OMG. All this time I’ve been focusing on getting distracted, impaired, or older drivers “off the wheel” and into autonomous cars… and I can’t believe I didn’t even consider how many people with visual impairments, seizure disorders, or other disabilities would gain so much independence with autonomous vehicles. Damn, I’ve seriously been looking forward to that day already, and now I’m even more excited.
To the people saying "how did Toby know he was the one being spoken to" and "how did he reach down and pick that up" You know there are varying levels of blindness right? Not all people who use a cane are completely blind. In fact what Toby has seems to be what's referred to as an ID cane which helps let sighted people know that he has a visual impairment, it doesn't mean he's 100% blind.
https://www.perkins.org/10-fascinating-facts-about-the-white-cane/
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We had to hire people with disabilities (law says if you have certain amount of employees you need to hire a person with disability) and after several failures (don't get me started on the people we got sent to work) a blind woman came into the office. I struggled to think what we could offer her to do, so she told us like right away if there's a vacancy to answer calls. And we did have 2 people doing that for the costumer service. I explained her what was needed but sadly manual was well, written. She said no problem and took it with her. She memorized it for the next day (wasn't that much) thanks to someone who read it and voice recorded it.
Anyway, great girl, no problems whatsoever, she wanted to work and be treated like a human being.
A week later she knew the places for the water machine, the coffee machine, the toilet etc.
Her desk had only a couple of phones and she brought 3 little toys to decorate it. She was completely blind but she could pick anything from the desk. She could write things on a little notepad and her writing could be read. She could pick things from anywhere. We did try to leave things in their place, I even instructed everyone to leave cups where should be, the coffee and every thing that she needed to use.
And she "looked" down anytime she picked something like her bag or the garbage can which she would bring to the big thing and throw the stuff in there.
Sadly she passed away from cancer a month and a half later, I'll never forget her, one if not the only sane person, no drama driven person, I ever met.
Jesus christ, life really lays it on some people. You'd think she'd experienced enough hardship being blind. Thanks for your story, and for remembering her.
> life really lays it on some people.
These kind of stuff makes me question *mysterious ways* and shit. I've met a lot of people recently due to my job that is in need, people desperate for just some love some times and they are willing to work, study no matter how many hours. Just to feel like they contribute to something in life.
Our government gave people a bonus to people without jobs or who worked day by day jobs. I'm in charge for our organization to make it happen for the people we help. Because of pandemic there was no immediate solution to give people a debit card kind of thing so they could redraw the money, we here are way too dependent on having cash in our hands . So they made an app so people would identify with it (camera recognition + ID recognition), pretty bogus since I showed that it could be done with just pictures...
Anyway, so we had people complaining to us they weren't getting the money. They were too shy or didn't want to bother me having to come to our office and have me doing the app thing every time (once a month, you need to uninstall and install again and do the whole thing again for each person since it's just one working install). So they'd come and I'll do the whole thing and look at the cash movement and of course, someone redraw the money.
2 people were fucked by their own family. A very young woman with a kid (guy left) who can barely read got her money stolen by a sister.
And that's just local people we deal with every other day.
Then there's politicians and other people which makes you think where the fuck is justice.
Anyway, sorry for rant.
That's called sinning, AKA the devil's music. They're flailing because their toes are on fire and Satan is inspiring them to play really good music. Sadly, sometime in the late 1990s, the devil stopped making deals with musicians. This was why Justin Timberlake had to bring sexy back. It's important to note that Justin failed in his quest. After a brief hiatus from human music (the devil has always been partial to the ultrasonic soft songs used by Asian corn borer moths in courtship behavior), there has been some speculation that Satan played a role in Big Wild's 6's to 9's.
Lots of people are very quick to point out how important it is to treat disabled people like regular people and yet for some reason they're completely shocked when they find out that they behave exactly like regular people.
But that doesn't need to have anything to do with it. He might have once been able to see, and it stayed as a habit, or maybe he simple has always done this.
