you ever realize how able bodied people just are not expected to do things that cause them excruciating physical pain? like they’re just. not
if i shouldn’t use my cane because i can sometimes technically walk without it, it would just hurt like a motherfucker then abled people should no longer be allowed to use potholders to take things out of the oven because i mean
well they could technically pick up a hot pan with their bare hands. it would just hurt like a motherfucker
*sees an abled person using potholders*
i just think it’s really sad that you’re giving up on yourself like that
if you use potholders how will you ever build up the calluses necessary to pick up scalding hot metal without burning yourself so severely? it’s like you’re not even trying to get better
I mean, my mother uses potholders, but she’s in her 70s. You’re just… too YOUNG to be resorting to potholders at your age.
If you start using potholders, your inability to hold hot metal will only get worse.
As a professional cook I was, and still am, able to pick most stuff up out of an oven without a pot holder. I might get blisters and maybe it will hurt, but usually it won’t
AMAZING! based on this one specific individual’s experiences i will now safely assume that it’s possible for anyone to overcome hand pain & leave potholders behind for good!!! as long as you want it bad enough, anything is possible!! make this story go viral so that all those self pitying losers who still use potholders know that there’s no excuse
When an abled person says: “Have you tried yoga sweetie??” uwu and I tell them that I do yoga every day.
[Gif shifts between Christian Bale and Kermit the frog staring at each other and awkwardly nodding]
(Honestly I started doing yoga just so I could say screw you and also yes. Yes I do. I’m still sick. And also to watch them flounder when they find out I eat better than they do, I’ve tried all the supplements and I get plenty of sunshine.)
“you can’t be tired,” chortles a middle aged family friend, “you’re young!”
“really??” I exclaim. I had no idea. my exhaustion lifts off my shoulders, the bags under my eyes disappear. I no longer need sleep, due to my invigorating youth. I Am Free.
I read middle aged as Middle Aged and was expecting a plague reference.
“thou cannot have the black death,” the doctor scoffs behind his mask, “you are youthful!”
“marry??” I exclaim. I hadst no idea. the fever lifts, mine own strength returns, the blackness fades from mine own skin. I am in perfect health, due to mine own most wondrous youth. I Am Free.
[Gif of man, lifting his desktop computer in frustration and throwing it across the room]
TAG THAT SHIT. Ticks ruined my life why would I want to look at pictures of them?? Recommended: Ticks, tick/s tw, tick picture, tick mention tw. Also on that note: my blog will never have pictures of ticks!
If someone with a chronic illness tells you they can’t do something without serious repercussions (severe pain, fatigue, sickness etc.) that means they CAN’T do it. it doesn’t mean they should just push themselves or they just do it that once or maybe just give it a go. if a chronically ill person cannot do something without hurting themselves then please just accept that they can’t and should not do it. support them, listen to them and don’t coerce them into doing the thing that WILL cause them harm.
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