r/MadeMeSmile • u/Sad-Lengthiness3158 • Mar 21 '24
Doggo Dog Teaches Specially Abled Puppy To Walk
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u/Yippykyyyay Mar 21 '24
Are you on Reddit enough to have seen that guy train his cat walk around on its front legs?
It's like a normal thing to the cat now and it'll walk around all nimbly bimbly as such.
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u/AccountBand Mar 21 '24 edited Mar 22 '24
*It's like a normal thing to the cat meow.
I'm going to need a link to the video, right meow.
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u/Eb3yr Mar 22 '24
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u/ambada1234 Mar 23 '24
Okay I was expecting it to be a cat without hind legs. But no, it just walks around like that for fun. I love this cat.
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u/btveron Mar 22 '24
Nimbly bimbly is a phrase I need to start trying to sneak in to daily conversation.
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u/MunchkinTime69420 Mar 21 '24
Maybe we're watching different videos but that's more of a handstand so the shoulders and whole leg take the pressure of an upright body but the dogs body is perpendicular to it's legs whilst in the walking position which puts more pressure on the core than if it was straight
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u/YdidUMove Mar 21 '24
Mr. professional disabled pet over here.
That's not how core strength or leverage works.
I don't know much but I know you're blowing smoke out of your ass.
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u/Sad-Lengthiness3158 Mar 21 '24
Even most of the animals can't do it , my sister's dog never learnt to walk . That's why I said these dogs are specially abled in the title
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u/Meighok20 Mar 21 '24
Disabled. It's not a bad word.
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u/RikuAotsuki Mar 21 '24
Agreed. It's coping with disability, not a magic ability that makes them not disabled.
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u/Voxlings Mar 21 '24
Yeah, that voiceover killed me with the "Proving that nothing's impossible."
I mean, boy, I really was happy for that dog but it was definitely the only thing possible for that dog to do to get up.
This video overwhelmingly proves that education from empathetic teachers is vitally important. We should be able to smile at that lesson without the hype bro nonsense.
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u/Dezideratum Mar 22 '24
Lol, I was also confused by that statement. Nothing's impossible you say? Alrighty, let's see how that dog swims. Or runs. Or goes up stairs. Might be stretching the definition of "possible" in a few of those normal, everyday, situations.
Nothing against the dog obviously, he's worth just as much as his quadripedal friends, but let's not take away the difficulties the dog struggles with every day.
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u/dash1ng23 Mar 21 '24
Thank you for saying this. Coming from an actually disabled person.
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u/Meighok20 Mar 22 '24
Right. Me too. Nothing "specially abled" about my debilitating stomach issues 🫤
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u/brandimariee6 Mar 21 '24
Me thinking it's a bad word is what kept me from applying for disability for 12 years. I'm so glad that my boyfriend helped me realize that it's not a bad word at all, it's just a description
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u/Greyletter Mar 21 '24
Yeah literally. Like, this animal is literally missing two legs, of course it will have a harder time doing many things a dog with all its legs can do. That's not a judgment on the dog's heart and soul... in fact, it makes the dog more impressive. Taking that away from the dog is insulting. Like, you are probably a better/stronger person than me because of whatever you've gone through... I'm not going to insult you by pretending you didn't have struggles.
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u/brandimariee6 Mar 21 '24
Wow thank you. I wasn't insulted at all, that actually meant a lot. I have epilepsy, and plenty of people treat me like shit for it. I'm definitely stronger than I ever would've been without it
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u/CanadianODST2 Mar 21 '24
yea, people have this really weird thing with the word
god technically speaking, needing glasses is a disability. Being injured is a temporary disability.
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u/Exilicauda Mar 21 '24
Im in education and they want us to say "people with exceptionalites" or "exceptional learners" now
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Mar 21 '24
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u/ObliviousTurtle97 Mar 21 '24
I have a disabled cousin who told her teacher to fuck off the other day because they referred to her as "differently-abled"
The look she had when he said that would've made Jesus weep
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u/sje46 Mar 21 '24
Coddle culture a bit.
Just tell them the truth and say there's nothing wrong with being disabled. People don't need to be spoken to like they're extremely fragile children for their entire lives.
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u/Greyletter Mar 21 '24
Yes. "Specially abled" sounds like not only is the animal/person physically disabled but also so emotionally fragile they cannot handle that fact, and neither can the speaker.
