Re: Pet peeves from other blind people?
I don't understand the whole touching the face thing. That has never made sense to me. Sure, I can touch your face, but what does that do? All I get is that you have a nose, two eyes, etc. They might be bigger than mine, smaller, different shapes, but it doesn't really matter. The only thing I care about is the personality. Do I want to interact with that for hours on end, or does it immediately bore me? Everything else is just a shell, a vessel. When someone dies, the consciousness goes away and you're left with a rotting meatbag. I don't know about you, but when I think about where I am, I point to my head.
I completely agree that the praying for healing thing is a bunch of bullshit. If it makes you feel better, that's fine, but it doesn't impact me at all. The human eye doesn't heal. We don't know why, it just doesn't. Blame God, or the creator, or whatever created us. The fact is that we still don't know so much about the universe, hence why I think religion as a whole is a crock andj ust ignore it altogether.
As for sighted people, I don't know. I think most of the problem stems from the fact most people simply don't interest me, regardless of their disability. The other issue is that I can't do things like play video games on an equal level with someone with vision, or fully enjoy a TV program without audio description. Perhaps I simply haven't found the right person or group of people yet.
Oh, here's something else that irritates me. It is the assumption that just because you're blind, you should be really good at playing music, or love music in general. This is an unbelievably popular stereotype. If you like music and/or want to play an instrument, that's great, but this idea that every single blind person should be totally into it is beyond absurd! In my case, I really don't care about music, to the point where it wouldn't bother me too much if it completely vanished from the planet tomorrow. Sure, I'd miss a few good songs, but I'd continue living my life otherwise.
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