i steal names from cartoon characters

Her and Grandpa were in a relationship with their best friends

The four of them have been in a relationship since they were teenagers

They flipped a bottle cap to see which girl the boys would marry

Their children could have either man as their biological father but their biological mother is the mum that raised them

“But Rue, where will these kids stay? Do you want them on the streets?”

of course not. In an ideal world, a kids would have multiple adults other than their parents they could look to for care, but I recognize that that will never be a reality for every single child. So: youth shelters, if they have nowhere else to go. There should be clean, warm shelters where anyone under 18 can stay for as long as they need, no questions asked. (And of course shelters that aren’t just for kids, but we’re talking about youth rights right now)

“But Rue,” I hear you say, “what if some moody teenager runs away after an argument?”

First of all, I’d rather a thousand moody teenagers run away than one abused child be trapped. Second, so what if one does? A kid needs time away from their parents, so they leave. The vast majority of them will get some time to cool down and then go back home, and if they don’t want to go back, period? Then nine times out of ten, they have a good reason. (Because yes, as hard as it is for you to believe, kids are humans who have common sense.)

“Okay, but what about the one time out of ten the kid doesn’t have a good reason?”

The dog robots are supposed to be autonomous, threehalves is explicitly only for being piloted by a human. The giant horns make it difficult for this machine to enter through doorways, and that is the point. Coupled with the built-in weak points, it is very easy to disable this thing, so it can't be used by the police or the military effectively.

Now, understand that yes you can have glasses! But glasses break. And they're expensive. So getting multiple pairs may not be feasible, and using an older prescription as a backup may result in not being able to do things you normally do (it may not correct your vision enough to drive, for example, or see clearly too far but is enough to see the ground). If your glasses break, you immediately become homebound unless somebody is free to escort you around until they're repaired or if you have a good enough backup pair.

For this exercise, assume you don't.

Now. Tell me how being fully reliant on an external device to be able to function in your daily life because your body simply doesn't work the way the "default" body does (for lack of a better term) is not a disability.

"Oh but contact!" Contacts can also become damaged or lost. Just like glasses.

"Corrective surgery!" The moment you start going "just have an expensive medical procedure to fix your issue" I think maybe you should consider you're talking about a disability maybe. Also, there are numerous things that can make procedures like that a bad idea for certain people (other medical conditons, unstable prescriptions, eyes too bad in certain ways, etc.) so not everybody is even able to go for it even if they could afford it.

Glasses cost money, contacts cost money, surgery costs money. Money other people don't have to spend

Glasses can break or get lost.

Not everyone can wear contacts (I couldn't for a decade because of a problem with my cornea), contacts can get lost as well, including IN the eye, needing removal by a doctor (it's rare but it happens, especially in people with dementia who might forget they had contacts in and/or don't feel them)

Surgery is highly invasive and not even all that successful, it has a high regret rate and causes many people issues short or long term.

And again: If you have to correct for something other people don't, it's a disability

I am not ABLE to see without aids. I am DISABLED. I can't drive a car without any kind of vision correction.

And even if you could have infinite glasses and/or contacts or surgery for free forever with no restrictions...

It still is requiring an external aid or a surgery in order to attain "normal" function.

netflix is making a hockey show called "the sticks" that is based on a very real tragedy that occured in canada in 2018.

the show follows a minnesota high school team after their bus crashes and coming back to hockey afterwards.

in 2018, the humboldt broncos' (a junior A team made up of 18-22 year olds) bus was hit by a tractor trailer on a highway intersection. 16 people (10 players, 2 coaches, and 4 team staff members) were killed, along with 13 other players severely injured.

the memory of the humboldt broncos crash is an incredibly sensitive subject carrying a lot of trauma to both the survivors, their families, and deceased's families. the trajectory of hockey in canada was changed significantly after this tragedy.

despite this, netflix has decided to make a show using the death of young hockey players for profit. they did not consult the survivors, nor the deceased's families. they stole a canadian story for a feel-good cash grab.

None of the families even knew about this show until the media started asking how they felt.

It is taking a tragedy and turning it into a cash cow.

This was such a deeply-felt issue that even the truck driver pleaded guilty and has tried to make amends. (And as he is facing deportation after his sentence, some of the families have even started supporting him being allowed to stay in the country.) There is a real story you could be telling about community and resilience that is not just turning one of the worst days for THE NATION into cheap thrills and sensationalism.