I’m not against bashing modern art, but whenever I see others doing it, they’re always casting a net large enough to include works I genuinely like. Go ahead and mock my tastes, just don’t accuse me of pretending to have them.
spend five minutes on Tumblr and you realise that if you show any image to the world there will be people who want to fuck it and people who collapse into a sobbing mess at the sight of it; the span of aesthetic preferences across all of humanity is ridiculously wide.
Pretty much this, yes.
But I’m the kind of Horrible Apparently Rich Person (where’s my money, Lebowski?) who thinks kids of all backgrounds should be taken on field trips to art museums and shown all kinds of art, even the weird shit, so.
It’s an electric wheelchair that’s controlled by the levers on the sides (so yes, you do need two hands to operate it, just like a manual). It’s only 40 pounds and can be folded down to fit into any trunk. The creators/managers all seem to be wheelchair users. I personally talked to one on the phone who told me the features he uses.
You don’t understand, I’ve been in New York City for almost four months now and it’s been incredible and in that time, I’ve wheeled my manual chair about 300 miles (there are times I’m going up to 40 blocks a day) and I am so sore and so bruised and so tired and it’s going to s n o w soon and even though the city won’t get nearly as much snow as upstate, it’s still not going to be fun, but I’ve always been afraid to get a big, bulky, electric chair because I don’t want to:
A.) Completely give up my autonomy.
B.) Have a 500 pound electric chair run out of power and have to figure out how the heck I’m getting it and me home.
But this chair, this chair, lads…
This chair can get me all the way from my apartment down the island to Times Square and into Amorino for the world’s best waffles/gelato/hot chocolate before it even considers running out of power. And it only takes 3 hours to fully charge AND if for some reason, something happens, it can be folded up and put into any NYC cab and I’m just so, so, excited. NYC is filled with so many hills that I’ll now be able to go up/down without straining myself. I’ll be able to take the M5 down Riverside and still get to the center of the island without heaving and huffing and sweating. I just really, really, hope it all works out!
Note: Absolutely none of this is sponsored. I’m just really excited about this wheelchair. The Amorino part isn’t sponsored either but seriously, you should all go to Amorino at some point in your lives, I should stop going to Amorino because at this point, I go once a week and that is what we call Unhealthy. But I don’t care because life is short and Amorino is good. And so is this wheelchair (hopefully).
Whyyyy did this get 400+ notes?
Was it the Amorino? It was probably the Amorino.
In all seriousness, listen, I’m glad you’re all excited about this wheelchair too but I haven’t received it yet. I only just got the confirmation email. I mean I made this post like five seconds after I clicked ‘Submit Order’. It should be here by this weekend so I can tell you all how it is and if it’s worth it. And hey, I think you and I can both get money if I recommend you so just…if you’re looking at this for yourselves, that’s fantastic, but just give it a few days okay? Let me be the guinea pig for us all. The very…very broke guinea pig whose insurance wouldn’t cover this. (FYI: Yours probably won’t either.)
Hopefully this all works out but if it doesn’t, I’d hate for you all to spend the money as well. (But I’m really, really, hoping it does.)
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‘What about Ron magic?’ offered Ron. To Harry, Ron was a loud, slow, and soft bird. Harry did not like to think about birds.
The pig of Hufflepuff pulsed like a large bullfrog. Dumbledore smiled at it, and placed his hand on its head: “You are Hagrid now.”
Gins just linked me to the Guardian piece on this Botnik chapter half an hour ago and I cried laughing, so of course within three minutes of getting on Tumblr there are illustrations. ❤ ❤
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