These people are like that one Aesop parable of the fox who lost his tail, who then tried to convince all the other foxes to cut off their tails as well. Just sad.
I always likened it to these passages from Revelations. The fifth trumpet. They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months. And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man. During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them. The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle. On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces. Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth. They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle. They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months. They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
You can never be extreme enough to satisfy these kooks. "It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." -- CS Lewis
That's one of my favorite quotes, it's a perfect description of these lunatics. I've met a few IRL, they really do believe they're "on the right side of history." 😳🤦🏾♀️
I feel so old. I can remember a time when conventions actually used to be _fun;_ a place where like-minded fans could get together & share their love of SF, Fantasy, horror-movies, whatever; a place to buy cool stuff in a dealers' room, engage in interesting discussions on everything from favorite examples/scenes from various movies/TV shows, to serious 'how-to' workshops on how to improve one's craft, whether it be writing, drawing, painting, whatever, sharing & exchanging knowledge & techniques & points of view with others. But now? Now conventions have (like so many other things it seems) deteriorated and degenerated into an endless parade of weirdos, perverts & degenerates, all with some axe to grind, some stupid, whiny, self-pitying half-assed 'agenda' that has *_NOTHING,_* absolutely *_NOTHING_* to do with either science fiction OR fantasy. Conventions used to be _fun_ at one time; they really did.
Exactly. I had a hellish childhood and for a while, as a teenage, I was a miserable person. Whenever someone is looking for hate, they'll find a way to find it, even where it doesn't exist.
As a 50 year old, painfully single cat lady I am upset by your comments - greatly 😂. Another great video, JDA. Now the tide is in full turn it's quite fun watching these groups & societies implode.
Well, there are lot's of SFs that have one or more people with disabilities, and this might also be a plot hook: from Captain Future, The Ship Who Sang, Titans Saga and Red Flood to Star Wars, Aliens 4, Avatar, and Mass Effect. The way medical science and Society treat disabilities can be an interesting theme.
@@draketungsten74 The Ship Who Sang and its sequels are pretty good. If you're interested in more on the eugenics side--be aware that it's translated from Polish but Stanislaw Lem's Eden is good. (It's from a conceptually-linked trilogy, the other two books are Fiasco and Solaris, and the major theme is "Aliens be alien.")
One of the first realities I ran into when attending Cons 30+ years ago was the possibility of coming home with a case of "Con Crud", there was almost invariably something that came along with someone from somewhere that you came into contact with somehow...and in the long run your immune system was better off because of it. It's the risk you take when getting people from all over the country/world together in a relatively confined space, there's going to be a bug from an area where immunity has developed that meets people from an area that hasn't developed that immunity yet. The initial caution and masking made sense in early 2020 but by June 2020 it was pretty obvious to anyone ignoring politicians and the media and reading what medical studies managed to make their way through the cordon of social media censorship that it wasn't the plague it was being made out to be. I began avoiding masking expect when absolutely forced to do so and took the normal precautions of hand washing, etc. and while working in and around individuals who were ill 70+ hours a week never got the Coof until I had a very mild case in mid-2022. I wouldn't trade the years of not living in fear for the minimal possibility that I might have avoided what was a mild three day cold.
"Con Crud", yes! I think I've developed a better immune system because of all the things it's encountered throughout my life. For instance, I was in Minneapolis in 2020, at the epicenter of the George Floyd protests, and I suspect my immune system is stronger because of all the weird things it had to deal with, due to people from all over the country who showed up during those weeks. I also think the ever-increasing obsession with sterilization is why there are so many more kids with anaphylactic allergies to things like peanuts and eggs and gluten. When an immune system doesn't encounter any dangerous pathogens, like the "childhood diseases" it evolved to fight against, maybe it gets "bored" and ends up mistaking harmless foods for dangerous threats?
The Sci-Fi establishment made itself irrelevant to me when I came across a statement criticizing Frank Herbert for "the white saviour trope". I lost all interest in what those clowns had to say at that point.
You gotta admire them for the ultimate power move. They know they have the full force of the ADA (in the US, at least) behind them. Violations of that thing are costly. Conforming to it is even more expensive.
He accidentally re-uploaded the EVS video with this title on it an hour ago. Everyone was pointing it out. JDA or YT took it down because reuploading the same video is a ToS violation, plus it was his mistake.
