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You are right, but wow, what a reply! I'm going to grab my dust pan and sweep his ashes up from the righteous fire that just consumed him.
Maybe I should apologize. It just seemed like the height of laziness that the idea the poster was communicating was "just because it doesn't help me personally right now, no one should have access to this feature" attitude. This is especially when the function is NOT enabled by default and if it bothers them its so easy to disable completely on a computer they don't want it on.
Its even selfishly. Just because the poster (or the poster's loved one) don't need this function today, they might in the future with injury or old age.
It rubbed me wrong. Perhaps I overacted.
I just love how in this discussion the hypothetical disability immediately settled on “one working finger” and just stayed there.
There’s someone out there with One Working Finger syndrome who feels truly seen today.
I thought that was funny, too. Of course there are neurological conditions that make holding two keys down at the same time difficult, and are much more common, but it was a good example.
I have seven fingers that are currently unemployed so I get it.
Nah. People not thinking of others is really common, and makes life crap for people who aren't 100% average. Doesn't hurt to remind people that not everyone is the same
Don't. You were right to call them out. Like you said, the sticky keys accessibility feature is turned off by default and must be manually activated. Most of the people commenting in this thread didn't know it existed until now.
Besides, disabled people can't just go out and buy new shit every time they need to overcome society's lack of empathy. 20% of disabled Americans live below the poverty line -- i.e. they cannot afford basic necessities like food, shelter, water, clothing, utilities. They're twice as likely to be poor compared to "normal" Americans.
Except I never said sticky keys shouldn't exist. And no, I'm also wasn't saying that literally every disabled person ought to go out and buy a programmable keyboard. So many assumptions in this thread.