the stage becomes a ship in flames

The more I think about it the more I'm convinced that some aspects of Ford Prefect's description in the books (namely his hair color and what his life is like on Earth before the events start) are truly derived from David Bowie's character in The Man Who Fell to Earth.

Basically, Ford Prefect is like if Thomas Jerome Newton didn't have introverted loner alcoholism but rather extroverted partygoer alcoholism.

health isn't a virtue.

people still go around acting like they've done something good in order to be able bodied and healthy. that they worked for it, that it's due to their moral fibre or good upbringing or self control. they genuinely, on some level, believe that they are a good person solely based on the strength of their physical abilities. they will resist the fact that it is largely down to chance that they were able to maintain such health. whatever they think they've built from scratch, the building blocks were already handed to them. not because they're more worthy of it, just by luck. and they really think they're worth more based on that sheer luck. i've met disabled people worth a hundred of the healthiest ableds alive.

Ignoring luck is dumb, but claiming that health is entirely based on sheer luck is an extremely corrosive worldview. There are dozens of choices you make every day, every week, every month that contribute to your overall health and functioning. It's good to be healthy and it's good to make healthy choices and you do in fact have a lot of control over whether you are able bodied.

sounds like someone is mad you don't have a lot of control over whether you are able bodied

[PT: Snepgender. End PT]

pls support trans girls and trans women who like traditionally masculine things