To be clear: this is not a jab at weight, what I’m baffled by is why tf would anyone in a wheelchair use a walking stick like that?
To be clear: I know why the dude has the cane, what im asking about/pointing out is the absurdity of the way he uses the cane in this specific clip, not speculation on the way he uses it in his general life. Just for those in the comments who mistakenly think I’m asking why the dude had the stick in the first place, when I’m asking about the way in which he uses it in this clip. Thank you.
My god! They are stealing the Declaration of Independence!
Push door-open buttons. And holding it on his lap would just have it run into people on the sides.
ITT: OP learns that people with disability can do goofy stuff just for fun
Well that’s true of anyone even without disability, if you just rub hard enough
I’m guessing they use the motorized wheelchair for traveling longer distances and the stick for walking into inaccessible areas or when it’s more convenient to do something while standing.
As for how they’re using it, I’d guess it’s just a way to carry it with them in the chair since holding it horizontally on their lap might hit people that don’t see it, and it is easier to perform that motion than to hold it steady in some other, more awkward position.
But why not just carry it rather than (I can’t even say ‘walk’) with it?
it’s more fun?
Hmm. Thats… an interesting point…
I think I’m not going to give the guy grief for using his muscles in any way. This may literally be his only exercise
I just said what I think about that…
No I understand your point, I just find it funny the way he uses it like an actual walking stick (in an electric wheelchair) and when he could just hold it up slightly
You think it’s strange that he rests it on the ground occasionally rather than hold it suspended in the air for long periods of time?
Do you even physics, bro?
No, I think it’s funny. There’s a difference
I think holding it stationary like that, and without periodic support from it being on the ground, would become more uncomfortable after awhile.
It could also just be habitual.
Fair point. Maybe they just filmed him at a really inconvenient point possibly? Still funny though
I agree, it does look pretty silly.
Or, you know, just because he wants to. No more complicated than that. People sometimes do things just for fun.
Because people have to get from the chair to a toilet, in a vehicle, in and out of bed, the shower…
Yeah, I mean he doesn’t really look like he’s going anywhere like that, I could be wrong. No my point isn’t why he has the stick, but rather why is he using it like that? I get why he has it, but not why he uses it whilst sat in a motorised wheelchair.
I think not hitting other and tiring to hold up I’d a fair guess.
He could hang it on the back though?
Maybe he didn’t think of it or doesn’t want someone to lift it.
Good point, although I’m not entirely sure what you mean by ‘lift it’ (I presume you mean shoplift I.e. steal it)?
but clearly not the salad bar.
People become bedridden/immobile. Emotional eating is a coping mechanism as much as drugs, alcohol, sex, porn, gambling, talking, overexercising, or judging others.
As I said in the post: let’s not bring weight into the equation, we all know where them sort of convos on places like this go
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Alright, I get the question. Assuming he has it to help him get up sometimes, look at where he’s at, some kind of art auction or something right? Maybe he’s been getting up and down a lot, looking at things closer. So he doesnt want to put it back somewhere everytime so he’s just keeping it out next to him. And the most natural motion for a cane is to just pick it up and put it down in front of you. Or maybe he’s just being a little silly for the camera lol :P
maybe he’s just being a little silly for the camera lol :P
Agreed (most likely)
some kind of art auction or something right
Pawn stars pawn shop.
His peripheral likely doesn’t include below him and he probably can’t easily lean to see what’s nearby. Building off that, if he struggles to lean forward then he probably needs the extended reach the stick gives to help with things like pointing at stuff on a shelf. He also might need it to help transfer from the wheelchair to another nearby chair i.e toilet, but his condition/pride doesn’t need another person to help.
Yeah, I get that and I do agree… but what I was getting at was, why use it as if he’s walking when he’s sat in a motorised wheelchair is what I’m asking.
Maybe there’s just nowhere easy to stow his walking stick, or he’s anticipating using it some time soon.
I’m an ambulatory wheelchair user, which means that sometimes I use a wheelchair, sometimes a wheeled walker thing, and sometimes a walking stick. My wheelchair didn’t have a convenient place to stow my walking stick until I made a dedicated holster thing for it. There is a pocket at the back of my wheelchair, and various places I could stuff my stick temporarily, but it would inevitably end up falling out, falling over, or getting stuck in the spokes of the wheels.
The particular walking stick this guy is using doesn’t look like it folds up like some do, so the storage problem seems especially relevant. Basic sticks like that one do allow you to set it to minimum height, collapsing it down a bit, but that’s a faff to get it set to the right height again for when you need it.
Maybe this guy is approaching a security checkpoint or something, where he’ll be expected to stand up to go through a scanner (airports and the line are capable of handling people who can’t stand up from their wheelchair, of course, but things often go faster and easier if you can bear to stand up for a few moments, in my experience). Or maybe he’s heading to the bathroom — whilst an accessible bathroom would typically have grab rails and the like, the stick might help him to push himself into a suitable position to be able to grab the rails and transfer onto the toilet.
What’s more, anyone who uses a wheelchair who has some level of walking ability is generally advised to do stand and walk as much as they’re able to, to reduce the risk of muscle atrophy, blood clots, pressure sores etc… Even without something that necessarily requires him to stand, he may be trying to make it easier.
