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lullabee_lj

Attitude

Jan 04, 2011 21:40

A bit earlier, on the bus, there was another student and this middle-aged bag lady with her stuff spread out over six seats. She had a rolling bag, a shoulder bag, and tons and tons of plastic grocery bags, and was wearing three or four coats. When the bus stopped, she asked the student about whether she'd missed her stop or something like that; I' ( Read more... )

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lucia_tanaka January 5 2011, 04:00:11 UTC

It said, "ATTITUDE IS THE ONLY DISABILITY". I shit thee not.

I have never seen a more necessary I'm Not Making This Up Disclaimer. omg.

lullabee_lj January 5 2011, 04:39:42 UTC

IKR? Shit's fucked up, man.

And I spent all of winter break trying to remind my dad that everything he says that follows "socialist welfare state" just sounds like "bla bla bla" unless he's saying, "About socialist welfare states: I hear Sweden has quite a nice one." I was hoping to get away from people like that...

Also, I have... um, inexplicably started reading a whole ton of Dresden fic which is not yours. Sorry! But yours is very Archive-Panic-inducing, so I kind of keep putting it off... plus I'm on a bit of a Marcone POV kick. Harry from his perspective is hilarious. You've read that one where Marcone is magically revirginated, right?

lucia_tanaka January 5 2011, 05:58:57 UTC

You've read that one where Marcone is magically revirginated, right?

Yes, "Like a Baron," which is pretty good fic. I think "Spirit and the Letter" and grenegome's fics are the best in the fandom, personally. 83

thought_goddess January 5 2011, 17:33:33 UTC

Pfft what is that even
Oh my god, people.
I mean, I've gotten the 'if you love God enough he will fix you!' speech, but I can quite honestly say I've never been informed that a change in attitude will... magically...change physical... yeah, I can't even finish that sentence because it sounds too ridiculous. lol reality

lullabee_lj January 5 2011, 20:05:04 UTC

I think perhaps the idea isn't that attitude is supposed to cure disabilities, just that it's meant to make up for it. Because surely no one is that deluded to believe Stephen Hawking would be walking around if he wanted it bad enough. Or if they were that deluded, they would be certifiably delusional and realize it's not because they're too lazy to not be delusional. I guess "you can fight disabilities with a positive attitude" is a debatably workable thesis if we're talking mild ADD or something, because that's what I've got and the meds are so irritating that not having to use them is a sufficient motivator to just do my work... but you've heard of that superhero Daredevil, right? Even he doesn't do things by the power of positive attitude.

Also, have you ever got the impression that as a spiel about the Christian God goes on, the probability that God is going to come across as a spoiled, needy brat approaches one? Now apparently he can't even do nice things when there's nothing in it for him. What a jerk.

thought_goddess January 6 2011, 14:32:33 UTC

And yet I'm pretty sure some people out there are that deluded. But I certainly see where you're coming from re: attitude as a tool in dealing with disability. I'd say that that concept could be applied to most areas of life, actually. Generally one's attitude will alter the way in which one engages with a situation and thus alter the outcome ( ... )