As correct as you are, but considering how many SF-authors already died, it's to be expected that a lot of the authors and readers are of advanced age, too. And it's easy to put a small ramp at a panel, or ask two strong guys to lift the wheelchair onto the panel and back down. But I'm out if I hear "...or would not attend in person after covid" - ...that's their own issue; nobody is responsible if someone else doesn't WANT to go to a convention. And paranoid hysteria of an everyday mild respiratory infect is no reason to force unhealthy behaviour onto others.
@@JabelldiMarco Yeah seriously, she probably wanted the odd position for attention, and then used it to shun people for treating her as different. Unless she was really fat or had a super heavy wheelchair, like one with life support in it, it should be easy for a couple guys to lift her a few feet. Although considering her attitude it might not be a good idea.
@@draketungsten74 The comment about the bathrooms is just...knowing the typical standards even if I don't know Ireland's specific ones? That's just...tell me you use the XL chair without saying you do. (Though I'd actually go for the ramps simply because it makes setup/breakdown easier if you can just use these neat things called wheels to help you move stuff.)
I'm still amazed at what happened to the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. I put a lot of blame on a very big hypocrite, KK Rusch. I hate woke hypocrites. Cancelling David A. Riley, what creepy thing to do. He has as much of a right to an opinion as her sorry woke (blank) does.
(1 of 3) Some disabled people's complaints are ignored. This one, at SFWA, for whatever reason was chosen to be followed on and acted upon. It's a case of differential enforcement. It has, apparently, been decided that SFWA has outlived its usefulness to the cause.
"I showed up in my specially made medical mobility and breathing apparatus with snack dispensers and I had a hard time getting through the doors at WorldCon! How dare they make me suffer!"
first things first thankyou for saying the city properly. Im a local and very few people ever get it right. so thankyou. and for the record its scotland its always bloody raining. you really need to plan around that or dont bother going out. and very few people in glasgow give a dam about covid or wearing masks anymore.
@@richardbrown8966 Those things are hard to traverse for able-bodied fit people, but this person would complain about the lack of servants to carry her around and feed her marshmallows.
let's be a bit more rational , its never a bad idea to accommodate but its certainly a very bad idea to take that to the extreme and then it become a vessel to excludes instead of including , and that is with todays so call DEI culture , for real as someone whose a POC doing college in the early 80's and know full well what real Diversity , Equality and Inclusiveness really are I can but only conclude todays so call WOKE and DEI are not the real deal , they are just gender , and racial generalization stereotyping and discrimination in disgust
I wonder what Heinlen and Asimov would think of all this... I am pretty sure Heinlen would hate it. Asimov would be his clever self. As for reading ScFi I stick to my favorites and a few new ones. I cannot read it all so my reading time is precious given the limited time we all have. If I am not stirred and fascinated I will move very quickly away and towards something else. As for the "Inclusive" club? What is that quote? I wouldn't want to be a member of a club that would have me as member.
Two things can be true at once: 1) Modern-day DEI is problematic because it often focuses on activism and creates an "us versus them" atmosphere. In this culture, showing empathy and understanding other perspectives is not always prioritized, which does not lead to great creativity. 2) As a wheelchair user who travels frequently for work, the amount of energy and time I have to spend figuring out how to perform my job is frustrating, especially when I'm expected to do the same work as my colleagues. The show must go on, and I'm fortunate to be strong enough to crawl, push, pull, and drag myself where I need to be. Earlier this year, I had to spend four hours on a stage with no breaks simply because it was such a hassle to get on it. My point is, while this woman may be annoying, mocking her basic needs is not appropriate either. Just because some people lack empathy doesn't mean we should follow suit.
Just finished listening to all three audiobooks of the Aryshan War. Great fun! Very entertaining. It felt like I was listening to an extended episode of the original Star Trek series or maybe the Stargate series. Thanks for producing true Sci-Fi!
I made it 7 minutes before I had to stop. I don't see what's worth mocking about people who are into the genre and have mobility issues. Two years ago, I could get around fine, but now I can't. I have trouble going up steps, especially if there isn't a rail to hold on to, can't walk any real distance (I remember wandering GenCon and Origins from open to close back in the 80s and early 90s), but those days are over. Like it or not, time marches on. Yes, I fully agree that the woke aspects, and the DEI aspects are over the top, and any sort of sexual activity shouldn't be part of this officially (or even unofficially - if you want to do it on your own, have at it), but to use those as additional justification to mock people with legitimate issues just doesn't seem right. I've been reading SF and fantasy since I was able to choose my own books back in the early 70s. I'd really hate to feel like I'm not longer wanted in the fandom because I have trouble walking.
