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I occasionally limp due to a chronic condition. The last thing I want is any comments about it, because a few days later I might not. Unsolicited commentary is
by 6stringmerc 6y ago
I occasionally limp due to a chronic condition. The last thing I want is any comments about it, because a few days later I might not. Unsolicited commentary is usually met with a sigh and a brush off, not telling the truth. The truth is I have built up defense mechanisms and anybody trying to point out my weaknesses can get a face full of their own by way of training watching Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
"Mind your own business" is something that could use a little more respect now and then.
- StavrosK 6y agoThis is rather off topic, but your post reminded me of it. In Uni, there was a professor who had a very pronounced limp. Whenever I saw him around, it was the only thing about him I'd notice. In the 3rd year, we had a class with him. After the second lecture, I had so gotten accustomed to him that if you had asked me who the professor with the limp was, I would have honestly replied that I didn't know any professors like that. The fact that I had gotten to talk to him and see him teachn so I knew more about him than justn "has a limp" probably played a part. I guess I have no point to make with this anecdote, take from it what you will.
- noir_lord 6y agoHello member of "limps occasionally" club. For me it's syringomyelia which sometimes makes it extremely painful to put my foot down (best I can describe it is that feeling of hyper sensitivity you get after pins and needles where you don't want to move/touch your foot) but it's so variable that some days I walk normally, some days with a limp - I normally just tell people who notice that I sprained my ankle because it's easier than explaining what a syrinx is and that there isn't any cure beyond medication.