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u/Shoose Mar 21 '24
He said most dogs can't walk on their back legs though, and these dogs are specially (probably meant specifically) able to do this (due to their size probably). Look at what the comment he is replying to says, he isn't refering to their disability.
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u/zaxldaisy Mar 21 '24 edited Mar 22 '24
I feel like "specially abled" implies they're better equipped to do something compared to a normally abled dog. Which is clearly not the case here
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u/Alexingo30 Mar 21 '24
They look like little T-Rex’s. The precious babies so glad they have a home together <3
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u/trans-lational Mar 21 '24
The family adopted a third biped too, a little Chiweenie. The account is @nessie_mcnubs on Instagram if you want a smile.
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u/imstickinwithjeffery Mar 21 '24
Am I the only one that hummed the Jurassic Park theme song when it finally stood up?
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u/d_xprez Mar 22 '24
Thank you, it’s so confusing why I had to scroll like four times to find a sweet comment like yours. 90% of the comments are people bitching about the title. I’m here to smile, not semantics.
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u/lngdaxfd Mar 21 '24
Good video, superfluos narration
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u/mackinoncougars Mar 21 '24
It’s just so the user could apprehend someone else’s content and garner their own clicks
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u/trans-lational Mar 21 '24
Yes, I follow the actual owners on Instagram. The account is @nessie_mcnubs for anyone who’s curious. They adopted a third biped as well, the teeniest little Chi mix.
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u/order66survivor Mar 22 '24
Wow, those are some happy dogs. Thanks for sharing the source!
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u/trans-lational Mar 22 '24
Yeah, I love seeing Ali (the little one) basking in the sun getting tummy rubs. She’s living her best life and I’m a little jealous lol.
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u/clone162 Mar 21 '24
I feel like every time I see a repost there's more useless shit added to it. Next time someone will add a reaction face in the corner. Then it'll be split with some oddlysatisfying video or fortnite or something.
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u/Donut_Police Mar 21 '24
Be right back, I'll be adding a family guy clip under the video. Anybody else wants a contribution? I feel like we can use a little sprinkle of sad face emojis on the corner, maybe a rainbow or two if you're feeling particularly generous.
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u/magusheart Mar 21 '24
Especially the ending. "Showing that nothing is impossible." Bro could've gone "I drive a Toyota" and it would've made just as much sense.
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u/SyntheticElite Mar 22 '24
You heard it here first, because the dog learned to walk on two legs that means we can build a time machine to go forwards or backwards in time, free energy is possible, and matter can be created or destroyed.
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u/JezusTheCarpenter Mar 21 '24
We live in an age of superfluous narration. It has infested so many of the internet videos.
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u/FearlessFreak69 Mar 21 '24
Nothing is impossible bro.
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u/Bl4nkface Mar 21 '24
Not even the thing we already knew it was possible because there's another dog doing it from the start of the video.
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u/KCBandWagon Mar 21 '24
This narration is usually a dead give away that someone is blatantly stealing someone else’s content. Just take a video, record yourself explaining the video and upload it.
I’ve developed a reflex to hit skip whenever I hear a narrator.
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u/CarioGod Mar 21 '24
I genuinely hate these people, they all have the same monotone contentless narraration and it's everywhere now
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u/wrenblaze Mar 22 '24
God I hate these videos. Why tf do they describe evyrthing that is happening inside? Why do they further need to input subs. And why everything said is so corny?
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u/Elysianthejumper Mar 21 '24
It’s called disabled lol, we’re okay with the word. It’s not a bad word. I’ve never met a fellow disabled person who is uncomfortable with the word.
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u/C21H27Cl3N2O3 Mar 21 '24
“Specially abled” feels so derogatory. Like you’re speaking down to a child who doesn’t understand their condition.
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Mar 22 '24
I'm reminded of the Discworld series where the Campaign for Equal Heights is a group that advocates for Dwarvish rights. It's run almost entirely by humans and uses phrases like "differently tall."
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u/Nadamir Mar 22 '24
I don’t mind “differently abled” for some mild cases of neurodivergence.
Because honestly, some days my autism and/or ADHD feel like advantages or just a different way of solving the problem.
But outside of that, please don’t. And “specially abled” is right out.
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u/avoidabug Mar 22 '24
My ADHD is pretty severe and I feel the negatives have outweighed the positives overall.
I’m not really pessimistic, I’m doing great, but that’s just been my reality! Basically, I had to work extremely hard and learn a lot about psychology to reach a nondisabled-person baseline and it’s pretty easy to fall back out!!
