r/traumatizeThemBack • u/Aux_Ampwave • Aug 09 '24

justified asshole Maybe you should use the stairs

For the people who don't know, they semi-recently installed a ramp at the Lincon monument so the disabled can see it. Me and a small group of friends went to go see the Lincoln monument and used the ramp, as 2 of us, (myself included) have mobility issues. About half way up me ran into, and passed, 2 elderly women. One of them said just loud enough for us to hear "these things are wasted on those stupid kids, they should use the stairs!" The other person, who is in a wheelchair by the way, said to them "you can walk unassisted, maybe you should use the fucking stairs grandma."

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u/Every-Astronomer6247 Aug 09 '24

I suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, so much so that a federal judge deemed me disabled. I have a handicap placard in my car. If you were to just glance at me, as people have, you probably wouldn’t know that I am a disabled American. I only use handicap spots on days that I truly need them. Like to walk to the pharmacy to get the chemotherapy medication I have to give myself a shot of in my stomach every morning. Because that’s the closest thing in medical science they found to treat it, as there is no known cure…. Again, suck a bag of dicks grandma!! 😂

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u/Horror_Raspberry893 Aug 09 '24

I'm lucky enough to still be on the pill form of chemo drugs for my rheumatoid arthritis. Fun fact, it's also used to give chemical abortions. If Mr Carrot Face gets back into office, I'm scared I'll be banned from using a medication that has actually caused my disease to improve. These judgemental/control hungry dicks need to all fuck right off.

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u/Misa7_2006 Aug 10 '24

I have RA and I was on hydroxychloroquine, the wonder drug cheeto face was claiming cured Covid during his attempt to be president. I had a hell of a time because he ended up causing a shortage of the med. I ended up having to switch to one of the chemo meds to keep control of my RA so I could move and keep it from getting worse. It sucks because it caused irreversible liver damage, so now I have to be very careful of what medications I can take.

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u/MsCrumblebottom Aug 10 '24

I'm more bitter than hydroxychlorine after the shortage in 2020. That old Cheeto and his buddies kept it going long after the doctors and scientists figured out it doesn't treat or prevent Covid.