He was laughing at the inability of this person to accept that the world isn't perfect. The anger this person expresses destroys fun for everyone in the misery loves company sort of way. They will never be happy no matter how many accomidations are done.
I hear you! I can't speak for this channel, of course, but I really think he's laughing about person who's complaining, NOT the fact of someone being disabled. I also have a disability which prevents me from doing some things, and going some places; but this particular person is known for making everyone else miserable. Also, this is off-topic but your dog is awesome, what a great face! Greetings from mine to yours 🐕🐾
I have EDS, an inherited genetic condition. It was so severe when I was a teen that I was not expected to be walking by my 20s. Thankfully, I beat those odds. This crowd is malingering and faking. One clear faker was rolling around in a powerchair at a Norwescon dressed as a Weeping Angel. I have a hard time with motor control, even after years of PT. Well, this creature rolled up to me and demanded I take a ribbon. I stumbled and brushed the styrofoam wing on the chair because the creature caught me off guard. Then she threw a huge fit and tried to have people chase me to hurt me, but I got away as they were having a hug fest. I actually saw this lady get out the chair when she wanted to. Now, I don’t do things like that, and you would never know I have a problem if you saw me. So this is very insulting to people with real disabilities. Yes, they are mentally insane so they fake physical disabilities, but these cons make things unsafe for people with real disabilities.
i have great news for those restricted to wheelchairs, i've invented skis for you so you can now ski double black diamonds at all your favorite ski resorts that were previously unavailable to you!
This whole "Inclusivity" shenanigans is really getting out of hand. People need to accept the fact that some things are inaccessible or difficult to enter due to their disabilities or others. Imagine criticizing a music video about wild parties and rave clubs because it doesn't have disabled or fat people. Even worse is how obnoxious and entitled they sound instead of asking nicely.
This strongly reminds me of a story that Christine Hoff Summers told, about the implosion of academic feminism: she relates how a confrence of academics completely degenerated into identity politics, and how it wasn't the big divisions you might think. First, of course, there were demands from the Black Feminists to be distinguished from the White Feminists. No one would be surprised. Then it was other non-White feminists wanting their own spaces. Sure. Then it was divisions of faith, Jews, Christians, Moslems, Atheists, Wiccans... I'm beginning to think it's a collection of Wiccans en totale, but okay. It doesn't stop there though: she describes how it continues until tconferencence organizers are getting demands from people wiih asthma. People with sensory issues. People with ALLERGIES. The game of identity politics has no end, because it is ultimately a game of power, and everyone that plays wants the power. EDIT: I missed the one line in the video here that gives away the game, the line about how "the coof" seemed to finally make accessibility equal. What better admission could there be? Everyone is having a vastly inferior experience, but she's happy, why? Because everyone is equally as miserable as her, and she's happy to have everyone suffer, so long as no one is any happier than another. It's like the Handicapper General from Harrison Bergeron was writing a blog.
dunno why 'mobility problems' made you giggle. plenty of conservative and libertarian people in sci-fi that you KNOW, have 'mobility problems'. lots of vets , like me, have 'mobility problems'. Many authors that YOU KNOW have mobility problems....
I think he was laughing at the idea the person had that mobility problems are who you are, not what you have. This person's whole personality is mobility problems.
Love you videos. I am an aspiring author. But I find myself having so many story ideas that I don’t know which one to work on. Is this something you’ve come across and how do you make a decision on the story you want to write.