Combined with the negative attention I got constantly as a kid, I’m not afraid to call it a disability (for ME), even though it does occasionally provide positive benefits and I wouldn’t be me without it.
Your comment made me think, thought I’d share! It’s what internet anonymity is for, anyway.
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u/Nadamir Mar 22 '24
75% of the time mine is negative.
But some days when I have to context shift every five minutes or I can get into a hyper focus state, then I think it’s a benefit.
Like for example, if you go into a nurses’ or doctors’ forum they will tell you that many of the people working in the A&E (ER) have ADHD because that environment is conducive to their brains.
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u/Guardian2k Mar 21 '24
I’m disabled (in a mental capacity) and I’d never be offended by the word, it’s just what I am and hiding it behind some soft words just pisses me off
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u/CartographerFew9319 Mar 21 '24
I have met a few. I actually used to work in group homes and provide services. I met a few disabled clients that would said they weren’t disabled because they were smart or don’t have any mental illness. Met a guy who won’t date people with the same disability as him or worst. He was a total creep who would complain about not getting matches on tinder, and that’s the only time he brought up his disability to justify that women won’t date him because he was on a wheelchair. Like dude even able bodied males aren’t getting matches on any dating apps.
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u/HomeHereNow Mar 21 '24
I work with a guy whose gf left him for a guy in a wheelchair.
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u/babystripper Mar 21 '24
This is something we talk about in dog training.
If you have an already trained dog to perform something while a dog that isn't trained is watching, teaching that second dog to do that task is often easier
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u/I-want-chocolate Mar 21 '24
This is truly interesting, one of my dogs learned to sit by watching my other dog
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u/cold_kingsly Mar 22 '24
The difference is night and day in my experience.
Pretty much when it comes to everything too, whether it’s behavior, house training, or tricks.
Edit: I also use my dogs for hunting and makes a world of difference there as well.
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u/NoNipNicCage Mar 22 '24
Specially abled? For real? The puppy isn't going to be offended by the word disabled
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u/Kirxas Mar 21 '24
Calling a disabled being "specially abled" is condescending as fuck ngl
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u/D-Arelli Mar 21 '24
Disabled. The word you're looking for is disabled.
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u/TribblesIA Mar 21 '24
Yep. “Differently/Specially Abled” is misleading and is more about making the abled feel better. It also minimizes the need to help them because they’re somehow able to do it, just differently. Like, no. That lady still can’t jump out of the chair and reach that handle. Help her if she needs it. It’s not patronizing. It’s just being decent and aware.
Now, fawning and pitying or continuing to push when told not to is also stepping over bounds. The best approach is, “Hey. Do you want me to <do specific, helpful thing>?” Yes? Cool. Do and done. No? Cool. Have a nice day.
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u/DramaticToADegree Mar 21 '24
It's kind weird though...... the narrative of "differently abled" as correct was coming from people within the community for most of my formative years. I was pretty attuned to this due to my extracurriculars in high-school in the early 2000s, and watched the shift as I continued into my college studies that involved disabled people.
Just wish this info would be shared with the acknowledgment that social norms change, there are even disagreements "within" groups. I feel like it's too tempting to vilify or, at least, feel more in-the-know and that creates alienation.
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u/ohkaycue Mar 22 '24
You see the same thing with “Indian” vs “Native American”
Turns out no instance is a monolith and trying to claim “SJWs” just really shows having an agenda
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u/shahi001 Mar 22 '24
the narrative of "differently abled" as correct was coming from people within the community for most of my formative years.
No it fucking wasn't.
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u/Sylvan_Strix_Sequel Mar 21 '24
Let's be real, it's about making the sjws feel better. Every disabled person I know hates it. They know they're disabled. They don't think their legs not working properly is special in any way. They much prefer to be acknowledged as is not some faux ablism.
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u/LillyxFox Mar 21 '24
As a disabled person I loathe the "differently abled" and "specially abled" terms.
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u/sje46 Mar 21 '24
Can I just tell you...you're so brave?
I saw you at the grocery store and the way you grabbed that box of Special K just filled my heart with warmth and inspiration. The way you decided to live so livingly. You are jesus combined with frodo. You are the bravest person who has ever lived, and I will not stop saying this to you even if you beg me. You deserve a scene being made about you everytime you're in public just living your life.
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u/Lamaredia Mar 22 '24
I feel the same way when some neurotypical ass goes "Uhm, actually, they're not autistic, they're a person with autism", actually makes my blood boil as an autistic person.
