BVI People of Reddit, what BVI-Related Question Irritated You the Most?(self.Blind)
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macadamia_owl10 points1y ago
"Can you give me free MMJ?" (In my country glaucoma and other diseases are allowed to smoke it restricted imported controlled amounts if all others treatments failed)
"How do you know how use toilet? Do you use toilet alone?"
"Why you don't go out with me/marry me etc? Love is blind looks doesn't matter to you?" Often immigrants looking for fast permanent asylum stay
"Why you have phone with touchscreen/smartwatch/taking photo? Blind people can't use those/can't do this"
"Are you really blind?" "If you're blind why you're wearing glasses?" "Why you're wearing glasses and using white cane you're not blind?"
gunfart9 points1y ago
“Have you tried going to church, or talking with Jesus?
No, some magical sky man is not going to be able to touch me and heal my vision. Please stop. It is astonishing the amount of people who think that my vision will completely come back if I just go talk to this person in the sky in a specific building.
Crafty_Dragon_roll6 points1y ago
Went to a Baptist funeral the other day. Apparently Satan made us blind. All we have to do it pray to God and accept him into our lives and we'll be healed!
I remember the couple who came up to me after ordering lunch one day asking if we can pray together so God can restore my sight. Apparently laughing wasn't appropriate.
Littlebiggran2 points1y ago
My priest told me he'd pray for healing. I pretty much can do that myself.
gunfart2 points1y ago
"either you're doing a bad job or nobody is listening, because i still can't see"
i'm sure that one will go over real well in the congregation ;)
BexTheMixer1 points1y ago
I'm Christian, but have had people pray for me. I just let them and don't say anything.
MostlyBlindGamer1 points1y ago
This sounds promising. Which specific Baptist church and how much do I have to pay to get VIP access?
oncenightvaler2 points1y ago
ok, so I am a Christian, and the way I respond to people praying for my sight is I pray with them for peace in their life, kind of letting them know that everyone has their own issues and struggles, mine are just more obvious.
gunfart2 points1y ago
I get it, and I don’t look down on those that are religious because in somesituations it can be a good moral rock to have, but I just have a serious problem with people that whole-heartedly believe that my sight, medically proven to be f’ed up and not coming back without anything short of new eyeballs or optical nerves and all the other jazz that accompanies them, will come back with thinking really hard about it. If you honestly think that is a possibility, you should have your head checked. And I mean that in the nicest way possible, really.
I am not saying that to you, i mean prayer and religion as a whole. Again, religious people are alright and good for them for having a decent heart and wanting good things in life, but I live in reality where things are real, ya know? We’re all allowed to subscribe to whatever newspaper we want and I’m okay with that.
PrincessDie1232 points1y ago
Yeah if someone ever asks if they can pray for you say no, I’ve made the mistake of trying to appease them twice and they were very disappointed that douching me and shouting to the sky for Jesus to heal me didn’t actually work. I was expecting them to just quietly add my name to their prayer book for the night, I was very very wrong.
gunfart3 points1y ago
yeah, I've made that mistake a few times. thought it would be a quick and simple thing but instead they want to drop everything and put their hand(s) on my head/shoulders/face/whatever and pray for me then and there, in like a full blown 5 minute thing. hella awkward dude, just let me out of the uber please.
nullatonce1 points1y ago
Wtf lol.
Well he could've helped, but jews...
macadamia_owl1 points1y ago
Or similar like "religion name XYZ or God name XYZ will heal you, have you been to holly place and prayed there?"
"Have you been to XYZ Energietherapie, tried XYZ alternative therapy?"
BenandGracie8 points1y ago
honestly, it is posts like this. I feel like some form of this question has been asked here several times before.
chat1287 points1y ago
I have seen it at least 4 times now how do blind people wipe their ass
PrincessDie1236 points1y ago
“I’d like to see you try to look at your own asshole Kyle” would be my response
chat1283 points1y ago
My response was the same way you do
PrincessDie1232 points1y ago
Next time you could snarkily reply “with my left hand”
impablomations5 points1y ago
Couple of times I've answered that's what the dog is for.
One bark for clean, two for keep wiping, whine for "lay off the chilli dude".
Usually get downvoted because sarcasm in the face of an asinine question that gets repeated to death isn't appropriate and I should be pleasant and educational at all times.
chat1282 points1y ago
I am not a very PC Vision impaired person
impablomations3 points1y ago
If someone is genuinely interested or has a genuine question I'm more than happy to accomodate, but the "how do you wipe your ass?" type questions - my supply of fucks ran out long ago and I have no more left to give.
rumster1 points1y ago
I haven't banned people in a while. I'm ready... you tell me when and I'll be ready.
TurtleProphet4206 points1y ago
How can you see this post or this comment? guys we are in 2021, technology exists.
PrincessDie1236 points1y ago
“How do you drive?!” Is one I get rather frequently, often right after I explain that I cannot drive.
gunfart6 points1y ago
so like, how do you drive? :P
impablomations7 points1y ago
White cane out the driver side window, dog pokes his head out the other side and woofs if I'm going to hit something.
PrincessDie1236 points1y ago
I drive my Chevorlegs
gunfart4 points1y ago
don't forget to renew your auto warranty on your lamborfeeties
PrincessDie1231 points1y ago
That make me laugh.
Broken_Peepers3 points1y ago
I'm hard to irritate, but I do enjoy being asked if my folded up cane is a set of drum sticks.
BexTheMixer2 points1y ago
Oh my gosh I have never been asked that but that's so funny! I don't think I'd be annoyed if I got asked this, I'd just let it unfold super fast and wish I could see the look on their face LOL!
oncenightvaler2 points1y ago
I have never been asked that, surprised.
zzaacckk82 points1y ago
Whenever someone asks how do you xyz and it's something I don't do I just follow it up with" the only good thing about being blind is it doesn't hurt when you get shampoo in your eyes"
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