Controversial opinion.
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@NicksWorld @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Everything in life has a cost.
@MariahL @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer I agree with you. Nothing in life is free.
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@MariahL @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer I don't know if its just me but I feel emotionally connected to my cane like, if it brakes and I'm in public, I genuinely panick.
@NicksWorld @MariahL @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer If my computer or hearing aids go down in public I get annoyed, too, though it's not panick. It's just a tool failing, I don't like my tools breaking. I suppose that could be emotion, but it isn't for me, it's just a feeling that I want the tool back. I couldn't keep that emotional distance from a dog, I think.
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@NicksWorld @MariahL @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer If my computer or hearing aids go down in public I get annoyed, too, though it's not panick. It's just a tool failing, I don't like my tools breaking. I suppose that could be emotion, but it isn't for me, it's just a feeling that I want the tool back. I couldn't keep that emotional distance from a dog, I think.
@techsinger @MariahL @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer I see. I don't know, maybe I'm just the weird one.
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@NicksWorld @MariahL @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer If my computer or hearing aids go down in public I get annoyed, too, though it's not panick. It's just a tool failing, I don't like my tools breaking. I suppose that could be emotion, but it isn't for me, it's just a feeling that I want the tool back. I couldn't keep that emotional distance from a dog, I think.
@techsinger @NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer I mean, I don't think it's wrong to be emotionally attached to something that gives you independence. It's scary if something breaks or if something happens to your dog.
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@techsinger @MariahL @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer I see. I don't know, maybe I'm just the weird one.
@NicksWorld @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Are you kidding? My dog accidentally got into a bed of fire ants and I was a wreck. He was miserable and I just wanted to fix it.
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@NicksWorld @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Are you kidding? My dog accidentally got into a bed of fire ants and I was a wreck. He was miserable and I just wanted to fix it.
@MariahL @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Yeah, but your dog is a living animal. That's different.
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@NicksWorld @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Are you kidding? My dog accidentally got into a bed of fire ants and I was a wreck. He was miserable and I just wanted to fix it.
@NicksWorld @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer That was a tough time. He was okay, just some swelling around his face but he didn't feel his greatest for 2 days or so. and yes, while it's different, it's disorienting if say your cane breaks. What do you do then. So no I don't think it's weird to panic.
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@techsinger @MariahL @Kingslayer Yes but I still don't see how its justified.
@NicksWorld @MariahL @Kingslayer umm, people don't like being inconvenienced? People don't like extra work, extra fears, all that? They are justified to feel that way, aren't they? Nobody wants to work more than the minimum. That's a justified feeling isn't it? It may well be wrong to feel it, but it's human nature. We bring them extra work. They don't like extra work. The suspicion that we bring them extra work is in fact, true which accounts for the stigma.
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@NicksWorld @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer That was a tough time. He was okay, just some swelling around his face but he didn't feel his greatest for 2 days or so. and yes, while it's different, it's disorienting if say your cane breaks. What do you do then. So no I don't think it's weird to panic.
@MariahL @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Thanks for the validation.
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@NicksWorld @MariahL @Kingslayer umm, people don't like being inconvenienced? People don't like extra work, extra fears, all that? They are justified to feel that way, aren't they? Nobody wants to work more than the minimum. That's a justified feeling isn't it? It may well be wrong to feel it, but it's human nature. We bring them extra work. They don't like extra work. The suspicion that we bring them extra work is in fact, true which accounts for the stigma.
@techsinger @MariahL @Kingslayer That's like saying discrimination is justified. It isn't.
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@NicksWorld @MariahL @Kingslayer umm, people don't like being inconvenienced? People don't like extra work, extra fears, all that? They are justified to feel that way, aren't they? Nobody wants to work more than the minimum. That's a justified feeling isn't it? It may well be wrong to feel it, but it's human nature. We bring them extra work. They don't like extra work. The suspicion that we bring them extra work is in fact, true which accounts for the stigma.
@techsinger @NicksWorld @Kingslayer But that's not something a PWD can control. That way of thinking isn't necessarily great.
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@techsinger @MariahL @Kingslayer That's like saying discrimination is justified. It isn't.
@NicksWorld @techsinger @Kingslayer Look at it from the other side, our lives are extra work that the average person doesn't have to deal with and will never deal with unless something happens to disable them. It's not our fault that there might be extra work as you say. The stigmas aren't justifiable anymore. It's 2026.
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@techsinger @vol4life8657 @MariahL @Kingslayer Well, we have to pay for cane tips, so that's an on going cost.
@NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @MariahL @Kingslayer compared to vet bills, food,toys, cleaning, tips are a rounding error, remember. If you do the math over a year, I think it would be under a dollar a day for a tip, and even under $2-3 a day for the occasional broken cane. The dog's food would cost more than that, leaving aside other bills.
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@NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @MariahL @Kingslayer compared to vet bills, food,toys, cleaning, tips are a rounding error, remember. If you do the math over a year, I think it would be under a dollar a day for a tip, and even under $2-3 a day for the occasional broken cane. The dog's food would cost more than that, leaving aside other bills.
@techsinger @NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer That's a cost someone chooses to shoulder. Nothing in life is free, nor will it ever be. If you choose to take on the cost that's on you. If not that's fine too.
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@techsinger @NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer I mean, I don't think it's wrong to be emotionally attached to something that gives you independence. It's scary if something breaks or if something happens to your dog.
@MariahL @NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer I don't think it's wrong, either. It's just not my experience.
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@NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @MariahL @Kingslayer compared to vet bills, food,toys, cleaning, tips are a rounding error, remember. If you do the math over a year, I think it would be under a dollar a day for a tip, and even under $2-3 a day for the occasional broken cane. The dog's food would cost more than that, leaving aside other bills.
@techsinger @vol4life8657 @MariahL @Kingslayer My brothers and I usually buy cane tips in packs so we have a lot of them at once.
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@NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @MariahL @Kingslayer compared to vet bills, food,toys, cleaning, tips are a rounding error, remember. If you do the math over a year, I think it would be under a dollar a day for a tip, and even under $2-3 a day for the occasional broken cane. The dog's food would cost more than that, leaving aside other bills.
@techsinger @NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer You can cut down on some of those costs by say doing grooming and baths yourself.
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@NicksWorld @techsinger @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Are you kidding? My dog accidentally got into a bed of fire ants and I was a wreck. He was miserable and I just wanted to fix it.
@MariahL @NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Yes, precisely. That's the kind of thing which would drive me up the wall. It's a living creature to which I have duties and with which I'd get emotionally involved. I couldn't help that.
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@MariahL @NicksWorld @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Yes, precisely. That's the kind of thing which would drive me up the wall. It's a living creature to which I have duties and with which I'd get emotionally involved. I couldn't help that.
@techsinger @MariahL @vol4life8657 @Kingslayer Do you just not like being emotional? I'm not gonna judge of course, but I'm curious.
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@techsinger @MariahL @Kingslayer That's like saying discrimination is justified. It isn't.
@NicksWorld @MariahL @Kingslayer Legally, it isn't. I never said it was. As a matter of fact, though, the stigma felt by many people is justified. It is accurate. Their acting on it is a legal, and I think it's a moral, wrong. However, they are correct in feeling it because it is a fact that it makes more work for them in many cases to interact with a blind person. Stigma is a feeling felt by others, after all, it's not some sort of objective thing, right?