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*RANT* it's a fkin CANE not a stick! (self.Blind)
submitted by Trick-Regret-493
Opinion

A stick is what falls in the lawn after a wind storm. stick sounds so unimportant. Idk why it brothers me, but it slightly does.
BlindWizard 40 points 1y ago
I call mine my Staff of Foresight.
JudgeSavings 5 points 1y ago
hahahahahahaha
PaleontologistTrue74 4 points 1y ago
I'm stealing that
BlindWizard 4 points 1y ago
Why steal when it is be freely given. The more people respect the staff you carry the better.
PaleontologistTrue74 4 points 1y ago
They will respect the staff.. or fear its destructive power!!!!

Still appreciated by the way.
Terry_Pie 3 points 1y ago
Funnily enough, one way to translate the Japanese word for a white cane (白杖) is 'white staff'.
RollForParadise 2 points 1y ago
I’ll never be able to remember this, but I absolutely love the staff of foresight!
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Mine need a name and I love this!
Nisa4444 1 points 1y ago
That’s epic.
OldManOnFire 11 points 1y ago
You've given me an idea!

When the grandbabies come over next time I'm gonna point my white cane at them and yell "Freeze! This is a cane-up!"
rumster 5 points 1y ago
ROFL
impablomations 9 points 1y ago
I call mine 'my stick', so neener! :p

I have two sticks. My walking stick and my white stick. Always said it that way.
ThisBlindChickReads 5 points 1y ago
Yeah ... I call mine my seeing stick ...
yourmommaisaunicorn 9 points 1y ago
I call mine Caney McCaneface after Boaty McBoatface.

Hard to call it a stick when you say cane twice in the name.
EmeraldSunrise4000 2 points 1y ago
I love everything about this I’m crying
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
Love it haha
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 7 points 1y ago
It honestly doesn't bother me that much, I was just looking to make a humorous type post...
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
But I'm glad some people agree with me lol
PaleontologistTrue74 5 points 1y ago
It's both a cane and a stick. To each there own. A poker is what I call it. I poke the world in front of me so I dont get hurt.
bradley22 4 points 1y ago
It doesn't bother me, my parents have called it a stick all my life.
OutWestTexas 3 points 1y ago
At the airport, a TSA guy called it my “blind stick” as he snatched it out of my hand.
RollForParadise 2 points 1y ago
When talking to strangers or professionals it is my white cane. If I’m talking to friends and family it’s either my whacking stick, or magic wand lol
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
Haha nice.
Davidbrcz 2 points 1y ago
It's a cane if you use to when walking, it's a stick if you use it beat annoying people.
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 1 points 1y ago
I like it!
Iamheno 2 points 1y ago
I call mine my social distancing stick?
Trick-Regret-493 [OP] 2 points 1y ago
Love it lol
Nisa4444 1 points 1y ago
Used to really get on my nerves, but now, I don’t really care what they call it.
Time-Perception1199 1 points 1y ago
My dad hates calling his a cane, whenever he wants my mom to grab it for him he yells "get me my stick!"
GerryAttric 1 points 1y ago
Nothing wrong with "stick". Do you use it to support you when you walk though?
Do you realize a cane is a type of stick. Canes have handles. Does yours?
PrincessDie123 1 points 1y ago
I call it my stick when my brain farts and I can’t remember the word Cane lol either is fine so long as you know it’s actual name. That being said why is it called a cane if it doesn’t work the same way as a support cane because most people think of a support cane when they hear the word?
ratadeacero 1 points 1y ago
It's the blind stick at our house.
emobe_ 1 points 1y ago
It's not a lawn, it's a garden.
[deleted] 1 points 1y ago
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rumster 0 points 1y ago
Can has a curve on top which is why it's called a cane. I get what you mean though... I don't get why people are to stupid to know that it's a cane and not a stick.
RollForParadise 1 points 1y ago
My cane is completely straight, no curve like a cane at all which is why I Call it my whacking stick
rumster 1 points 1y ago
ROFL
keefklaar 0 points 1y ago
A bit insulting to call someone who says stick, 'stupid'. What someone calls it is up to them and has no bearing on their intelligence.
rumster 0 points 1y ago
what do you call someone who doesn't know or want to know the difference between a cane and a stick?
keefklaar 0 points 1y ago
I know the difference, I use both. What's that got to do with anything?

Again, what I call it is MY choice.
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