What common interactions with sighted people annoy you the most as a blind/VI person?(self.Blind)
submitted by callmeratqueen
I’m low vision and looking for some relatability.
K-R-Rose6 points2y ago
That time when people look at my phone and make fun of me for my enlarged text
callmeratqueen [OP]1 points2y ago
People looooove to read my texts so I just use voiceover at that point
K-R-Rose2 points2y ago
They don’t even read them. They just make fun of me for large text
callmeratqueen [OP]1 points2y ago
The only disrespect I ever really get regarding my low vision is from teachers
K-R-Rose2 points2y ago
Wow I wish. My dad also has a new thing where he tries reading small print on a label or something and can’t, and then turns to me and goes “wow I can’t read this! Imagine that!?” and I’m sitting there like “feel blessed you could ever do that, buddy.”
irisgirl864 points2y ago
When people ask me "what's wrong with your eyes?" and references to god :(
Timely-Fruit3 points2y ago
OK, this might be trivial, I get it. But damn it triggers me bad.
Hi, (insert your name here) it's (insert their name here), how are you doing?
Look, I know you, I remember you, we met yesterday. I might be blind, but I sure don't have memory problems yet, despite you having just made out that I do.
Revenant6243 points2y ago
Doing some thing a sighted person can do and they are amaze is if you just walked on water
siriuslylupin62 points2y ago
Only if patronizing me there’s been a few times when I have been treated without warning like I was completely incapable and I don’t even have to act like it.
There was one lady at church that came over and grabbed on to me and wouldn’t let go and insist I sit down or find a place to put me or else I fall or that someone needed to care for me or that I needed to be with someone. I was casually hanging out in the lobby talking to people. She walked around with me a friends father came up to say hi. The lady was like who takes care of her do you? He was mortified too I could tell because he was like no one takes care of her she takes care of herself.
Another time I had ridden the train out to Los Angeles county going to eat somewhere out there. I was trying to get home and to the train station. This woman came up to me, new I was asian and started to shriek at the top of her voice about how unsafe I was. How I wasn’t suppose to be out in the dark. How I shouldn’t do that. Etc..... it was really annoying. I was like lady not even my mother is this annoying hahaha! I got away and found the train station but yeah..... I had fun that night and got about really well. Just that lady was making a big deal out of nothing. She gave me an entire shrill lecture how I was blind and not allowed out at night or in the dark.
callmeratqueen [OP]1 points2y ago
The constant infantilization of blind/VI people— let alone anyone with a disability annoys the hell out of me
siriuslylupin61 points2y ago
I agree for sure.I think they eventually get tired if you don’t react unless they want to do something with you but the woman went away eventually and I said if you don’t want to give me directions that’s fine I don’t want it from you I’ll just ask someone else.
bigmiracle2 points2y ago
Girl walks past me at airport and we knock shoulders and she turns to me and said something rude. Happened in a mall. Crossing the street I saw ppl I knew but there were so many when I fixated on 1 friend I ended up bumping others and they said hey don't kill us. Another one, walking out of a social hall i was walking side by side with someone and a short fellow walked diagonal 8n front me and ai nearly squashed him, and he turns to me and says what are you blind? That last one hurt. I haven't started using my cane in public yet but I'm close and taking O and M. I know learning these skills with decent vision is the move. Health and happiness!
viciousSnowFlake2 points2y ago
Trying to I figure out if my wife is looking/talking at/to me in less than great lighting or if she's on the phone.
AchooCashew2 points2y ago
Not being able to tell if someone is on the phone or talking to me can be really embarrassing.
callmeratqueen [OP]2 points2y ago
I get that! People often don’t realize how much body language really contributes to communication.
BlindGirlSees1 points2y ago
I can only see light, no shapes, shadows, or colors. One time a guy came up and grabbed me from behind by the shoulders and literally steered me inside of a building. It’s like… Hello, just because I can’t see does not mean you get to touch me without my permission. Also, I knew where I was going.
Only1lunatica1 points2y ago
the constant flip flop between forgetting you have lowered vision and then treating you like you're completely helpless
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