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exercising my blind privilege (don't try this at home) (self.Blind)
submitted by redmarus
Thought I'd share something funny that happened today. For context, I am a very fruity looking guy with earrings and a fauxhawk and high heeled tabi boots and a permanently tired/high expression that cannot be flapped.
So one of my fatal flaws/positive traits is that I'm something of a shitstirrer. Today I was going home from a friend's place on the subway and some guy was loudly yammering all sorts of conspiracy theory stuff, making it hard to hear the announcements. I was able to get off at my stop but not before saying "your voice is like nails on a chalkboard."
His big brute friend loomed over me to yell at me and I doinked him with my cane, which he grabbed. But in that moment the shrill guy said "come on, don't beat up a blind guy" and he relented.
Will I learn from this ? Absolutely not !
So one of my fatal flaws/positive traits is that I'm something of a shitstirrer. Today I was going home from a friend's place on the subway and some guy was loudly yammering all sorts of conspiracy theory stuff, making it hard to hear the announcements. I was able to get off at my stop but not before saying "your voice is like nails on a chalkboard."
His big brute friend loomed over me to yell at me and I doinked him with my cane, which he grabbed. But in that moment the shrill guy said "come on, don't beat up a blind guy" and he relented.
Will I learn from this ? Absolutely not !
Complex_Platform_981 23 points 1y ago
I too am a shitstirrer who is visually impaired. Thank you for you contribution to the cause !
Central_Control 2 points 1y ago
Keep it up.
It's harder to have to sit there and listen to their crap when you've been trained to listen to everything, all the time to keep up your environment awareness.
It just makes it suck worse. Which makes you want to tell them to shut the eff up. I think that's not shit-stirring, that's just part of being blind and interacting with your environment.
Would that be like telling a sighted person not to look at a rainbow, and if they do, you're going to intimidate them?
"That's my rainbow, you looking at my rainbow?"
"That's a nice rainbow!"
"Now you're going to get it for looking at my rainbow and commenting on it!".
It's harder to have to sit there and listen to their crap when you've been trained to listen to everything, all the time to keep up your environment awareness.
It just makes it suck worse. Which makes you want to tell them to shut the eff up. I think that's not shit-stirring, that's just part of being blind and interacting with your environment.
Would that be like telling a sighted person not to look at a rainbow, and if they do, you're going to intimidate them?
"That's my rainbow, you looking at my rainbow?"
"That's a nice rainbow!"
"Now you're going to get it for looking at my rainbow and commenting on it!".
TechnicalPragmatist 18 points 1y ago
Not in to that type of stuff but being blind works sometimes. I was in DC and got mugged. Someone took phone and ran away. Some teenage boys. Some guy asked one of the boys to go get my phone back. He obliged. I don’t know if I would get my phone back or not. I yelled for help initially and a guy a very nice guy stopped to help.
Anyway, praise the Lord they brought it back and I stood there silently.
The boys proceeded to say well we brought your phone back we want ransom your money. I didn’t say or do anything. I froze. And the guy said well she’s blind she don’t have any money. I just played dumb. I didn’t say a thing. Did I have money sure I did. I have saved up for my trip to DC. But I also didn’t want to get robbed and give them all my money. The guy took my phone from them.
And I had my apple watch on my arm and I said with a singsong voice. I’ll call the police now. They ran like the wind. I don’t think the police ever found them and no cameras caught them unfortunately. We filed but never nobody caught them.
But yeah, sometimes the blind card works.
I got my phone back from the guy.
Anyway, praise the Lord they brought it back and I stood there silently.
The boys proceeded to say well we brought your phone back we want ransom your money. I didn’t say or do anything. I froze. And the guy said well she’s blind she don’t have any money. I just played dumb. I didn’t say a thing. Did I have money sure I did. I have saved up for my trip to DC. But I also didn’t want to get robbed and give them all my money. The guy took my phone from them.
And I had my apple watch on my arm and I said with a singsong voice. I’ll call the police now. They ran like the wind. I don’t think the police ever found them and no cameras caught them unfortunately. We filed but never nobody caught them.
But yeah, sometimes the blind card works.
I got my phone back from the guy.
WEugeneSmith 6 points 1y ago
This is a very scary story even though it turn out well.
Kudos to you for keeping your cool and handling this so well.
Kudos to you for keeping your cool and handling this so well.
