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> I have kids now and I am glad I could possibly spot this. We have three kids and I struggle to watch videos of stuff like this. No drownings in the family,

> I have kids now and I am glad I could possibly spot this. We have three kids and I struggle to watch videos of stuff like this. No drownings in the family, thank $deity, but we've had a fairly lengthy string of medical incidents over the years. Let's just say I could probably find my way to and around both our local hospital, and the big city hospital an hour away, while blindfolded.

lynx23 2y ago
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- cataphract 2y ago
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- fileeditview 2y ago
  It is a figure of speech and surely was not disrespectful to blind people.
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  - lanthade 2y ago
    Except that a person who is literally blind found it disrespectful. People say all sorts of stupid stuff that they don’t intend to be disrespectful but which is. When it’s pointed out by someone the appropriate response is to change your behavior, not double down and make excuses. Here’s another example: In my state (MN) it’s not uncommon for (largely) women to refer to themselves as hunting widows when their spouses go away for the weekend to hunt during the season. They say it as a joke but it’s disrespectful and diminishing to actual widows. How do I know? I’ve been widowed.
    - lynx23 2y ago
      > When it’s pointed out by someone the appropriate response is to change your behavior, not double down and make excuses. Actually, the HN response is to reflexively hit downvote to silence the blind guy, to keep the world of the offender clean and nice. I kind of expected better from the "Hacker Community", however, I continue to learn that I am pretty fuckin naiv.
    - genewitch 2y ago
      I've personally tested my ability to "drive by feel" on a road i travel at least once a day on average for the past 12 years. Like, new moon, no headlights or parking lights. It's all farmland and fences and curves, with no foglines or detents to let you know when you're straying out of the lane. I couldn't do it in an emergency unless somehow i was in 100% beta brainwave mode (i think), but it isn't really hyperbole. Obviously if a deer or a tree or a brick or something was in the road i'd run straight into it, but that happens tops (TOPS!) two, maybe three times a week. ETA: also if you've ever seen military vehicles with their no-show lights, it's not hard to fathom that some people can drive with next to no visual clues.
chasd00 2y ago
I have two boys, went to the ER so many times for stitches, sprains, and other things when they were small I felt like we should have got loyalty rewards.
afro88 2y ago
If it helps, the videos are of kids being rescued mere seconds after showing drowning signs. Watching these gives you very quick training on what those signs are, in a way that images or instructional pamphlets can't.

lynx23 2y ago

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cataphract 2y ago
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- lynx23 2y ago
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fileeditview 2y ago
It is a figure of speech and surely was not disrespectful to blind people.
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- lanthade 2y ago
  Except that a person who is literally blind found it disrespectful. People say all sorts of stupid stuff that they don’t intend to be disrespectful but which is. When it’s pointed out by someone the appropriate response is to change your behavior, not double down and make excuses. Here’s another example: In my state (MN) it’s not uncommon for (largely) women to refer to themselves as hunting widows when their spouses go away for the weekend to hunt during the season. They say it as a joke but it’s disrespectful and diminishing to actual widows. How do I know? I’ve been widowed.
  - lynx23 2y ago
    > When it’s pointed out by someone the appropriate response is to change your behavior, not double down and make excuses. Actually, the HN response is to reflexively hit downvote to silence the blind guy, to keep the world of the offender clean and nice. I kind of expected better from the "Hacker Community", however, I continue to learn that I am pretty fuckin naiv.
  - genewitch 2y ago
    I've personally tested my ability to "drive by feel" on a road i travel at least once a day on average for the past 12 years. Like, new moon, no headlights or parking lights. It's all farmland and fences and curves, with no foglines or detents to let you know when you're straying out of the lane. I couldn't do it in an emergency unless somehow i was in 100% beta brainwave mode (i think), but it isn't really hyperbole. Obviously if a deer or a tree or a brick or something was in the road i'd run straight into it, but that happens tops (TOPS!) two, maybe three times a week. ETA: also if you've ever seen military vehicles with their no-show lights, it's not hard to fathom that some people can drive with next to no visual clues.

chasd00 2y ago

I have two boys, went to the ER so many times for stitches, sprains, and other things when they were small I felt like we should have got loyalty rewards.

afro88 2y ago

If it helps, the videos are of kids being rescued mere seconds after showing drowning signs. Watching these gives you very quick training on what those signs are, in a way that images or instructional pamphlets can't.