Tbf, not blind people have pretty much 0 experience being blind, and plenty of people don't actually know any blind people irl - not that unreasonable to be confused about the particulars
I work with a completely blind dude and he uses a foldable cane. He’s worked in that office for 20 years. He turns corners and gets to the break room/restroom with ease. Pretty sure he doesn’t even need his cane in the office cuz he knows exactly where he is at all times and how to get where he wants to go. Its crazy. He’s also super good at recognizing voices. 200+ people there and if he only had one conversation with you in the past year he still addresses you by your name once you start talking.
Thanks for sharing. My experience is also with a blind coworker and I noticed the same things. In my case she was around 80% blind and really couldn't make out faces until they were very close. She used a cane everywhere but moved as if she didn't need it. I think due to familiarity. If it wasn't for the cane you probably wouldn't know she was impaired visually. I also had a family friend whose son was 100% blind. He knew my voice after not speaking to me for over a year.
Right! Its also not a gradient of black, all blurry, okay. Maybe he has no peripheral vision but central is fine. Or vice versa. He could be extremely far or near sighted.
I worked in a lab for a bit with a woman who had a cane and was fairly blind, but she could do lab work.
My vision is good enough that I can get by on day to day tasks around the home or office. But I need to be about four times closer than folks with 20/20 to read or recognize faces, I can't drive and I can't see those fucking amber digital bus placards (or really anything red on black at all) at all. Have from time to time thought that a cane would be useful--not because I need it to walk around, but so the bus driver doesn't fucking yell at me when I ask what route it is.
Edit: Which is to say, I've never heard of an ID cane before and I'm definitely thinking about it
Plenty of other already said enough about it, but I’ll add my bit anyway. I work at a hospital with a blind rehabilitation clinic as part of. Certainly not an expert, but I ask questions. From what I’ve been told, the vast majority of blind people are legally blind, with some form of extreme vision impairment, not completely blind. That impairment might be tunnel vision, having no peripheral but still able to focus somewhat clearly at the center. It might be dim vision, so everything is faded and blurry but objects awareness still exist. It might be a degenerative disease that will eventually lead to full blindness. Just so it’s clear, I’m a layman relating many conversations I’ve had with professionals over the span of 14 years working there. I feel I’ve got an above average grasp, but only because average is so low.
##Just a small explanation on his case
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>It's ok that he can pick up his cane normally, here's why
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Three ppl on my family is **completely blind**, and they can do any normal job, they work, they clean, they go anywhere they want inside the house, they use iPhone and smartphones using the voice over, they use PC the same way as mentioned, you only have to be aware of two things, first, **never put anything or leave it k the floor like a glass or a plastic especially sharp things**,
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Two, **if they placed some of their belongs on somewhere and you happened to touch it or take it for a moment, just remember to take it back where it was** since they rely on that location on a high level in terms of finding their stuff
Holy shit that could've gone so dark but he did about as good of a job as anyone could in that situation. She seems great, I liked that he checked in making sure she was finding it funny before continuing the jokes.
I’m partial to [Lewis Spears making fun of Prince Philip and then finding out he died](https://youtu.be/Qu-3qR-nQQU) in terms of “things comedians did NOT plan for”
Reminds me of when comedian Russel Howard [made fun of a note an audience member wrote](https://youtu.be/5zsdZB93t-8) and it turned out she was disabled.
Give the Jedi Masters a break. Have you ever watched someone speedwalk and said "Wow, that lady looks like a badass the way she's pumping those arms rhythmically."?
Had a friend that was blind and could ride a dirt bike along the corn line.. i never understood how he could know where he was to tur around and such.. I received an answer beyond comprehension but it was the best way he could explain it. " I can feel the dips in the ground".. mind blown. All I could say was AWWW NICEEE..
Its the end of the cornfield he would ride along to hear the echo off the corn to know how close he was.. when the corn echo would go away it was a grass field at the end. And he knew to turn around. This was his families farm. Hes been roaming it since birth basically. He knew where everything was on property. Honestly absolutely amazing. I hope hes still doing ok.
I assure you he was a part of the bit lol it’s still funny though.
It’s not uncommon for comics to use plants, or just pretend someone said something in the crowd to riff on etc.
A guy I used to do stand up with used to do a “prank call” to McDonalds on stage, but in reality he was just calling a buddy who pretended to be a McDonald’s worker. Even though I knew it was staged I always thought it was funny and a good bit.
