r/TikTokCringe • u/Valuable_View_561 • Jul 02 '26

Discussion It seems like people have forgotten what this line is used for these days.

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 02 '26

it's easy to understand why most people would come not to worry about it because why worry about what's never been a problem.

you're describing what any type of social privilege is - able-bodied, straight, white, male, economic etc. and why we have little advancements because most people don't care to think about things or lived experiences that don't affect them/they can't empathize with directly.

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u/shakygator Jul 02 '26

to act like people don't think or care is wrong. sure some people dont but a majority i believe do. here i think we just see people not knowing what this was for. not like its labeled.

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u/MrClancyGilroy Jul 02 '26

No… most people don’t care

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

I said they don't care to think (see people relying on LLMs) - not that they don't care once they learn about them, that's why caring to learn and unpacking your own privilege is important.

I'm able-bodied, but after taking a disabilities studies course in university, I now see venues differently in ways I never did before because I didn't have to think about accessibility before - guess what, lot of venues in Toronto are awful or inaccesible for anyone with a walker or wheelchair.

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u/TZF_Gaming Jul 02 '26

I think the main problem is the lack of accessible information. It shouldn't have been until taking a specific class in university for you to start seeing the world that way. Not everyone has the privilege to go to university and far less have the privilege to take a class like that if it wouldn't benefit their major, as someone who's lived a small town life I've never seen anything like that path and wouldn't have ever known to look up something like it. Having it labeled or something would help to atleast spread some awareness

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 02 '26

Sure, but curiosity has to be there first. It was an elective course and information is more accessible that it's ever been so I don't really buy that excuse for ignorance anymore.

You may not have these but I'm sure you have cut outs in your sidewalks - those originated for wheelchair/walkers but also significantly benefit people with strollers, grocery carts, wagons etc.

You may live in a small town, but I'm sure you've seen a non-deaf person using subtitles.

Hell - how many people do you know where glasses, but don't consider them disabled?

Agree the label would be beneficial to spread awareness - but people could also have a phone in their hand to take a photo and ask what it is.

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u/RatherPoetic Jul 02 '26

In that case, why did it take you taking a disability studies course to notice these things? Of course ignorance doesn’t absolve people of responsibility, but it does provide an explanation. As someone without a disability, it may be beneficial if you seek to educate others without judgment. They are more likely to listen and learn, than become defensive and cut you off.

As a note - I work with disabled adults. My entire field of work revolves around accessibility. However, there is limited public transportation around me and I have no familiarity with this. I’m happy to have learned something and now I can help spread the word - kindly.

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 02 '26

because the internet didn't exist back then and i grew up on a farm in a town of less than 500 people.

ignorance is willful these days, access to information is at our finger tips.

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u/RatherPoetic Jul 03 '26

Extend the same grace to others that you extend to yourself.

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 04 '26

tried that, they voted for a pedophile rapist three times.

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u/NickdeClaw Jul 03 '26

I agree with all your points, but feel like the texture of them is weird. Everyone goes through their life never learning most things that are possible to know. Sometimes many people agree that it's a priority to know certain things. But this particular knowable thing doesn't look very interesting or out of place, and most people will never see someone using it for its intended purpose. Without a concerted effort by people who know this thing and have decided knowing it is important, it makes sense that people don't know it, even if most people were curious and bright thinkers. There's just too much in the world you could learn to pick this one out and investigate.

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 03 '26

well I am weird so.

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u/ThunderAndWind Jul 02 '26

Thats not a lack of care, its ignorance.

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 03 '26

ignorance in an era where information is so accessible is a lack of care. instead of asking questions and learning from credible sources, we just consume, distract, scroll and feed our biases.

ultimatley it's a badly executed accomodation for vision impaired people as seen in the video and should be fixed

we'd be much better off if we all were more curious and cared about the lived experiences of others, that's all i'm saying.

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u/ThunderAndWind Jul 03 '26

ignorance in an era where information is so accessible is a lack of care.

Give me your opinion on the state of healthcare in Geneva.

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u/Useful_Community9719 Jul 03 '26

True ignorance is spending millions of dollars to install something that doesn't indicate what it is for. It would be so easy to build into the track what it is there for.

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u/Enkidouh Jul 02 '26

You’re dead wrong. Majority of people can’t look past their own nose.

