[nfb-talk] Making Our Homes Comfortable and Accessible to Blind Folks

Mon Dec 19 14:30:02 UTC 2011

Thanks David;
I was shocked at what I was reading.

Terry Powers

-----Original Message-----
From: Ashley Bramlett [mailto:bookwormahb at earthlink.net] 
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2011 12:01 AM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Making Our Homes Comfortable and Accessible to Blind Folks

Dave,
Thanks. I was kind of offended by his message due to the langue and sarcastic attitude toward sighted people. We all have sighted friends and family.
Unless you live alone or with a blind spouse, you probably have sighted family members. Get over it; it's a sighted, visual world and adapt to it.
I'll post my ideas for a visual pleasing home soon. I have some vision so I see the importance of visual stuff.

-----Original Message-----
From: David Andrews
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2011 11:21 PM
To: NFB Talk Mailing List
Subject: Re: [nfb-talk] Making Our Homes Comfortable and Accessible to Blind Folks

Ryan:

I have warned you previously about posting profane and inappropriate messages.  It doesn't seem to matter though, as you keep doing it.  Thus, I am placing you on moderated status.

We all understand that it is frustrating being blind, and things
aren't always easy.    This is in part why we have this
list.  However, your message isn't constructive and while it may make you feel better, I doubt it helped anyone else.

David Andrews, Moderator

At 04:07 PM 12/17/2011, you wrote:
>Jimbo:
>
>Next time your friends come over and bitch about the lack of light, say 
>something like this:
>
>"You know what," (insert name) "...You know what? Every freakin' day, I 
>get up and move around in a sighted world. I work on a finite schedule 
>with the aid of public transit because I can't drive. If the bus or 
>train is late...so am I. If inclement weather strikes, I don't get in 
>my car and turn on the windshield wipers. I freeze my nuts off in the 
>rain or snow until I can get on a bus. When I go shopping, I pray to 
>God that I can land a shopper's assistant who is, at the very least, 
>literate. If they speak English, it makes my day. If they speak English 
>fluently...Jesus, I've been known to weep with joy. If I shop on line, 
>I'll be lucky if capcha, internet graphics and flash don't give me a 
>migraine that could floor Robin Williams on a coke binge!
>
>Sorry if I seem a little grumpy. I just came from a job for which I'm 
>vastly over-qualified. I have a freakin' master's degree in 
>mathematics, or genetics, or whatever, but every institution/company at 
>which I apply is run by sighted pricks who have figured out a way not 
>to hire me. God bless the ADA and the well-intentioned, ignorant 
>bastards who sleep better at night for having passed it. And God bless 
>social security, who is still haunting my ass four years later because 
>I forgot to report the income I made running a cash register so that I 
>could put bread on the table in between college semesters.
>
>It makes a guy wonder if Walter White didn't have a point. Screw it! 
>Can blind people be meth cookers? You ever see Breaking Bad? You 
>know...it's that super good crime show on AMC that doesn't air with 
>description because Hollywood is too God damn cheap to give us 
>description with all of their content, even though they can well afford to do so with minimal effort.
>
>You want friggin' light bulbs? Drive to the store and grab a few boxes. 
>I'd take you myself, but I haven't won the Power Ball yet and can't 
>afford a self-driving car. But let me give you directions. Siri! Work! 
>C'mon, damn it! What's the nearest Wal-Mart? Flashlight? Who are you 
>kidding? What friggin' flashlight? Just use my cigar lighter to light 
>your way to the door. Pick me up a new can of butane on the way back. Yes, I smoke cigars.
>No, I'm not amazing. Dealing with your ignorant ass makes me wanna 
>smoke one right now. No, I don't need help lighting it. Get your damn 
>hands off me before Mr. Fist meets Mr. Sack!
>
>It's your world and you're the king. Every day, I get up and I don't 
>just live. I thrive, brother. Grow the hell up!"
>
>Then, out loud you can say:
>
>"Umm, sure thing, man. Sorry for my insensitivity to your situation. 
>Can you drive me to the nearest Safeway to grab a few bulbs? And 
>hey...can we swing through for a Big Mac on the way home?"
>
>Now, Jimbo, I've been assuming that the people in question are men. If 
>they are women, just say:
>
>"Lights? Honey, for what we're gonna be doin', we don't need no freakin'
>lights."
>
>Sexist and boorish, but oh so true.
>
>
>
>RyanO

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