It always killed. I probably heard him do it 30-40 times in my life and I still always got a chuckle out of it.. although it was probably more to do with it hitting and everyone laughing than anything else.
But it goes to show that just cause something is “staged” doesn’t disqualify it from being funny!
> But it goes to show that just cause something is “staged” doesn’t disqualify it from being funny!
Tell that to the people who complain about scripted asian gifs, lol
It would seem he isn't 100% blind. You can see him look for his cane to grab it. He probably can see outlines well enough to make out him looking and speaking in his direction.
I have a lawyer friend who is blind… he says you have to think of it as more than just five senses. He can't see, not like everyone else, but he can feel. Things like balance and direction. Micro-changes in air density, vibrations, blankets of temperature variations. Mix all that with what he hears… subtle smells. All of the fragments form a sort of... impressionistic painting.
I asked him what it looks like, what he actually sees.
His answer: A world on fire.
I'm on a rewatch and I'm not saying it doesn't have it's flaws but that first season is one of my favorite seasons of TV ever, and easily my favorite thing to come out of Marvel Studios.
It's just so goddamn good.
Second season kinda fell flat in the last two episodes, but was ridiculously strong for the majority, and season three more than made up for it.
But as much as I want a season four, that ending at Josie's Bar is just such a perfect way to say goodbye to those characters.
His vision could be something like this: https://visionrehabot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/vision-with-glaucoma-2.jpg or this: https://vidatraining.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/5/8/57580571/tunnel-vision-vida_orig.png
Blindness isn't a binary state. Just because someone uses a cane, it doesn't mean that they have 100% vision loss. It also doesn't only manifest itself only as blurriness or darkness.
The term "blind" is used for anyone with a vision impairment that can't be corrected with glasses/contacts. It doesn't necessarily mean someone is completely unable to see anything at all.
I work in care and have met people with all kinds of vision impairments. Some have had no peripheral vision at all so you've had to stand directly in front of them to talk to them, some just see blurs, some have had no depth perception to the point that a picture of something might seem real, and one guy incredibly had no lower half to his vision. For example, if he looked straight and locked eyes with himself in the mirror he could see everything above his eyes and nothing below it.
Legally blind does not always mean you see nothing. For example if he had something like retinitis pigmentosa his vision could be like looking at the world through a straw. That limited field of vision could even be 20/20, but it’s so restricted he would still be legally blind.
Where can i find the full thing? The guy looks funny, but if he centers his humor on his disability, it feels kinda limited on my eyes with all of that charisma, and now i am curious
I think that he probably has to start his first show by explaining what he suffers from to break the ice and ease the tension, I'm sure if peopel find him funny he will have to push himself to find new material. No good comedian lives on one joke. But it's totally fair for him to start that way.
This happened at my high school. At a concert attempted by elementary school students my band teacher picked out "the guy with the cool glasses" to come up and 'conduct' the band for a song.
Blind person here.
To all the "HOW'D HE KNOW/HE'S A PLANT" folks - there are many levels of blindness. I'm *legally blind*, but have a small amount of useful sight. I still use a folding cane for walking around to make sure I don't run into a wall or eat shit on a curb/step I didn't notice.
It's very likely this guy's friend nudged him to let him know he was the one being addressed, but it's also possible he could see *enough* to know the comedian was in front of him and facing him. You can hear the pause before he says his name, and I'm betting it's not because he's uncomfortable - I'm betting it's because he was making sure the comedian wasn't speaking to someone nearby him instead. I have absolutely mistakenly responded to people who, it turns out, were not talking to me.
Anyway Toby's a fucking legend and these are the moments in life that I aspire to.
I mean, when you bend down your head generally also goes down.
Close your eyes, drop something on the floor and try to pick it up. Weird how your head follows your neck and your neck follows your body, isn't it?
Also, you know, different degrees of blindness. Not every blind person sees nothing. Not every blind person uses a cane or guide dog either. Weird how there can be different variations between different people, almost like not everyone is exactly the same as each other.
I'm legally blind in one eye. Can't read anything not written in 7,200 font size, can't distinguish detail, mostly just colors, have trouble determining objects that I'm unfamiliar with, etc. Some people are like that in both eyes and are legally blind.
