You are now a poop sherpa, thank you for your kind service.

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I've been logged in for years, and I just got my first call last week! I was so excited. Lady's laundry machine had stopped with the clothes still wet, and I read off the dial settings and LEDs to determine why it had stopped the cycle and what to do. Took about 5 min.

I don't know if you realize this, but when people say things like "I don't talk about politics" that's just a short form of what they really mean, which is often:

I don't want to talk about politics here.

I don't want to talk about politics with you.

I don't want to talk about politics right now.

I don't want to talk about politics like that.

Surely you have to have seen the changes over the past 10-15 years in online discourse that has resulted in politics invading every available space. It used to be quite easy to avoid political conversations online. And still, a lot of people don't come online for that and that's okay.

They aren't insane. They're trying to tell you to calm down. Please take a hint and change the topic when someone says something like that.

Very few blind people have no vision at all, and many, including myself, have sufficient vision to see what's on the TP. Otherwise, the friction as you wipe is a decent indicator, and if you're not sure you can just make a few more passes.

Smell test

put every comment and commentator into the prejudged boxes they regard as right and wrong.

I hate that this is commonly known as "politics". To me, this is a sports event. I still like to think that politics is about discourse, compromise, coalitions etc.

It's not even always that I disagree with what people on here say, I've been a 3rd party/independent voter most of my adult life, hardly a Trump fan, but if I post about where to find good fajitas in Dallas I don't want to hear a manifesto. A fanatic is someone who won't change their mind and won't change the subject, and a lot of lemmings fit that bill as evidenced by this very thread.

You know you're in a discussion with a blind person, and you included an image without alternative text.

Please learn what alternative text is.

They did not say what you're implying them saying. There is a world between not caring about people getting arrested by ICE, and not wanting every other post being about Trump's antics or US politics.

Plus, if they are blind, I guess it's harder for them to decide "at a glance" what they'd want to check or not. It doesn't suffice to see someone's face to decide to skip, they have to read what the post is about.

Guide dogs have bathroom breaks at set times, and in my experience if their diet is healthy they'll drop a duce at the same time each day. In any case, the dog is kept on a leash and given a command to relieve itself. It'll usually sniff around, then stop to do the deed. Straight back means pee and arched back means poop. The posture can be seen if the handler has sufficient vision or felt with a hand if not. If poop is indicated, you find the dog's south end and use your foot to mark ground zero. When the dog is done it's a simple matter of bagging it using your foot as the landmark.

This is the important part. I enjoy reading political news and discussions. But in the country I live in, not American politics which forced into each conversation.

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Like it or not, it's everybody's problem. At least he unwittingly caused some positive change, pushing EU countries to break away from US tech/products

I was born blind.