Finally, I’d just like to add that I think that in scenarios like this, the best response is to just shrug and go “well, I don’t understand why he’d do that, but I guess there must be a reason”; Although in this post, you have been as respectful and non-judgemental as you plausibly can be, I think questions like this are coming from a place that is a bit judgemental.
Part of my motivation for this last bit is my own experience with a similar kind of curiosity, and I’m someone who is disabled myself, and immersed enough in disability activism that I know tons of disabled people, who all manage their disabilities in such varied ways that I keep finding new instances of how a person manages their condition that surprises or confuses me. A lot of things don’t make sense to me, but without having direct lived experience of that person’s particular circumstances, it’s not for me to say what makes sense or not (and disabled people spend so much time having to justify themselves and their needs that they shouldn’t have to fit into neat little boxes, even if it’s just in someone’s head).
This is a long way of saying that ultimately, despite my speculation, I don’t know why he’s using the walking stick like that, and even if I could ask, it wouldn’t be appropriate to. I really don’t want to come across like I’m telling you off here, especially as it does seem like we’re on the same page re: not being assholes to disabled people. I just wanted to try to add some nuance to how we think and speak about disability
Why are you going on about disabled people? The joke is the use of the walking stick whilst the guy is riding around in a motorised wheelchair. I’m not mocking disability, just pointing out that I find his use of the stick simultaneously with the electric wheelchair unusual and sort of silly. I didn’t even mention disability— heck, I don’t even know if he is disabled. Plenty of non-disabled people use those equipments too, you know. Why the hell are you going on about disability for?
Not having a go, but this is a prime example of getting the post horrifically wrong.
Others have answered better and it’s a joke , but as a general reminder (to put it in plain language and succinctly):
Not all disabled are always the same amount of disabled at all times.
(It gets old having to explain why a person is in a wheelchair one day, is walking with a cain one day, is bed ridden some other day. Life is complicated. Probably a good rule of thumb is to just let it go, unless you know them well enough to actually have a real conversation about it, and not just make passing comments that make them feel bad.)
First of all, it’s *cane not cain (pretty sure cain is a name)
Second of all, and I feel like im repeating myself here: I’m not asking why he has both, I’m asking why he’s using both simultaneously. I get that people who have wheelchairs can also use canes too under certain circumstances, I just find it funny the way he uses the cane in this scenario as if he is walking when he isn’t.
Nothing to do with any other time in his life. I don’t even know the bloke, how could I critique those other aspects of his life/other uses of his equipment?
Honestly, if I were this dude I’d be swinging that shit like a cheerleader baton!
I’d be clubbing people at the ankles. Move I’m gay! *whack!*
I think it’s for when he has to stand. Looks like an airport maybe?
Its a pawn shop
Getting pretty tired of saying this, but: I know why he has it, I’m pointing out the absurdity of using the stick as if he is walking whilst using an electric wheelchair in this GIF — not when he goes to the airport, not when he’s at home, etc. purely the behaviour in the GIF. How are so many people missing the point here?
If you hold it cross ways in your lap it can hit things as you go past. You can lean it on your shoulder or have some fun with it.
How are so many people missing the point here?
Maybe it’s the title you chose
I did think that tbf. Then again, this is shitposts. Perhaps it’s the wrong community?
The wrong community for getting awfully serious and defensive? You might be on to something.
I really don’t think I’m getting ‘awfully defensive’ (I’m certainly trying not to anyway) merely trying to point out that some people are missing the point (in fairness, I do think you have a point about the title)
Is this you trying not to be awfully serious and defensive right now?
Well I’m not trying to defend anything, I’m just saying people are misreading the question. I’m not defending that, I’m not trying to justify it in any way, merely pointing out a slight error. I don’t think I’ve been particularly rude or abrasive? If I have, that was not my intention.
poking stick
But why use it like a walking stick when you have an electric wheelchair
Jousting
To poke the ground?
Oh god…
Style points
I know a guy who weighs that much. Uses a scooter 99% of the time, uses his canes on the rare occasion he has to stand
How much does the guy in the GIF weigh? How can you tell?
Well can’t weigh more than the gif
I guess for the same reason kids use random sticks they find on the ground like walking sticks even though they have working legs. “coz they feel like doing it”. Not every action needs a productive purpose. Some people wear sunglasses or hats indoors.
Some people wear sunglasses or hats indoors.
Yes, and some people have personalised license plates too. 100% agree with your point, but let’s not bring any of those dicks into the discussion.
Wtf? Now youre hating against those people too? What have they done to you?
And hitting hit. “You shmuck, grab the other one”
For pimpin’
Alpha male shit you wouldn’t understand
It’s his badge of office, it symbolizes his rule over Arrakis.
Now this is good tv…
My guess is that is an electric chair and the controller for it is under his right hand but he’s ambulatory so he needs the cane. Likely it’s not comfortable to hold it over his lap or up off the floor. Being disabled leads to using work arounds that don’t always make sense to able bodied folks. Holding a cane still might hurt more then keeping it in motion. Holding it over his lap might interfere with his hand. He could have balance issues and the cane helps him keep orientated. He could just be stimming. Does the why really matter?
