My point is getting lost. I'll make it as simply as I can. In every sphere of American life, people are taking advantage of well-meaning accommodations for their own convenience and nothing more. (m)

Posted on August 18, 2026 at 08:36:07 PM by suede (edited August 18, 2026 at 08:42:28 PM)

Extra time on standardized tests. Emotional support animals. Mobility aids in crowded public spaces. People are taking things that are not meant for them.

Your beef is not with me. I do not interfere with anyone using accommodations for which they obviously do not qualify. Your beef is with the people that wantonly use resources to which they are not entitled.

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I get all sides of the Disney scooter issue. Thoughts as someone who has gone to Disney World every 3 years for the past 30. - By WestSideBlue August 18, 2026 at 08:13:00 PM
- #3 is a great point that I hadn’t considered, in part because I consider Disney a small slice of hell on earth. But yeah, our kids loved their one trip - By plug August 18, 2026 at 09:42:02 PM
- Quite the humble brag * - By crumbs August 18, 2026 at 08:41:20 PM
- Great post. 4 and 5 are what I'm getting at. There are obviously fakers and it's totally understandable to be annoyed by the problem in general. And I think that was bba's OP. I'm just saying that when it comes to a particular person in a scooter, you don't know shit about their story... - By jjwalker August 18, 2026 at 08:21:34 PM
  - My point is getting lost. I'll make it as simply as I can. In every sphere of American life, people are taking advantage of well-meaning accommodations for their own convenience and nothing more. (m) - By suede August 18, 2026 at 08:36:07 PM
    - No, you're part of the problem too. Your rhetoric justifies and reinforces the confidence of the judgemental asshole just who "knows" this guy getting on the plane in front of him is a pathetic fat slob faker... - By jjwalker August 18, 2026 at 08:56:28 PM
      - I'm astounded that your anger is directed at someone who wants the accommodations to be used by the people who deserve them and is disgusted by the obvious rampant abuse by selfish slobs who take advantage of our societal generosity for their own benefit. (nm) - By suede August 18, 2026 at 09:05:38 PM
        
        You're not helping the cause, you're hurting it. The fakers are going to fake their fakey bullshit because that's what they do, and that's Trump's world... - By jjwalker August 18, 2026 at 09:17:50 PM
        
        All the more shame on the fat fucks for fouling up the discourse so much that people who need accommodations feel shame in being potentially grouped with them. (nm) - By suede August 18, 2026 at 09:42:15 PM
    - What you say is true. The question is what kind of person do you want to be? - By WestSideBlue August 18, 2026 at 08:43:35 PM
      - What about 120 times?* - By jjwalker August 18, 2026 at 08:57:46 PM
        
        Well, yeah. Sure. 120 is too many. 100 is my limit. * - By WestSideBlue August 18, 2026 at 09:06:25 PM
      - I have a consequentialist POV on this specific question: I don't interfere with anyone's use of accommodations, I don't say anything out loud in public. All I'm guilty of is sharing my thoughts on our beloved messageboard. (m) - By suede August 18, 2026 at 08:46:30 PM
        
        That's all anyone else is doing.* - By jjwalker August 18, 2026 at 08:58:29 PM
        
        I hope I didn’t come across as moralizing or being judgmental of you. I really didn’t intend it that way, and if so I apologize. - By WestSideBlue August 18, 2026 at 08:54:11 PM
    - Good post. People are entitled and annoying, generally speaking* - By Poster P August 18, 2026 at 08:39:51 PM
  - Don't get me wrong. I have always believed, and believe more strongly now than ever, that you are faking. But that doesn't mean we should judge everyone else just because of your personal shortcomings. * - By WestSideBlue August 18, 2026 at 08:25:08 PM
    - Don’t get me started on the “can I sit in that preferred seat so I can hear better” shtick * - By cp August 18, 2026 at 09:14:39 PM
    - You can at least pity me for my personality disorders that have forced me to keep up this annoying ruse for 20 years.* - By jjwalker August 18, 2026 at 08:29:20 PM
      - Pity you for your personally disorders? Those are my favorite part of you. * - By WestSideBlue August 18, 2026 at 09:08:03 PM

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My point is getting lost. I'll make it as simply as I can. In every sphere of American life, people are taking advantage of well-meaning accommodations for their own convenience and nothing more. (m)