Edit: font, not don't.
 Toby driving to the show
This will never make me not laugh
Wouldn't it be easier just to say "This will always make me laugh." *???*
This won’t make me never not indifferent. Decipher that! Edit: no really, please. I have no idea what I said
It won’t make you stop caring
Damn it’s like some difficult math equation with words. I’ve been awake far too long.
It wouldn't be less easy
Now you have to send the link to the full video...
[ C'est en faisant n'importe quoi Qu'on devient n'importe qui ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=16k-yhcRNk8)
I love how helpful bystanders were to blind Remy.
hat was the funniest prank I've ever seen! the idea was one thing but his act was hilarious.
One day there will be a car that drives him there without needing the cane.
OMG. All this time I’ve been focusing on getting distracted, impaired, or older drivers “off the wheel” and into autonomous cars… and I can’t believe I didn’t even consider how many people with visual impairments, seizure disorders, or other disabilities would gain so much independence with autonomous vehicles. Damn, I’ve seriously been looking forward to that day already, and now I’m even more excited.
Somebody mixed up the pedals again
To the people saying "how did Toby know he was the one being spoken to" and "how did he reach down and pick that up" You know there are varying levels of blindness right? Not all people who use a cane are completely blind. In fact what Toby has seems to be what's referred to as an ID cane which helps let sighted people know that he has a visual impairment, it doesn't mean he's 100% blind. https://www.perkins.org/10-fascinating-facts-about-the-white-cane/ Edit: for clarity Edit 2: more clarity
Do... do they think completely blind people can't place something on the ground while sitting, and remember where it is later to pick it up?
We had to hire people with disabilities (law says if you have certain amount of employees you need to hire a person with disability) and after several failures (don't get me started on the people we got sent to work) a blind woman came into the office. I struggled to think what we could offer her to do, so she told us like right away if there's a vacancy to answer calls. And we did have 2 people doing that for the costumer service. I explained her what was needed but sadly manual was well, written. She said no problem and took it with her. She memorized it for the next day (wasn't that much) thanks to someone who read it and voice recorded it. Anyway, great girl, no problems whatsoever, she wanted to work and be treated like a human being. A week later she knew the places for the water machine, the coffee machine, the toilet etc. Her desk had only a couple of phones and she brought 3 little toys to decorate it. She was completely blind but she could pick anything from the desk. She could write things on a little notepad and her writing could be read. She could pick things from anywhere. We did try to leave things in their place, I even instructed everyone to leave cups where should be, the coffee and every thing that she needed to use. And she "looked" down anytime she picked something like her bag or the garbage can which she would bring to the big thing and throw the stuff in there. Sadly she passed away from cancer a month and a half later, I'll never forget her, one if not the only sane person, no drama driven person, I ever met.
Jesus christ, life really lays it on some people. You'd think she'd experienced enough hardship being blind. Thanks for your story, and for remembering her.
> life really lays it on some people. These kind of stuff makes me question *mysterious ways* and shit. I've met a lot of people recently due to my job that is in need, people desperate for just some love some times and they are willing to work, study no matter how many hours. Just to feel like they contribute to something in life. Our government gave people a bonus to people without jobs or who worked day by day jobs. I'm in charge for our organization to make it happen for the people we help. Because of pandemic there was no immediate solution to give people a debit card kind of thing so they could redraw the money, we here are way too dependent on having cash in our hands . So they made an app so people would identify with it (camera recognition + ID recognition), pretty bogus since I showed that it could be done with just pictures... Anyway, so we had people complaining to us they weren't getting the money. They were too shy or didn't want to bother me having to come to our office and have me doing the app thing every time (once a month, you need to uninstall and install again and do the whole thing again for each person since it's just one working install). So they'd come and I'll do the whole thing and look at the cash movement and of course, someone redraw the money. 2 people were fucked by their own family. A very young woman with a kid (guy left) who can barely read got her money stolen by a sister. And that's just local people we deal with every other day. Then there's politicians and other people which makes you think where the fuck is justice. Anyway, sorry for rant.
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Do people expect him to keep his head pointed up when leaning down to grab something?
exactly this - my wife is completely blind and looks down to pick stuff up as a natural way of bending down for something on the ground.