I've got mixed feelings because I've actually seen some really interesting ways of handling disability in SF--both new disabilities (such as not everybody being able to take the implant needed for mind-machine interfacing, or some people being unable to use the regen tech) to new ways of handling it (see: brainships) to even just how aliens might view disabilities (see: Eden by Stanislaw Lem)--but I doubt that these people would actually want to discuss any of that seriously. Nope, we're not going to get new and exciting prosthetics or discover new disabilities because suddenly an ability that wasn't really THAT relevant to anybody's existences suddenly is REALLY relevant. Or run into aliens that might consider us all disabled and/or have less than desirable opinions about those they consider disabled. (Hopefully not both at once...) But a lot of the rest of this? Yeah, look, once the option of virtual attendance becomes a thing, a lot of the accommodations become simply "Attend virtually." Edit: I will, however, side with her on the ramps to stages thing...from the perspective of somebody who's helped with setup/breakdown at cons. Ramps mean that can be done faster & more safely by using an apparently quite exotic technology called 'wheels.'
Where is my access to a skyboard? Where is my access to smart price or Tesco value rejuvenating treatments that aren't just face cream made from fresh not to term stem cells and collagen complexes sponsored by cardasian vendors fleeing ds9
I don't know why you snicker every few seconds during your videos, or why you think reading in a mocking voice is going to convince anyone of your points. You seem to find the entire subject of accessibility at SF conventions -- not just the self-importance of some handicapped fans -- funny. I helped arrange funding for one of the first con accessibility programs -- 'Electrical Eggs' -- thirty-five years ago. Helping like-minded fans attend conventions seems pretty important to me. For you, it seems to be a subject for pointing and laughing.
I disagree with you on this subject. The fact that she has not sold as many books as you is not the problem. The fact that she is on a wheelchair and cannot be accomodated is a problem. This is not life! This is neglect or indifference. I am disappointed on how thoughtless you are acting and talking about that. Accomodating handicapped people is basic, pandering to marginalized people (anybody else under the sun not disabled) is garbage! Why choose a castle or anything other place when you know some of your audience or panel will have a hard time getting by. I am wary of the future because I am starting to lose some of my mobility due to a genetic illness but like you said it's life, if shit happens deal with it! Thanks for the "support"...
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These people are like that one Aesop parable of the fox who lost his tail, who then tried to convince all the other foxes to cut off their tails as well. Just sad.
I always likened it to these passages from Revelations. The fifth trumpet.
They were not given power to kill them, but only to torture them for five months.
And the agony they suffered was like that of the sting of a scorpion when it strikes a man.
During those days men will seek death, but will not find it; they will long to die, but death will elude them.
The locusts looked like horses prepared for battle.
On their heads they wore something like crowns of gold, and their faces resembled human faces.
Their hair was like women's hair, and their teeth were like lions' teeth.
They had breastplates like breastplates of iron, and the sound of their wings was like the thundering of many horses and chariots rushing into battle.
They had tails and stings like scorpions, and in their tails they had power to torment people for five months.
They had as king over them the angel of the Abyss, whose name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon.
@@leegaul2161 That reminds me of the movie "Day of Reckoning"
*_“Obese old ladies on walkers and mobility scooters…”_* This is the final form of the woke, ha ha.
You can never be extreme enough to satisfy these kooks.
"It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience."
-- CS Lewis
That's one of my favorite quotes, it's a perfect description of these lunatics. I've met a few IRL, they really do believe they're "on the right side of history." 😳🤦🏾♀️
Wow!
Wokism is a religion with many ways to damnation, and zero paths to salvation.
She seems like the kind of person who would complain about a lack of wheelchair accessible urinals for women. 🙄
I feel so old. I can remember a time when conventions actually used to be _fun;_ a place where like-minded fans could get together & share their love of SF, Fantasy, horror-movies, whatever; a place to buy cool stuff in a dealers' room, engage in interesting discussions on everything from favorite examples/scenes from various movies/TV shows, to serious 'how-to' workshops on how to improve one's craft, whether it be writing, drawing, painting, whatever, sharing & exchanging knowledge & techniques & points of view with others. But now? Now conventions have (like so many other things it seems) deteriorated and degenerated into an endless parade of weirdos, perverts & degenerates, all with some axe to grind, some stupid, whiny, self-pitying half-assed 'agenda' that has *_NOTHING,_* absolutely *_NOTHING_* to do with either science fiction OR fantasy.
Conventions used to be _fun_ at one time; they really did.
I remember, too. Sometimes I wish I could time-travel back to the 90s and just live there forever. . . back in the old days before the Woke Plague.
The problem when you wake up in the morning and the first thought you have is hate, there is no way your day is going to get any better ever
Exactly. I had a hellish childhood and for a while, as a teenage, I was a miserable person. Whenever someone is looking for hate, they'll find a way to find it, even where it doesn't exist.