TechnicalPragmatist 7 points 1y ago
It was praise the Lord it could. The first person who stopped too could be their evil agent and not have helped. The person could have not stopped. The boys could have ran off never to have come back. Other things could have gone wrong. I am very grateful to God it did not. But yeah. And thank you. I don’t know how I did it. Praise God I guess. Very scary indeed. My phone was returned nothing happened to any of my money or stuff. I walked back to my hotel, just that event had happened and a scare. It was also my first night or so there in washington d.c. otherwise late at night someone a poor homeless person did mock me once another time but I didn’t say anything and moved on.
The neighborhoods where I stayed in both places happened not to be very safe but yeah.
The neighborhoods where I stayed in both places happened not to be very safe but yeah.
lil-alfalfa-sprout 4 points 1y ago
I don't want to make light of your story (which sounds very scary) but I can't help but get a chuckle out of envisioning some kids stealing your phone and being really confused when they're unable to operate Voiceover
TechnicalPragmatist 2 points 1y ago
Yeah, that would be interesting but if they are clever they’d have figured it out or look it up but I can see the confusion. My phone was actually stolen once not that time but it was maybe a few years before that in the middle of Los angeles in one of the rougher neighborhood. Praise the lord it wasn’t more.
But I was indeed wondering what would happen to that phone and what if they tried to operate it. I locked it pretty quickly so I don’t know it’s probably a paper weight now, in a trashcan or something. Could be completely wiped too and somewhere else. Fortunately it’s an old iphone 6 so meh out of date now.
But I was indeed wondering what would happen to that phone and what if they tried to operate it. I locked it pretty quickly so I don’t know it’s probably a paper weight now, in a trashcan or something. Could be completely wiped too and somewhere else. Fortunately it’s an old iphone 6 so meh out of date now.
TK_Sleepytime 13 points 1y ago
Hahaha! Blind Shitstirrers Unite! When people give me shit on the train because they think a white lady is an easy target I like to look them straight in mouth, trap my glass eye, clutch my pentacle necklace and start whispering random meaningless shit in Japanese I learned from anime.
Laser_Lens_4 4 points 1y ago
What on earth is a pentacle necklace? You’ve got me incredibly curious
Tarnagona 7 points 1y ago
A pentacle is generally a five-pointed star (a pentagram) in a circle, often worn as jewellery, and associated with paganism, especially Wicca, and witchcraft. And that, of course, means, to certain types of Christians, that it’s a symbol of Satanism or devil-worship (because witchcraft is evil, of the devil, &c). Leaning hard into being a witch tends to freak those types of people out (though I’m generally too nice to try it).
Laser_Lens_4 3 points 1y ago
OK that sounds awesome. I want one now
vwlsmssng 3 points 1y ago
> pentacle necklace
Probably a $1 on a necklace. It has associations with the occult and witchcraft.
Alternatively it could some kind of anime 5-legged tentacle (pentacle) monster symbol.
Probably a $1 on a necklace. It has associations with the occult and witchcraft.
Alternatively it could some kind of anime 5-legged tentacle (pentacle) monster symbol.
TK_Sleepytime 2 points 1y ago
u/tarnagona is correct! It's a five-pointed star inside a circle, a symbol used in many occult traditions. But most people only know it from horror stories about "evil witchcraft". It actually has pretty wholesome meanings!
WEugeneSmith 10 points 1y ago
Chronic people-pleaser here - living vicariously and cheering you on from the sidelines!
nadmaximus 10 points 1y ago
People tend to think the unflappable DGAF, but they probably have strongly held F's (which they seldom give) that are too strange or against the hegemony of the flapping majority.
Shitstirring is excellent medication to keep and nuture those particular Fs.
Shitstirring is excellent medication to keep and nuture those particular Fs.
jessiexramone 7 points 1y ago
Hi also a shit stirrer! Proud of you for the cane wack!
ZBMakesSongs 7 points 1y ago
"This is beautiful. Just, beautiful. Wish I had the balls to do this.
Eriona89 6 points 1y ago
I live in The Netherlands and I'm petty.
We've a lot of bicycles but also scooters. Sometimes there is a scooter parked on the side walk, I give it a little tap with my cane and the alarm goes off. I chuckle a little if someone comes out and going berserk and than near me, total silence and sometimes an apology.
Don't be an AH
We've a lot of bicycles but also scooters. Sometimes there is a scooter parked on the side walk, I give it a little tap with my cane and the alarm goes off. I chuckle a little if someone comes out and going berserk and than near me, total silence and sometimes an apology.
Don't be an AH
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