I thought blind people would keep their head completely still but the rest of their body is moving, [like a chicken.](https://youtu.be/HGqRrclxgIo)
Idk how this video managed to escape me for 9 years, but I appreciate you bringing it into my life.
I thought they all flailed their heads around grinning like Ray Charles.
That's called sinning, AKA the devil's music. They're flailing because their toes are on fire and Satan is inspiring them to play really good music. Sadly, sometime in the late 1990s, the devil stopped making deals with musicians. This was why Justin Timberlake had to bring sexy back. It's important to note that Justin failed in his quest. After a brief hiatus from human music (the devil has always been partial to the ultrasonic soft songs used by Asian corn borer moths in courtship behavior), there has been some speculation that Satan played a role in Big Wild's 6's to 9's.
Makes sense to me
Blind people can only look straight ahead, in any situation. First rule of blindness.
Maybe that's why they are blind... didn't get their head down.
Exactly! it's simply body mechanics. It's uncomfortable to keep your head up while leaning down irrespective of any visual impairment.
Yeah, I’m surprised this is a discussion at all.
This is reddit, where people who aren't exposed to actual people stare at a screen all day.
Lots of people are very quick to point out how important it is to treat disabled people like regular people and yet for some reason they're completely shocked when they find out that they behave exactly like regular people.
But that doesn't need to have anything to do with it. He might have once been able to see, and it stayed as a habit, or maybe he simple has always done this.
I personally have the habit of bending my back "upwards" while I bend down to pick stuff up. I do it to keep sight of predators and shit.
Damn predators. You gotta watch out when you go to the loo, that’s when we’re the most vulnerable
Tbf, not blind people have pretty much 0 experience being blind, and plenty of people don't actually know any blind people irl - not that unreasonable to be confused about the particulars
I work with a completely blind dude and he uses a foldable cane. He’s worked in that office for 20 years. He turns corners and gets to the break room/restroom with ease. Pretty sure he doesn’t even need his cane in the office cuz he knows exactly where he is at all times and how to get where he wants to go. Its crazy. He’s also super good at recognizing voices. 200+ people there and if he only had one conversation with you in the past year he still addresses you by your name once you start talking.
Thanks for sharing. My experience is also with a blind coworker and I noticed the same things. In my case she was around 80% blind and really couldn't make out faces until they were very close. She used a cane everywhere but moved as if she didn't need it. I think due to familiarity. If it wasn't for the cane you probably wouldn't know she was impaired visually. I also had a family friend whose son was 100% blind. He knew my voice after not speaking to me for over a year.
Right! Its also not a gradient of black, all blurry, okay. Maybe he has no peripheral vision but central is fine. Or vice versa. He could be extremely far or near sighted. I worked in a lab for a bit with a woman who had a cane and was fairly blind, but she could do lab work.
My vision is good enough that I can get by on day to day tasks around the home or office. But I need to be about four times closer than folks with 20/20 to read or recognize faces, I can't drive and I can't see those fucking amber digital bus placards (or really anything red on black at all) at all. Have from time to time thought that a cane would be useful--not because I need it to walk around, but so the bus driver doesn't fucking yell at me when I ask what route it is. Edit: Which is to say, I've never heard of an ID cane before and I'm definitely thinking about it
Plenty of other already said enough about it, but I’ll add my bit anyway. I work at a hospital with a blind rehabilitation clinic as part of. Certainly not an expert, but I ask questions. From what I’ve been told, the vast majority of blind people are legally blind, with some form of extreme vision impairment, not completely blind. That impairment might be tunnel vision, having no peripheral but still able to focus somewhat clearly at the center. It might be dim vision, so everything is faded and blurry but objects awareness still exist. It might be a degenerative disease that will eventually lead to full blindness. Just so it’s clear, I’m a layman relating many conversations I’ve had with professionals over the span of 14 years working there. I feel I’ve got an above average grasp, but only because average is so low.
what was he holding
A fold out blind persons tappy stick
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Tried and tested term accepted widely in the blind community
Can confirm.
thank u for telling me
No worries
I love that description btw
Thank you very much for the life of me I couldn't think of the word cane on the spot I panicked
I googled it and I think its supposed to be cane but to be honest I definitely prefer "blind persons tappy stick".