"The needs of the few or one outweigh the needs of the many" - Mirror Spock
Thank God I was born normal
You just not weak minded like all the wokies.
As a 50 year old, painfully single cat lady I am upset by your comments - greatly 😂. Another great video, JDA. Now the tide is in full turn it's quite fun watching these groups & societies implode.
Keep your cats from the Haitians!
@@JonDelArroz 🤣🤣
They are acting like the dystopian civilizations described in Sci-Fi novels
A panel discussing disability in science fiction:
"Geordi La Forge."
End of discussion.
Oh I forgot that one episode in DS9.
Well, there are lot's of SFs that have one or more people with disabilities, and this might also be a plot hook: from Captain Future, The Ship Who Sang, Titans Saga and Red Flood to Star Wars, Aliens 4, Avatar, and Mass Effect.
The way medical science and Society treat disabilities can be an interesting theme.
@@JabelldiMarco I've never seen or read any of those, but there was an interesting episode concerning Geordi La Forge and eugenics.
Anakin Skywalker, quadruple amputee.
@@draketungsten74 The Ship Who Sang and its sequels are pretty good. If you're interested in more on the eugenics side--be aware that it's translated from Polish but Stanislaw Lem's Eden is good. (It's from a conceptually-linked trilogy, the other two books are Fiasco and Solaris, and the major theme is "Aliens be alien.")
10:55, even complaining about how hard life is was too exhausting for her to continue.
One of the first realities I ran into when attending Cons 30+ years ago was the possibility of coming home with a case of "Con Crud", there was almost invariably something that came along with someone from somewhere that you came into contact with somehow...and in the long run your immune system was better off because of it. It's the risk you take when getting people from all over the country/world together in a relatively confined space, there's going to be a bug from an area where immunity has developed that meets people from an area that hasn't developed that immunity yet. The initial caution and masking made sense in early 2020 but by June 2020 it was pretty obvious to anyone ignoring politicians and the media and reading what medical studies managed to make their way through the cordon of social media censorship that it wasn't the plague it was being made out to be. I began avoiding masking expect when absolutely forced to do so and took the normal precautions of hand washing, etc. and while working in and around individuals who were ill 70+ hours a week never got the Coof until I had a very mild case in mid-2022. I wouldn't trade the years of not living in fear for the minimal possibility that I might have avoided what was a mild three day cold.
"Con Crud", yes! I think I've developed a better immune system because of all the things it's encountered throughout my life. For instance, I was in Minneapolis in 2020, at the epicenter of the George Floyd protests, and I suspect my immune system is stronger because of all the weird things it had to deal with, due to people from all over the country who showed up during those weeks.
I also think the ever-increasing obsession with sterilization is why there are so many more kids with anaphylactic allergies to things like peanuts and eggs and gluten. When an immune system doesn't encounter any dangerous pathogens, like the "childhood diseases" it evolved to fight against, maybe it gets "bored" and ends up mistaking harmless foods for dangerous threats?
The Sci-Fi establishment made itself irrelevant to me when I came across a statement criticizing Frank Herbert for "the white saviour trope". I lost all interest in what those clowns had to say at that point.
You gotta admire them for the ultimate power move.
They know they have the full force of the ADA (in the US, at least) behind them. Violations of that thing are costly. Conforming to it is even more expensive.
These people are exhausting. The only thing worse than hearing them cry about life would be to LIVE their life.
They're an anthropomorphism of "Misery loves company."
They're always miserable, so they want everyone else to be, too.
@@zxyatiywariii8 yep
Reeee.. there's not enough blind cover artists..
Braille cover art would be interesting. :-)
less of a problem than blind neurosurgeons
@@brianmcguinness9642 That could actually be amazing!
I'm Scottish and i wasn't even aware that World Con was in Glasgow this year.
😄🤣😂
If feminists whine in a land where men wear skirts welllllllll
there is a Glasgow in Ontario
The video keeps getting taken down, the jealous freaks are angry
He accidentally re-uploaded the EVS video with this title on it an hour ago. Everyone was pointing it out.
JDA or YT took it down because reuploading the same video is a ToS violation, plus it was his mistake.
Well yeah, hate speech and bigotry don't need platforms
@@Lord_Victis then why do you exist?
