Miisha ( Miisha@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 days ago80s transfem joke rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1751file-text
arrow-up1751image80s transfem joke rulelemmy.blahaj.zoneMiisha ( Miisha@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square55linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaredylanmorgan ( dylanmorgan@slrpnk.net ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·8 days agoMy favorite iteration of this joke is in the movie Smeakers, where Whistler, a blind character, is reading a braille edition of Playboy.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman ( SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·8 days agoOne of my favorite movies and it kills me how much less people seem to care about the blind than ever.
minus-squareblitzen ( blitzen@lemmy.ca ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·8 days agoI’m been saying for years that it’s not okay that US currency isn’t accessible to the blind.
minus-squareSnot Flickerman ( SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoHear hear! I have just noticed since I was a kid in the 80s the slow creep of just… not doing braille anymore in public spaces. Used to seem pretty common, now it seems rare.
minus-squaretangentism ( tangentism@beehaw.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 days agoIt’s widespread ableism across the board. You even have people in the UK calling for disability benefits to be suspended because “those people can work but choose not to”
minus-squareSonnenblume ( e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoI guess they made the same joke in men in tights.
minus-squareSonnenblume ( e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·8 days agoBlinkin reading a Braille edition of Playboy on the toilet?
minus-squareSpezi ( Spezi@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoin my comment thread, you are answering to a different comment. The braille comment is further down than yours.
minus-squarelime! ( lime@feddit.nu ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agolooking at .org while not logged in it looks correct. might be an issue with your client.
minus-squareSpezi ( Spezi@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoYes, seems to be an voyager issue
minus-squarenautevenkidding ( nautevenkidding@feddit.org ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI’m on voyager and it renders the thread correctly
minus-squareImADifferentBird ( ImADifferentBird@piefed.blahaj.zone ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoI’m also on Voyager, and I see the same issue.
My favorite iteration of this joke is in the movie Smeakers, where Whistler, a blind character, is reading a braille edition of Playboy.
One of my favorite movies and it kills me how much less people seem to care about the blind than ever.
I’m been saying for years that it’s not okay that US currency isn’t accessible to the blind.
Hear hear! I have just noticed since I was a kid in the 80s the slow creep of just… not doing braille anymore in public spaces. Used to seem pretty common, now it seems rare.
It’s widespread ableism across the board.
You even have people in the UK calling for disability benefits to be suspended because “those people can work but choose not to”
I guess they made the same joke in men in tights.
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Blinkin reading a Braille edition of Playboy on the toilet?
in my comment thread, you are answering to a different comment. The braille comment is further down than yours.
looking at .org while not logged in it looks correct. might be an issue with your client.
Yes, seems to be an voyager issue
I’m on voyager and it renders the thread correctly
I’m also on Voyager, and I see the same issue.
I fucking love that movie.