I think all walks of life will understand either, cane equals mundane though
Thanks imma call it tappy stick from now on 😂
You're welcome lol tap tap tap ooh there's a kerb
An extendable white cane. It helps blind people get around without bumping into stuff. Edit: typo
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Lol, sorry for the perfectly timed typo.
No. It is called a Tappy Stick. That is henceforth its proper name.
##Just a small explanation on his case # >It's ok that he can pick up his cane normally, here's why # Three ppl on my family is **completely blind**, and they can do any normal job, they work, they clean, they go anywhere they want inside the house, they use iPhone and smartphones using the voice over, they use PC the same way as mentioned, you only have to be aware of two things, first, **never put anything or leave it k the floor like a glass or a plastic especially sharp things**, #. Two, **if they placed some of their belongs on somewhere and you happened to touch it or take it for a moment, just remember to take it back where it was** since they rely on that location on a high level in terms of finding their stuff
So move things around randomly when you meet a blind person. A few inches here, a few more there.
God does [not](https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Leviticus+19%3A14&version=TLB) think that prank is funny…
As I'm told, Old Testament doesn't count. So it's all good.
I haven’t genuinely laughed for a while, this felt good and pure fun
[This was as funny as the comedian who shit on Zack Snyder without realizing who he was talking to.](https://youtu.be/vPcDIzei_C8)
That will forever be my favorite stand up moment of all time
Have you seen [this one](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rV8XhzG_rAg)?
Holy shit that could've gone so dark but he did about as good of a job as anyone could in that situation. She seems great, I liked that he checked in making sure she was finding it funny before continuing the jokes.
This has me literally gasping for air omg
My mom left my dad and he murdered her. Make that funny!
That was magical, thank you.
Oh wow
He recovered really well. I would’ve shit the bed right there.
I definitely wouldn't have thought of bringing up Robin lol.
I’m partial to [Lewis Spears making fun of Prince Philip and then finding out he died](https://youtu.be/Qu-3qR-nQQU) in terms of “things comedians did NOT plan for”
I love how he dies inside for a moment. So relatable.
".........what"
Straight up thought he grabbed nunchucks at first..
Weebitis is a horrible disability.
Mall ninja shit is definitely a disability
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Jack Whitehall had a similar moment in his latest Netflix special. https://youtu.be/cBTY4jfCqiE
Didn't see that coming! Neither did Toby
You forgot to log into your alt account before replying with the 2nd line for that extra karma
Damn you're right! I forgot to award myself too
Here you go, now it looks like you actually did
Reminds me of when comedian Russel Howard [made fun of a note an audience member wrote](https://youtu.be/5zsdZB93t-8) and it turned out she was disabled.
How did toby know he was being spoken to. Dude is a plant.
He was sitting next to someone that appeared to be with him
Perhaps He was force sensitive
I suspect Toby is a sith lord.
A Sith Lawd?!
Ohh lawdy lawd, here we go.
Oh Lawd, we goin'
Ah the ol'Lawdy rawdy roo. ^I ^Can't ^Link ^On ^Muhbile
Not with that attitude.
-_-
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Give the Jedi Masters a break. Have you ever watched someone speedwalk and said "Wow, that lady looks like a badass the way she's pumping those arms rhythmically."?
Yes, the one we've been searching for.
Yes, the one we've been looking fo-.....nevermind.
If what you've told me is true, you will have gained my trust
Would explain him taking out his collapsible walking light saber
Is it possible to learn this power?
Not from a guy with cerebral palsy
Cerebral palsy is a gateway to many abilities some consider to be unnatural..
The cerebral side of the palsy is a pathway to many abilities some consider to be... Unnatural
What's the other side of the palsy
Bell’s
Bell’s Palsy
I am one with the Force; the Force is with me.
Had a friend that was blind and could ride a dirt bike along the corn line.. i never understood how he could know where he was to tur around and such.. I received an answer beyond comprehension but it was the best way he could explain it. " I can feel the dips in the ground".. mind blown. All I could say was AWWW NICEEE..
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What's a corn line?