@@Lord_Victis Neither do unicorns and Edsel dealerships, but try finding one of them today.
@@jimjam51075 yet here you are raising hate speech at the most and bigotry at the least.
She basically wrote a novella about her self-victim complaints, holy sheeez!!!
They didn't give her a Scroll of Flying and show her to the nearest balcony?
@@brianmcguinness9642 How rude of them not to! 🤣
Oh, I like you & your sense of humour greatly 😂
😄🤣😆😂👍
As correct as you are, but considering how many SF-authors already died, it's to be expected that a lot of the authors and readers are of advanced age, too.
And it's easy to put a small ramp at a panel, or ask two strong guys to lift the wheelchair onto the panel and back down.
But I'm out if I hear "...or would not attend in person after covid" - ...that's their own issue; nobody is responsible if someone else doesn't WANT to go to a convention.
And paranoid hysteria of an everyday mild respiratory infect is no reason to force unhealthy behaviour onto others.
@@JabelldiMarco Yeah seriously, she probably wanted the odd position for attention, and then used it to shun people for treating her as different. Unless she was really fat or had a super heavy wheelchair, like one with life support in it, it should be easy for a couple guys to lift her a few feet. Although considering her attitude it might not be a good idea.
@@draketungsten74 The comment about the bathrooms is just...knowing the typical standards even if I don't know Ireland's specific ones? That's just...tell me you use the XL chair without saying you do. (Though I'd actually go for the ramps simply because it makes setup/breakdown easier if you can just use these neat things called wheels to help you move stuff.)
@@ryohoshi8445 I agree, going with ramps is the proper way.
I'm sure I heard something about thousands dying... Which "news" channel do you watch, if any?
@@london19657 You heard about thousands of sci-fi authors dying at a convention? Was the convention in Lebanon?
You know there are people out there upset that Everest isn't accessible...
Oh no, there was an elevator outage, you realize that non-disabled can't magically use the elevator when it's out of service, either. 🤣
I'm still amazed at what happened to the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. I put a lot of blame on a very big hypocrite, KK Rusch. I hate woke hypocrites. Cancelling David A. Riley, what creepy thing to do. He has as much of a right to an opinion as her sorry woke (blank) does.
Conventions over the past decade have become worse
I choked when you said “wheelchair accessible dungeons” 😂
I saw a bunch of old ladies at an adult expo, buying cleaning products. Weird world we live in.
(1 of 3) Some disabled people's complaints are ignored.
This one, at SFWA, for whatever reason was chosen to be followed on and acted upon.
It's a case of differential enforcement.
It has, apparently, been decided that SFWA has outlived its usefulness to the cause.
"I showed up in my specially made medical mobility and breathing apparatus with snack dispensers and I had a hard time getting through the doors at WorldCon! How dare they make me suffer!"
first things first thankyou for saying the city properly. Im a local and very few people ever get it right. so thankyou.
and for the record its scotland its always bloody raining. you really need to plan around that or dont bother going out.
and very few people in glasgow give a dam about covid or wearing masks anymore.
I hope I can visit some day, I'm one of the rare people who like rain 😄🌧
I remember when the term "fun police" was supposed to be a joke...
I always thought they had lifts(elevators) in 9th century castles. learn something new every day.
@@richardbrown8966 Those things are hard to traverse for able-bodied fit people, but this person would complain about the lack of servants to carry her around and feed her marshmallows.
Yeah, they're called "catapults". 🤣 (Yes, I'm being facetious.)
@@draketungsten74Ikr! I have a physical disability, so I plan around it, I don't expect everyone else to plan FOR me.
let's be a bit more rational , its never a bad idea to accommodate but its certainly a very bad idea to take that to the extreme and then it become a vessel to excludes instead of including , and that is with todays so call DEI culture , for real as someone whose a POC doing college in the early 80's and know full well what real Diversity , Equality and Inclusiveness really are I can but only conclude todays so call WOKE and DEI are not the real deal , they are just gender , and racial generalization stereotyping and discrimination in disgust
I once had a dream where I pulled into a Walmart parking lot, and Every. Single. Spot. had blue lines. No able bodied allowed. 😕
I wonder what Heinlen and Asimov would think of all this... I am pretty sure Heinlen would hate it. Asimov would be his clever self. As for reading ScFi I stick to my favorites and a few new ones. I cannot read it all so my reading time is precious given the limited time we all have. If I am not stirred and fascinated I will move very quickly away and towards something else.
