Ok, so, a friend of a friend was at some fancy schmancy party in NY, and she was getting majorly creeped on by two older guys- they had her basically cornered and she was getting really uncomfortable. So, she scans the room, and who does she see but motherfucking Aziz Ansari. She makes a solid moment of ‘Dude help me’ eye contact, and Aziz comes over to her - this person he has never met in his life - and he’s like ‘Hey girl! Been so long, what’s up!’ and gets her away from them. He then proceeds to check on her a few times for the rest of the party to make sure the creepers don’t come back.
"My mom once told me that in Camden, NJ only 1% of Highschool Students tested college ready. She put an emphasis on tested. She said that she doubts that’s the actual number and she said that these tests are only meant for very specific people to take them. She said that there are probably some extremely capable people in Camden but most don’t even take the test because they don’t believe in themselves enough to think that they will even make it."
— My mom talking about how the SAT isn’t fair and why Affirmative Action is 100% necessary because we raise kids of color in our society to have no aspirations for college, and that when it comes to getting into college they don’t even think they are capable. Affirmative Action allows the minorites in our country to have a chance at getting the education they deserve, even though everyone around them says they shouldn’t. (via q3x)
While I’m sure there are people too lazy to spin a fork, keep in mind people like this person who may be suffering from arthritis or a neurological disease or nerve damage or a thousand other conditions that might impair their ability to do things as simple as spin a fork to eat spaghetti.
These are used with people who can’t grip well:
This is for Parkinsons’s:
For people who can’t even bend their joints:
Here’s a product that guides your hand from your plate to your mouth
This one holds a sandwich
Like I get it. I used to see things like the fork and think “that’s fuckin’ lazy” or that product that holds a gallon and you just tip it and pour. But then I started working around the disabled and impaired and found out that these products aren’t meant for lazy people, they’re meant for people who need help.
So maybe next time you see something, instead of thinking “Wow, are people that lazy?” just be grateful that you’re able to do the things you do every day and take for granted, like being able to feed yourself and wipe your own ass because you have enough coordination and bendy joints to do it.
