• Libra00@lemmy.ml
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    2 days ago

    Not a significant number, no, but also not zero. No the common refrain is as I said it, with the implication that anyone who doesn’t for any reason is a shit human being, and Iono if you know this, but disabled people are part of ‘anyone’ too. My whole point is that they make blanket statements about a thing that annoys them without realizing that some of those carts are out there for some pretty good reasons actually.

    • Initiateofthevoid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 days ago

      Put your cart back when you’re done shopping

      OP didn’t make a blanket statement that “anyone who does X is a piece of shit.”

      He said an unwritten rule, like your own statement:

      Don’t be stupid

      Which is significantly closer to ableism than the shopping carts, with the implication that anyone who is stupid is a piece of shit.

      I don’t think there’s anything wrong with saying “don’t be stupid,” for the record, but in case you weren’t aware, people with brain damage are included under “anyone.”

      You’ve picked a bizarrely specific hill to die on.

    • SaltSong@startrek.website
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      2 days ago

      that is such a small edge case that it’s not necessary to talk about them

      Did you manage to overlook this point?