As for the "Inclusive" club? What is that quote? I wouldn't want to be a member of a club that would have me as member.
Two things can be true at once:
1) Modern-day DEI is problematic because it often focuses on activism and creates an "us versus them" atmosphere. In this culture, showing empathy and understanding other perspectives is not always prioritized, which does not lead to great creativity.
2) As a wheelchair user who travels frequently for work, the amount of energy and time I have to spend figuring out how to perform my job is frustrating, especially when I'm expected to do the same work as my colleagues. The show must go on, and I'm fortunate to be strong enough to crawl, push, pull, and drag myself where I need to be. Earlier this year, I had to spend four hours on a stage with no breaks simply because it was such a hassle to get on it. My point is, while this woman may be annoying, mocking her basic needs is not appropriate either. Just because some people lack empathy doesn't mean we should follow suit.
Most public disabled toilets in the UK require a radar key, they're not difficult to get if you're genuinely disabled
If you put a machinegun on a mobility scooter, then you have a lil tank 😊
Just finished listening to all three audiobooks of the Aryshan War. Great fun! Very entertaining. It felt like I was listening to an extended episode of the original Star Trek series or maybe the Stargate series. Thanks for producing true Sci-Fi!
woke on woke attacks xdd
I made it 7 minutes before I had to stop. I don't see what's worth mocking about people who are into the genre and have mobility issues. Two years ago, I could get around fine, but now I can't. I have trouble going up steps, especially if there isn't a rail to hold on to, can't walk any real distance (I remember wandering GenCon and Origins from open to close back in the 80s and early 90s), but those days are over. Like it or not, time marches on. Yes, I fully agree that the woke aspects, and the DEI aspects are over the top, and any sort of sexual activity shouldn't be part of this officially (or even unofficially - if you want to do it on your own, have at it), but to use those as additional justification to mock people with legitimate issues just doesn't seem right. I've been reading SF and fantasy since I was able to choose my own books back in the early 70s. I'd really hate to feel like I'm not longer wanted in the fandom because I have trouble walking.
He was laughing at the inability of this person to accept that the world isn't perfect. The anger this person expresses destroys fun for everyone in the misery loves company sort of way. They will never be happy no matter how many accomidations are done.
I hear you!
I can't speak for this channel, of course, but I really think he's laughing about person who's complaining, NOT the fact of someone being disabled. I also have a disability which prevents me from doing some things, and going some places; but this particular person is known for making everyone else miserable.
Also, this is off-topic but your dog is awesome, what a great face! Greetings from mine to yours 🐕🐾
I wish you’d bring the Fandom Pulse website back.
Why? its doing better than ever
I have EDS, an inherited genetic condition. It was so severe when I was a teen that I was not expected to be walking by my 20s. Thankfully, I beat those odds. This crowd is malingering and faking. One clear faker was rolling around in a powerchair at a Norwescon dressed as a Weeping Angel. I have a hard time with motor control, even after years of PT. Well, this creature rolled up to me and demanded I take a ribbon. I stumbled and brushed the styrofoam wing on the chair because the creature caught me off guard. Then she threw a huge fit and tried to have people chase me to hurt me, but I got away as they were having a hug fest. I actually saw this lady get out the chair when she wanted to. Now, I don’t do things like that, and you would never know I have a problem if you saw me. So this is very insulting to people with real disabilities. Yes, they are mentally insane so they fake physical disabilities, but these cons make things unsafe for people with real disabilities.
i have great news for those restricted to wheelchairs, i've invented skis for you so you can now ski double black diamonds at all your favorite ski resorts that were previously unavailable to you!
Always loved John Ringo's Troy Rising series.
"WOOOKKKEEE"! So brave and stunning! Original in thought! Im sure you apply the same originality in your writings to. LOL
Why can’t the angry, bitter complainers all be like the original Christopher Pike: “BEEEEP.”
I loved cons. Not any more.
This whole "Inclusivity" shenanigans is really getting out of hand. People need to accept the fact that some things are inaccessible or difficult to enter due to their disabilities or others.
Imagine criticizing a music video about wild parties and rave clubs because it doesn't have disabled or fat people.
