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
I had to google what a Pokeball was. I think the metaphors need to be generalized a bit more. Just a thought.
vapidvision 3 points 3y ago
Pokeballs are part of my cultural iconography.
hopesthoughts 1 points 3y ago
How do you watch TV?
Do you dream?
Is it totally dark or black?
Of course all the tech-related ones.
Do you dream?
Is it totally dark or black?
Of course all the tech-related ones.
Carnegie89 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
It makes me laugh when they ask those
hopesthoughts 1 points 3y ago
It makes me think they don't know how to use a search engine lol.
Awaywithwords6 1 points 3y ago
How do you have sex?
A stranger asked me this! Super inappropriate but it’s happened more than once
A stranger asked me this! Super inappropriate but it’s happened more than once
Carnegie89 [OP] 1 points 3y ago
People are weird sometimes. Actually most times.
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BodachanS 1 points 3y ago
"Can't you just wear glasses?" And "so so your contact fix your eyes then?"
And people used to point at things and ask if I could read it or not
And people used to point at things and ask if I could read it or not
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