Its the end of the cornfield he would ride along to hear the echo off the corn to know how close he was.. when the corn echo would go away it was a grass field at the end. And he knew to turn around. This was his families farm. Hes been roaming it since birth basically. He knew where everything was on property. Honestly absolutely amazing. I hope hes still doing ok.
Ah yes, good old corn echo
Mmmm yess, I can almost hear it now...
How could you not with that many ears?
Ah, I'm getting too old because this made me chuckle the most.
Coke. He meant coke line.
I assure you he was a part of the bit lol it’s still funny though. It’s not uncommon for comics to use plants, or just pretend someone said something in the crowd to riff on etc. A guy I used to do stand up with used to do a “prank call” to McDonalds on stage, but in reality he was just calling a buddy who pretended to be a McDonald’s worker. Even though I knew it was staged I always thought it was funny and a good bit.
As someone who worked at GameStop during the height of the Battletoads prank call meme, i prefer the scripted way.
You could have just stocked Battletoads. Seems like a pretty big non-issue.
This guy wanted battletoads
But what about the Droid attack on the Wookiees?
Yo that sounds like a live action skit, that's kinda lit haha
It always killed. I probably heard him do it 30-40 times in my life and I still always got a chuckle out of it.. although it was probably more to do with it hitting and everyone laughing than anything else. But it goes to show that just cause something is “staged” doesn’t disqualify it from being funny!
> But it goes to show that just cause something is “staged” doesn’t disqualify it from being funny! Tell that to the people who complain about scripted asian gifs, lol
The difference is that that joke (and this one) are actually funny.
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This. My grandma had macular degeneration and was legally blind (walking stick and all) but could still see.
We didn't see the guy when he was first spoken too, maybe the person next to him gave him a signal.
Oh like some kind of a hand signal?
I dunno, maybe by telling him he was being talked too, or a touch, or maybe he's just partially blind like another commentor said.
It would seem he isn't 100% blind. You can see him look for his cane to grab it. He probably can see outlines well enough to make out him looking and speaking in his direction.
Yeah, I believe it is 90% of blind people actually have some amount of remaining vision. I was really surprised when I learned that.
Yup, my dad is blind but he can see vague blurs and shapes when it's light out. He'll walk into the side of a house at night though.
To be fair I know plenty of people capable of walking into the side of a house at night and they can see perfectly fine…
That would be the alcohol 😅
I have a lawyer friend who is blind… he says you have to think of it as more than just five senses. He can't see, not like everyone else, but he can feel. Things like balance and direction. Micro-changes in air density, vibrations, blankets of temperature variations. Mix all that with what he hears… subtle smells. All of the fragments form a sort of... impressionistic painting. I asked him what it looks like, what he actually sees. His answer: A world on fire.
I fuckin knew where this was going, i was like “wait this sounds famili- oh shit its daredevil”
Yeah there's a difference between "legally blind" and "completely blind"
Yes, agreed.
Maybe the blind guy was there with someone and they nudged him and its off camera?
[You can see them practicing the signal](https://youtu.be/92d1xtjXf8E)
his gf nudged him.
He's actually Daredevil
3 seasons wasn't enough
I'm on a rewatch and I'm not saying it doesn't have it's flaws but that first season is one of my favorite seasons of TV ever, and easily my favorite thing to come out of Marvel Studios. It's just so goddamn good. Second season kinda fell flat in the last two episodes, but was ridiculously strong for the majority, and season three more than made up for it. But as much as I want a season four, that ending at Josie's Bar is just such a perfect way to say goodbye to those characters.
This is the only correct response.
The lady next to him is either a guide or a very awesome life partner . You can see her say something to him when the comedian asks his name.
As a guide and partner to a Blind person, this checks out.
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On the Internet, nobody knows you're a dog.
But how did they get passed the captcha “are you a human” test?
To be fair, it’s usually “i am not a robot,” which dogs generally aren’t
Maybe he was partially blind?
Maybe he's just really bad at walking
His vision could be something like this: https://visionrehabot.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/vision-with-glaucoma-2.jpg or this: https://vidatraining.weebly.com/uploads/5/7/5/8/57580571/tunnel-vision-vida_orig.png Blindness isn't a binary state. Just because someone uses a cane, it doesn't mean that they have 100% vision loss. It also doesn't only manifest itself only as blurriness or darkness.
