• crawancon@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      yeah, like why do they roam around on those wheel chairs with no backrest, looking like a Flintstone gokart

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    People in wheelchairs are actually excited to be 5 inches forward of everyone they’re trying to talk to. The handles hitting the bench backrest is the inclusivity they crave.

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    Also this doesn’t help disabled people at all. It’s anti-homeless, plain and simple, there’s no “social justice” spin they can make of this.

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    Imagine the money that went into consulting about these anti-homeless measures*, designing them*, going through the processes of manufacturing and installing them, and disposing of the perfectly usable and superior benches afterwards.

    *(not actually difficult, but it’s capitalism, we all know whatever was responsible for this was grifting on the side)

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    They actually went through with this design? Last I saw it it was just concept art being thrown around.