Benefits of using a cane.

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adambomb Nov 20, 2012

To avoid confusion, I am talking about the canes blind people use such as myself.
1. People avoid you at all costs. AKA "Parting the seas"
2. If you stand in one place long enough, people will approach and ask if you need help.
3. The ladies like it for some odd reason.
4. You receive added sympathy while in stores, people act more kind.
5. If you want to sit somewhere but someone else is sitting there, you can proceed to sit down anyways. They will move.
I realize this is not all of good morals, and I don't use most of these, but they have been helpful in the past.
Novas Nov 20, 2012

I understand some benefits
🔰ℬཞüęℵǿཞ🔰 Nov 20, 2012

Blind.. On a silent, text based, visual game. Good for you.
I know a 65yr old blind mountain biker, who proceeds to do tricks and maneuvers I've never seen anyone do :P
He doesn't use a cane :/

That's my relevance to this post. I tried to cane once, but I guess it's easy to tell when someone's faking :(

6. When a blind man holds his cane in a fencing pose, get the hell outta the way. He ain't bluffin
❌❌ѦяƬяʏĦαя∂❌❌ Nov 20, 2012

Not bing an asshole here. Just asking a question. How did you write this if your are blind?
ནཝཇངᎯངᎿཔᎦ༽༨རསཁྭ Nov 20, 2012

❌❌ѦяƬяʏĦαя∂❌❌ wrote:
Not bing an asshole here. Just asking a question. How did you write this if your are blind?

There's a difference between blind and legally blind. Some people have slight vision and can do very little. There are also speech programs (similar to Siri)
Speaking of which, there was an article in the paper the other day about how iPhones can help blind people. (Yes I still read the paper 😜)
❌❌ѦяƬяʏĦαя∂❌❌ Nov 20, 2012

Lol thanks for the info
🚲🍊Far Side🍊🚲 Nov 20, 2012

There is no good place to put the cane when you need to use both your hands, or while sitting in a restaurant.
ᎦλཀᏣཞᎾ Nov 20, 2012

👆 Get a foldable one
Add XXL Nov 20, 2012

6. Pressing the hand dryer when you're too far away to use it.
Ꮶ͜иιɢн͡т Nov 20, 2012

Not many benefits using it in the UK!

The cops tazer people for it. 😳
IG-100 Nov 20, 2012

⚜Ꮶ͜иιɢн͡т⚜ wrote:
Not many benefits using it in the UK!

The cops tazer people for it. 😳

7.Putting a switch blade at the bottom and master the art of Cane-Jitsu,
☠ðůﾅ⌖ʟḁẘ☠ Nov 20, 2012

ه☆ⓊƘ☆ه wrote:
⚜Ꮶ͜иιɢн͡т⚜ wrote:
Not many benefits using it in the UK!

The cops tazer people for it. 😳

7.Putting a switch blade at the bottom and master the art of Cane-Jitsu,
Hell yeah
Ꮶ͜иιɢн͡т Nov 20, 2012

The reason he was tazed was because the cops thought his cane was a samurai sword. 😄

Brit cops gone wild.
adambomb Nov 20, 2012

How do cops with good vision mistake a cane with a samurai sword?
Novas Nov 20, 2012

adambomb wrote:
How do cops with good vision mistake a cane with a samurai sword?

I forgot what it's called, but it is like the sleeve where you place the sword
‡ɲȠɨɭ₫lȳɪɲșɋῆϵ‡ Nov 22, 2012

ThatTallKid_ wrote:
adambomb wrote:
How do cops with good vision mistake a cane with a samurai sword?

I forgot what it's called, but it is like the sleeve where you place the sword
That would be called a sheath
‡ɲȠɨɭ₫lȳɪɲșɋῆϵ‡ Nov 22, 2012

I met a guy not long ago that was deaf blind, and also a professional speed skater
Ꮶ͜иιɢн͡т Nov 22, 2012

bluntsmoker wrote:
I met a guy not long ago that was deaf blind, and also a professional speed skater

How does he communicate?
‡ɲȠɨɭ₫lȳɪɲșɋῆϵ‡ Nov 22, 2012

google him, kevin frost