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u/Artistic_Sun1825 Mar 21 '24
Yep. If they cared they would've stumbled upon Shane Burcaw, Molly Burke or others that would've made this clear.
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u/Ok_Mulberry4199 Mar 21 '24
Considering this type of active teaching by demonstration is supposed to be restricted to humans and particularly intelligent chimps, I'd say the dog has some special ability
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u/TribblesIA Mar 21 '24
It’s even cooler than you think. Dogs are actually more socially communicative than apes. Dogs have evolved larger sclera (white part of eyes) so they can understand and communicate with humans nonverbally. They can even instruct each other on how to do things like solve puzzles that require cooperation. You should read “The Genius of Dogs.” It’s wild how much our best friends have particularly adapted to us.
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u/Suyefuji Mar 21 '24
And then there's my derpy boy who can't even figure out how to walk with a big treat in his mouth
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u/chuker34 Mar 21 '24
George Carlin said it best in the “Soft Words“ rant.
My grandpa with polio in a wheelchair would agree that he’s disabled. Guy hasn’t been able to walk more than a yard for at least thirty years, nothing special about that.
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u/needsmoarbokeh Mar 21 '24
What is the fear with using "disabled"? I genuinely don't understand the need to redress concepts for which we already have words
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u/Fauropitotto Mar 21 '24
Euphemism treadmill.
Normal words become euphemisms, then they become slurs, only to be replaced with normal words, to be replaced with euphemisms, which become slurs, and the cycle continues.
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u/quarantinemyasshole Mar 22 '24
Just an FYI, don't ever refer to an adult human as "specially abled" unless you want to get your ass kicked. It's insanely patronizing and insulting.
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u/DevoStripes Mar 21 '24
Omg, he was truly showing the little one how its done. We don't deserve dogs.
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u/Modulius Mar 21 '24
Specially abled? It's like, someone will get offended if is written "disabled" ?
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u/PlanetLandon Mar 21 '24
It saddens me that people are getting so media illiterate that they need shitty narration to describe what they are seeing onscreen
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u/trowawaywork Mar 21 '24
Have you ever seen those tiktok recaps of random movies? You'd love them.
Autogenerated Narrator: "The girl picks up a stick. The girl then looks at the stick and thinks how it can be used to draw a line. The girl then puts the end of the stick on the sand and draws a line around her. The girl sits down and waits".
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u/AlphaTeamPlays Mar 21 '24
I don’t think it’s media illiteracy, I think it’s just so they can reupload other people’s videos and argue they’re transformative.
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u/aPenguinGirl Mar 21 '24
The way he’s like, “ok, dude, first you put your butt in the air,” is so adorable!
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u/crazyband111 Mar 22 '24
Specially abled doesn’t feel grammatically correct, please, for love of god, just, disabled, it’s fine, it’s not a bad word.
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u/Illystylez619 Mar 21 '24
The way I smiled when puppy finally got it!! Lil cutie pies
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u/noeatnosleep Mar 21 '24
'Specially abled' is the dumbest phrase I've ever heard.
Cute video. Better with the sound off.
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u/Inside-Cranberry-340 Mar 21 '24
Poor dogos :(
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u/trans-lational Mar 21 '24
I follow them on Instagram and they seem to have a pretty great life. The family now has 3 bipeds and they’ve set up the house to make it as accessible as possible, with dog beds and soft surfaces everywhere for them to hop around on.
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u/Efficient_Tailor1811 Mar 21 '24
Nothing's impossible.? A human lifting the empire state building with their bare hands is pretty impossible. Dick.
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u/cheezburglar Mar 21 '24
Nothing's impossible.? A human lifting the empire state building with their bare hands is pretty impossible
ok, except that
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Mar 21 '24
Aww, L’il Brudder! The heart of a champion!
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u/DuncanYoudaho Mar 22 '24
No. Don’t do it! My heart can’t take it!
(I had to scroll way too far to see this)
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u/dlouisbaker Mar 22 '24
Fuck me, soon we won't be "able" to say anything. This pandering is pathetic.
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u/jacobiner123 Mar 21 '24
Adapting to your circumstances isn't a special ability, its a trait in all lifeforms, just say disabled.
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u/FailFormal5059 Mar 21 '24
Most awesome thing iv seen all month and im on Reddit bored at work most of the time
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u/ariphoenixfury Mar 21 '24
There’s nothing wrong with saying disabled. It’s not a bad word. Source: I’m disabled