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Ableist humor?
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Ableist humor?
Ableism if you don't know is basically akin to racism. It's discrimination against people with impairments. I learned about it because of this thread where they're upset about a Hellen Keller joke:

http://atheismplus.com/forums/viewtopic....19&p=97104

Supposedly the joke is an example of ableism. I'm not sure it is. I think for the people like me who find some humor in this, we're not thinking "blind people, they're so stupid!" I have no ill will to blind people at all yet I find this joke funny. Why? It's hard to exactly to articulate into words how I find it funny but I think it has something to do with the awkward feeling that is some cases aroused with being in possession of knowledge that another person is completely but helplessly wrong about something inconsequential. Do you pretend for Keller's sake that the dog is really a cat or do you tell the truth and inevitably bring up a short coming of being blind? That's an awkward situation to be in.
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#2
RE: Ableist humor?
Some people need to learn to calm down and see the humor in a joke.
"Never trust a fox. Looks like a dog, behaves like a cat."
~ Erin Hunter
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RE: Ableist humor?
Hi actual blind person here! Are you kidding me?! That's funny as hell! Dude do you know how often I like to fuck with sighted people?!

And it sounds like that blind lady was being whiny. Part of our disability is not being able to access pictures. We in the blind community realize that not every single picture on earth is captioned, or has explicit detail, so it is on us to ask for what we need.



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RE: Ableist humor?
Why did helen kellers dog run away?
you would too if your names was herghnerderper!
To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more. It is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing.
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