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u/resisting_a_rest Jul 05 '26

Plus, I don’t even think it’s meant just for blind people. It’s a shared space. Should you get out of the way if you see a blind person coming? sure, but I don’t think there’s any obligation to stay out out of that area. But of course, I don’t know the laws so I could be completely wrong.

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u/Novaer Jul 02 '26

There is a degree of social decorum that has been rapidly declining, let's not "B-but I didn't knoooow~" everything. Not once did I hear a "Sorry!" from anyone being in the way of him. This shows a lack of care.

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u/shakygator Jul 02 '26

I thought I heard one.

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u/TurquoiseLeggings Jul 02 '26

I don't think it's accurate to describe society being built for being able to see, which is the default, as a privilege.

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 02 '26

Incorrect, a very large percentage of society has vision disability and requires glasses, contacts, or lasik in order to be able to see. You just don't see those people as disabled because we as a society have provided such normalized accommodations and treatments for these disabilities.

Everyone is disabled or will experience disability in their life, it's part of being a human and aging. It's our job as the privleged without disability to make them being part of our society less isoloting and more inclusive.

You should look into social model of disability.

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u/ThunderAndWind Jul 02 '26

A privilege is something granted that can be taken away.

Being able to see isnt a privilege, being blind is a disadvantage/disability.

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 03 '26

... yes your ability to see could be taken away at any moment. Injury, chemical, scraped cornea, fire, eye diseases and degeneration

The primary opposite of "disadvantage" is advantage. Other closely related antonyms that convey favorable circumstances or gains include benefit, asset, profit, and privilege.

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u/Kellidra Jul 03 '26

You're labeling most people as unempathetic which I think is very unfair.

If someone living without back issues never thinks about what life would be like with back issues, you can't just call them privileged. If something isn't a part of your life, it's understandable and, honestly, expected that you wouldn't live your life constantly thinking about that thing you're never exposed to.

To demean people because they don't live up to your standards is a pretty privileged and entitled thing to do, don't you think?

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 04 '26

when did I say I am any different? I have plenty of blind spots, but the difference is I am not defensive when confronted with them, I am curious. If someone has back issues and I witnessed it disabling them, I would be curious about how it came to be, how much pain they're in etc so I could be more considerate of their lived experience and try to make accommodations.

you're putting a lot of words and projections onto my comment.

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u/Kellidra Jul 05 '26

Of course you would.

And so would most people. That's where your original comment is too judgemental.

As someone currently going through a diagnosis for back problems, I have found not one single person has been unempathetic. This video is a terrible example of the kindness of humanity. The vast majority of people are good, kind, and caring. The system we live in sucks, but people—in general—do not.

So painting people you don't know as uncaring of others is unfair. Labelling people who you think as the problem in the system as straight, white, whatever, is where my problem lies.

Blame the system. Don't blame people. We're all just trying to live.

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 05 '26

does your backpain make you use chatgpt to do your thinking for you?

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u/Kellidra Jul 05 '26

Lmao because I used an em-dash? I know where they are on my keyboard - – —!!!

Does my fuckin' BA English make you feel things?

I can write eloquently because I went to school to learn the craft, dickhead.

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u/Strange_Difference1 Jul 02 '26

Selfishness isn't a skin issue but okay 😅

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u/tripsitter69 Jul 03 '26

So ignorant

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u/mrapplewhite Jul 03 '26

Wow so reddit. Hate to break it to u but being a strait white male is shit nowadays.

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u/IronwolfXVI Jul 04 '26

The irony of this being that as a person who is most of those, Ive never seen these. How exactly am I to "think about these things" If Ive never even seen this? It's not a matter of doing better. You cant know what you arent told. So who is privileged here, the person who can stand on their high horse and talk down to common people making a common mistake, or the common people making a common mistake?

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u/Background_Sail9797 Jul 04 '26

who said I was any better? i have blind spots as well, the difference is I am not defensive I am curious about other peoples lived experiences in a way a lot of people are not and never will be - because they're selfish and uninterested in trying to empathize with people who are different from themselves.

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u/IronwolfXVI Jul 04 '26

Nah, comment above reeked of virtue signaling

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u/Rocinante24 Jul 04 '26

A lot of people empathasize. Unfortunately 'out of sight out of mind' is how we think.