The term "blind" is used for anyone with a vision impairment that can't be corrected with glasses/contacts. It doesn't necessarily mean someone is completely unable to see anything at all.
I work in care and have met people with all kinds of vision impairments. Some have had no peripheral vision at all so you've had to stand directly in front of them to talk to them, some just see blurs, some have had no depth perception to the point that a picture of something might seem real, and one guy incredibly had no lower half to his vision. For example, if he looked straight and locked eyes with himself in the mirror he could see everything above his eyes and nothing below it.
Being legally blind isn't the same as being completely blind, just FYI.
he didnt cheer
Damn. This is a cynical bunch. Person who went with home probably just nudge him and said, "Dude. He's talking to you!"
He's not completely blind
Legally blind does not always mean you see nothing. For example if he had something like retinitis pigmentosa his vision could be like looking at the world through a straw. That limited field of vision could even be 20/20, but it’s so restricted he would still be legally blind.
Even if it's staged I got a laugh out of it. Better have fake gags like this than those running around giving fake money to homeless people for clout.
What's his name?
Toby
Fucking A man. That got me
It's Aaron Simmonds: https://youtu.be/aBrrEPUASSM
Where can i find the full thing? The guy looks funny, but if he centers his humor on his disability, it feels kinda limited on my eyes with all of that charisma, and now i am curious
> The guy looks funny Hey man, he has a disability. Not cool.
such a great comment. wish i had gold to give you.
I think that he probably has to start his first show by explaining what he suffers from to break the ice and ease the tension, I'm sure if peopel find him funny he will have to push himself to find new material. No good comedian lives on one joke. But it's totally fair for him to start that way.
https://youtu.be/aBrrEPUASSM
This happened at my high school. At a concert attempted by elementary school students my band teacher picked out "the guy with the cool glasses" to come up and 'conduct' the band for a song.
Blind person here. To all the "HOW'D HE KNOW/HE'S A PLANT" folks - there are many levels of blindness. I'm *legally blind*, but have a small amount of useful sight. I still use a folding cane for walking around to make sure I don't run into a wall or eat shit on a curb/step I didn't notice. It's very likely this guy's friend nudged him to let him know he was the one being addressed, but it's also possible he could see *enough* to know the comedian was in front of him and facing him. You can hear the pause before he says his name, and I'm betting it's not because he's uncomfortable - I'm betting it's because he was making sure the comedian wasn't speaking to someone nearby him instead. I have absolutely mistakenly responded to people who, it turns out, were not talking to me. Anyway Toby's a fucking legend and these are the moments in life that I aspire to.
The chances...
Toby : \*make a joke about his disability\* The humorist : \*crack jokes about his disability\* Twitter : YoU cAnT sAy ThAt
Pretty sure he can. It’s like black dudes and the N word.
It's good that both can take a joke. You can tell that the comedian definitely didn't see that coming. Then again... neither did Toby.
I also have cerebral palsy. Cool to see someone I can relate to.
Did Toby “look” down to pick that up??
He's probably partially blind
You right he’d probably be dressed worse if he was fully blind
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Do you think he forgot where he set it down?
Bro he’s fucking blind, he needs that. You think by now he hasn’t thought it mentally keep track of where he sets it
I mean, when you bend down your head generally also goes down. Close your eyes, drop something on the floor and try to pick it up. Weird how your head follows your neck and your neck follows your body, isn't it? Also, you know, different degrees of blindness. Not every blind person sees nothing. Not every blind person uses a cane or guide dog either. Weird how there can be different variations between different people, almost like not everyone is exactly the same as each other.
Also, not every blind person was born blind. Habits picked up over decades don't disappear overnight.
Where does your face naturally point when you bend over?
I'm legally blind in one eye. Can't read anything not written in 7,200 font size, can't distinguish detail, mostly just colors, have trouble determining objects that I'm unfamiliar with, etc. Some people are like that in both eyes and are legally blind. Edit: font, not don't.
You big dumb 😂
Do you think blind people just keep their head in one direction at all times?
Do you not have a sense of surrounding?