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are you uncomfortable around amputees? aside from that first awkward moment when you notice someone is missing a limb...do you feel uncomfortable being around amputees? i kinda almost feel guilty about something as ordinary as walking or having use of both my arms [Edited 9/12/05 11:48am] you look better on your facebook page than you do in person | |
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meltwithu said: aside from that first awkward moment when you notice someone is missing a limb...do you feel uncomfortable being around amputees? i kinda almost feel guilty about something as ordinary as walking having use of both my arms
Yes, I do. I was at a restaurant just yesterday and a man in maybe his 50's walked by my table and he had a prosthetic leg. It always takes me aback, makes me reflect on how lucky I am. I always wonder, too, if they lost it in battle and then I always think about Iraq and then I get really pissed at BUSH and then I feel like choking the shit out of that no good, greedy, shit for brains, red neck, oil refining mutha fucka!!!!! Err...so yeah, sometimes. Inside the Fleshofmyflesh is the Soulofmysoul | |
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I think it's human nature to be intrigued/scared/curious, etc about drastic differences. Freak shows, etc appeal to a certain curiosity in people because it's a diversion from what you see on a daily basis. I think it's normal. That being said, the people inside are just like you and me - once you get to know 'em. | |
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ReturnOfDOOK said: I think it's human nature to be intrigued/scared/curious, etc about drastic differences. Freak shows, etc appeal to a certain curiosity in people because it's a diversion from what you see on a daily basis. I think it's normal. That being said, the people inside are just like you and me - once you get to know 'em.
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i'm uncomfortable around everyone.
at least with amputees, you've got something to talk about. "I see you have no arm?" et cetera. | |
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i met the fantastic, absolutely gorgeous Ivy Gunter many years ago. we had only talked on the phone, and she asked me would i mind if she came straight from the gym in her gym clothes, and of course i said no problem.
in comes this gorgeous woman (she used to be a model), with a very basic fake leg similar to the one she's wearing here... , with loads of rhinestones all over the base! she's done a lot of motivational speaking, and her sheer presence is a motivation in itself! here's a link to her website: http://www.novopix.com/st...r/Ivy.html | |
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TheFrog said: i'm uncomfortable around everyone.
at least with amputees, you've got something to talk about. "I see you have no arm?" et cetera. that's mean.........stop that! you look better on your facebook page than you do in person | |
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just something about those amputee olympics that just seems unsettling..it's like they're saying "we're normal, watch us!"..but all you can kinda do is look at it with morbid curiosity
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My little sis by my b/f only has half of her right arm..born that way....because of her I think of it differently...
I wouldn't want to be pointed at and whispered about....for something you can't change... She's grown to be a strong girl who doesnt let her arm stop her... SARAH She just makes me so proud! | |
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I'm not uncomfortable around amputees. They're usually 'armless. | |
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LittleSmedley said: I'm not uncomfortable around amputees. They're usually 'armless.
I'm not uncomfortable. I do notice but that's about it. M MyeternalgrattitudetoPhil&Val.Herman said "We want sweaty truckers at the truck stop! We want cigar puffing men that look like they wanna beat the living daylights out of us" Val"sporking is spooning with benefits" | |
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TheFrog said: i'm uncomfortable around everyone.
at least with amputees, you've got something to talk about. "I see you have no arm?" et cetera. Wrong. | |
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I'm uncomfy around them cos it grosses me out. I mean, I know they can't help it, but everytime I see something like that, I want to throw up. I get a tingle in my own arm, and then it starts to feel funny, and then my stomach starts turning.... Insatiable taught me everything I know about balls.
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Nero said: I'm uncomfy around them cos it grosses me out. I mean, I know they can't help it, but everytime I see something like that, I want to throw up. I get a tingle in my own arm, and then it starts to feel funny, and then my stomach starts turning....
this kinda attitude is exactly whats wrong with us as PEOPLE.. we are far to quick to judge, be it on handicap, race, religion, sex, sexuality... personally, i think, if we as people have a problem with how someone 'looks' then we need to look very carefully into THE MIRROR because THATS where the problem is.... sorry, thats what makes MY stomach turn. One of the best days of my life... http://prince.org/msg/100/291111
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nakedpianoplayer said: Nero said: I'm uncomfy around them cos it grosses me out. I mean, I know they can't help it, but everytime I see something like that, I want to throw up. I get a tingle in my own arm, and then it starts to feel funny, and then my stomach starts turning....
this kinda attitude is exactly whats wrong with us as PEOPLE.. we are far to quick to judge, be it on handicap, race, religion, sex, sexuality... personally, i think, if we as people have a problem with how someone 'looks' then we need to look very carefully into THE MIRROR because THATS where the problem is.... sorry, thats what makes MY stomach turn. It's not a matter of it being ugly or unacceptable. There's plenty of ugly people who have all their limbs or no odd growths or anything like that. It's a matter of my seeing it, and it making me sick. I can't help it. It makes me want to vomit. I feel it in my own arm or leg or whatever when I see it. I don't care so much about the beauty or non-beauty of it. It's the fucking idea of the arm or leg or whatever just not being there. I get the same queasy feeling when I'm flipping through the telly and I accidently stop on say, Discovery Health and I see a knee replacement surgery going on. No one's judging anything. [Edited 9/13/05 6:42am] Insatiable taught me everything I know about balls.
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Cloudbuster said: TheFrog said: i'm uncomfortable around everyone.
at least with amputees, you've got something to talk about. "I see you have no arm?" et cetera. Wrong. i felt another box being ticked by the devil when i was typing that. | |
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It is all about prejudice, in a way. Innocent prejudice, like you not being used to it.
I have a friend without an arm. He's got two kids who had to get used to people WITH two arms. My first bf had a scar on his face. It wasn't really obvious, except in summer, when he tanned. I just walked up to him and said; Wow, a scar! Lemme look at it and then I will ignore it afterwards, okay? He was taken aback but said it was the best way anyone approached him later. | |
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No ... not really | |
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TheFrog said: Cloudbuster said: Wrong.
i felt another box being ticked by the devil when i was typing that. I'll see you in Hell. | |
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It could happen to any of us. I have a friend who lost his right arm in a fire when he was a child. Now he's one of NY's finest firefighters. Got a great sense of humor about it too. "Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind"-Dr Seuss
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If I ever see an amputee struggling, I offer to give them a hand.
And the most tasteless joke on the org goes to.....Me. | |
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I've always felt that my girlfriend cut off my balls a long time ago.
Does that make me an emotional amputee or sumthin? ( & I always notice an air of uncomfortability when I pose this question.) | |
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You guys are shameless making fun of those poor folks!
But YES, I do feel uncomfortable around them. I also hold my breath and walk away from people with psoriasis...I know it's wrong, but it grosses me out. By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory! | |
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No, are you? | |
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TheFrog said: i'm uncomfortable around everyone.
at least with amputees, you've got something to talk about. "I see you have no arm?" et cetera. | |
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I feel like 2 arms is not enough it would really suck to have only one or none. I wish I had 8 arms, and eyes in the back of my head too, while I'm at it! | |
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Moderator | meltwithu said: aside from that first awkward moment when you notice someone is missing a limb...do you feel uncomfortable being around amputees? i kinda almost feel guilty about something as ordinary as walking or having use of both my arms
[Edited 9/12/05 11:48am] I don't feel uncomfortable with people of any disability. They are human beings too. Ohh purple joy oh purple bliss oh purple rapture! REAL MUSIC by REAL MUSICIANS - Prince "I kind of wish there was a reason for Prince to make the site crash more" ~~ Ben |
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Definitely not | |
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