Even worse is how obnoxious and entitled they sound instead of asking nicely.
This strongly reminds me of a story that Christine Hoff Summers told, about the implosion of academic feminism: she relates how a confrence of academics completely degenerated into identity politics, and how it wasn't the big divisions you might think. First, of course, there were demands from the Black Feminists to be distinguished from the White Feminists. No one would be surprised.
Then it was other non-White feminists wanting their own spaces. Sure. Then it was divisions of faith, Jews, Christians, Moslems, Atheists, Wiccans... I'm beginning to think it's a collection of Wiccans en totale, but okay. It doesn't stop there though: she describes how it continues until tconferencence organizers are getting demands from people wiih asthma. People with sensory issues. People with ALLERGIES.
The game of identity politics has no end, because it is ultimately a game of power, and everyone that plays wants the power.
EDIT: I missed the one line in the video here that gives away the game, the line about how "the coof" seemed to finally make accessibility equal. What better admission could there be? Everyone is having a vastly inferior experience, but she's happy, why? Because everyone is equally as miserable as her, and she's happy to have everyone suffer, so long as no one is any happier than another. It's like the Handicapper General from Harrison Bergeron was writing a blog.
dunno why 'mobility problems' made you giggle. plenty of conservative and libertarian people in sci-fi that you KNOW, have 'mobility problems'. lots of vets , like me, have 'mobility problems'. Many authors that YOU KNOW have mobility problems....
I think he was laughing at the idea the person had that mobility problems are who you are, not what you have. This person's whole personality is mobility problems.
@@n.d.m.515Yes exactly, it's the person, not the idea of being disabled.
Image you got to the convention and they are projecting Cyael videos on the jumbotron
Love you videos. I am an aspiring author. But I find myself having so many story ideas that I don’t know which one to work on. Is this something you’ve come across and how do you make a decision on the story you want to write.
I've got mixed feelings because I've actually seen some really interesting ways of handling disability in SF--both new disabilities (such as not everybody being able to take the implant needed for mind-machine interfacing, or some people being unable to use the regen tech) to new ways of handling it (see: brainships) to even just how aliens might view disabilities (see: Eden by Stanislaw Lem)--but I doubt that these people would actually want to discuss any of that seriously. Nope, we're not going to get new and exciting prosthetics or discover new disabilities because suddenly an ability that wasn't really THAT relevant to anybody's existences suddenly is REALLY relevant. Or run into aliens that might consider us all disabled and/or have less than desirable opinions about those they consider disabled. (Hopefully not both at once...)
But a lot of the rest of this? Yeah, look, once the option of virtual attendance becomes a thing, a lot of the accommodations become simply "Attend virtually."
Edit: I will, however, side with her on the ramps to stages thing...from the perspective of somebody who's helped with setup/breakdown at cons. Ramps mean that can be done faster & more safely by using an apparently quite exotic technology called 'wheels.'
Where is my access to a skyboard?
Where is my access to smart price or Tesco value rejuvenating treatments that aren't just face cream made from fresh not to term stem cells and collagen complexes sponsored by cardasian vendors fleeing ds9
I don't know why you snicker every few seconds during your videos, or why you think reading in a mocking voice is going to convince anyone of your points. You seem to find the entire subject of accessibility at SF conventions -- not just the self-importance of some handicapped fans -- funny. I helped arrange funding for one of the first con accessibility programs -- 'Electrical Eggs' -- thirty-five years ago. Helping like-minded fans attend conventions seems pretty important to me. For you, it seems to be a subject for pointing and laughing.
Did you upload the wrong video last time?
Yeah he did. 😅
Yes he did, EVS can't help insert himself everywhere! Lol
@@Etnannarac lol "inserting"
I disagree with you on this subject. The fact that she has not sold as many books as you is not the problem. The fact that she is on a wheelchair and cannot be accomodated is a problem. This is not life! This is neglect or indifference. I am disappointed on how thoughtless you are acting and talking about that. Accomodating handicapped people is basic, pandering to marginalized people (anybody else under the sun not disabled) is garbage! Why choose a castle or anything other place when you know some of your audience or panel will have a hard time getting by. I am wary of the future because I am starting to lose some of my mobility due to a genetic illness but like you said it's life, if shit happens deal with it! Thanks for the "support"...