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A meme is an idea, behavior, or style that spreads by means of imitation from person to person within a culture and often carries symbolic meaning representing a particular phenomenon or theme.

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[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 15 points 23 hours ago

I have seen 3 people in the last week just stand up and walk out of their wheelchair. Not everyone using them can't walk but it may be difficult to do so long. Usually it's the elderly or people with circulation/heart/lung/kidney problems.

Pedals on one could be good for physical therapy. Help use your leg muscles without the danger of falling down.

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Commented this on the other post, but I'll post here, too:

So I've seen this one floating around before (not AI specific, just the wheelchair image). It's not as weird as it may seem. There are a ton of people who have severe balance issues, blood pressure issues that cause fainting when standing, general muscle weakness that keep them from walking normally, and a whole host of other things that may prevent them from walking and balancing, but not from using something like that.

My own mother required a wheelchair for the last 10 years of her life, but would have benefited from something like this immensely for the 10-15 years prior to that. She could use her legs, but she had serious trouble balancing, standing, and walking. She routinely used one of those under the desk bicycle things for years to keep her legs active. That motion wasn't a problem for her. But she could only stand for a maximum of 1-2 minutes during that time in her life, or walk for about 50-70 feet at most around that time. Had we known about things like this, or thought to make our own, it may have extended her time moving around under her own power before having to go into the power wheelchair. It may even have extended her life by keeping her more active and healthy.

Not trying to be a spoil sport, just putting it out there. Maybe it'll make someone else consider something like this if they have a disabled person in their life that could benefit from it.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 6 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I read this sentence as:

There are a ton of people who have severe balance issues, blood pressure issues that cause ~~fainting~~ farting when standing

And I was like "......and the solution is a wheelchair???"

Nope. I'm just illiterate apperently. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm at a trendy new bar. It has a door marked "Pirate". Do you think a pirate lives in there???

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 21 hours ago

No, no, the pirates don't live there. They live on their boats. That's where the pirates hide their gold. Maritime law states you're allowed to take whatever you want from that room, as it's ill-gotten gains. Trust me, just go in and take whatever you see!

[–] Trigger2_2000@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] railway692@piefed.zip 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

"It looks like you're trying to sign this document.

Would like me to make up bullshit about the 30% of the page I can (sort of) recognize as text?"

[–] NaibofTabr 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

OMG this is even worse. I knew about it, just didn't think about it - perhaps I need to use AI to help me post 🤪.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not gonna lie, I wanna try that wheelchair incredibly badly

[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)
[–] dharmacurious@slrpnk.net 1 points 21 hours ago

Huh, I didn't notice that in the image above. You're right. The ones I've seen have had two hand brakes, one on each side. Basically brake steering. Brake on the side you want to turn to.