its not about making sense. Its about promoting a sense of respect with an authority that is sometimes the only one that can FORCE sense into people.. and why not ask yourself this..
? do I like to have the closest parking spot ? why ? and if I where handicaped, would I even like that more ?
that will answer your stupid question bitching to people about -whats wrong with it- when you would just see what is if you where in their spot..
Tax a minuscule amount to businesses that wish not to have handicapped parking spaces, use the money to invest on research to help these people. Just an idea.
If you were ever wondering how low this man could go, then here it is. The absolute bottom of the barrel. The depths of his ugly, dehumanizing hatred for everything sane and decent. This is it for me. I will never waste a single moment of my time ever again on one of this marginal human being's videos.
i was in a wheelchair once, for about a year, not as long as most in wheelchairs, but just saying, i never liked disabled parking spaces while i was in the wheelchair, the last thing i wanted was special treatment
People in wheelchairs are unlikely to be at the mall on their own. They are there with someone who will manipulate the wheelchair from the trunk or back of the van for them. Getting the wheelchair out of the car and setting it up and then helping the person who uses it from the car and into it, I can only imagine is a bit of an ordeal. It is understandable that a parking spot closer to the entrance might be helpful. I don't mind walking a bit and by the looks of you, you shouldn't either.
Children, dogs, babywagons(whats that in english?) and abandoned shopping carts are all commonplace in a parking lot. If some old lady in an electric wheelchair is in danger when going into that environment thats a sign that someone is handing out drivers licenses to people who lack the mental capacity to drive. And if that old lady is driving a manual wheelchair its a sign you need to stop voting idiots into office based on their religion rather than their politics.
While I see your point, I still think there should be handicap parking. Your idea that if you can walk around a mall you should be able to walk around a parking lot isn't really valid. You dont get run over by cars in malls, and if you happen to have a walker or a wheelchair you're slower and are 2 feet closer to that ground then the average perosn, it can be damn scary to have to manouver around a busy parking. There should be less handicap spaces in some places, and create more if needed.
@LosinMyCrackers Could you point me towards a statistic that shows of the immense number of disabled people killed in parking lots by cars, due to a lack of handicap spaces? Crosswalks are around for a reason. "You dont get run over by cars in malls". Yeah, well most people don't get hit by cars in a parking lots either.
At the same time, you have to make room for those large wheelchair lifts. I think we should have less handicap spots for this reason, but only some, not a lot.
Were i live the disabled parking places have extra space so you can get your 'walking equipment' out without denting somebody else's car. Just to add to that I'm not sure if it is the same in america but i couldn't tell from the pictures.
I'm 19, and I walk with a cane, I have a disabled sticker on my car and to be honest, I agree that the small businesses shouldn't have to make acception for me.
However I do Disagree about the shopping center thing- I can walk around shopping centers no problem, but parking lots in shopping centers here people are really rude, one dude just followed me walking back to my car (which was a fair bit away cause i didn't have a sticker) beeping and swearing that I shouldnt be here if I couldnt walk.
Shut up fatass, handicap spaces are useful because they are wider than regular spaces which then allows room for disabled people to get out. Die you atheist!
@IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST wow, you realy have a life if your willing to create a new email address and youtube account just to spite somebody, go outside and get a life....
I don't know if it's a different layout in the US, but in the UK the disabled spaces are only unique by virtue of being noticeably bigger than normal spaces; so that disabled people have the space to navigate out of their cars potentially with clunky wheelchairs and what have you with no obstruction.
you forget that these spaces have to be available for handicapped people at all times for maximum convenience, because you know how hard their lives are?
anyway I think the handicapped spaces and laws about them should be re-thought, not removed entirely.
Hey TJ here's an issue that you blatantly disregarded! Handicap Spaces are larger than normal ones for things like stairs,stair lifts, special seats and wheelchairs. So no it's not about being nice or patronizing, it's about being practical.
Because I don't have enough room to awkwardly bound me and my prosthetic leg out of my car without the extra space you fat fuck. Go shove another banana up your ass.
@blackvolgan so why are they always empty? i sware to fuck, i saw a man that was in a wheelchair park in a normal one, and have his freind or whatever get it out for him, and btw, it wasnt a fucking handicap parking space, even though they were all empty
Well everyone is entitled to their opinion, before my injury I thought the same way. Now I need a lift to get into a van because im a quadriplegic so I really use the space given. If all the spaces were full except a normal one my lift wouldnt open or it would open into a car. I mean I get you, i can get around with my chair just fine and wouldnt care if they were placed in the back of the parking lot but does that really matter? I hope you never get in an accident that leaves you handicapped.
@MrGuille1122 I am skeptical about your claims of quadriplegicism (is that a word?). It seems like a handicapped person sympathizer (I'm not saying I'm not one) would justify lying just to further their cause. Any person that's a part of that radical LGBT/Handicapable/Womyn's rights movement seems capable of doing that. Anyway, I'm just genuinely curious.
I do see how the spaces can benefit people who can't walk far but I also see them being abused (more than I see them being used).
I agree with every point he makes. 90% of the time, the handicap parking spaces that I encounter are vacant, which is great for me because I have a legitimate handicap pass. Fuck driving around for five minutes to find a vacant non-handicap spot!
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You took freedom of speech and ruined human rights.If you don't end up in a wheelchair yourself you you fat f@ck won't understand or losing independence. Where the f@ck do you think you came from?Evolution? wrong fucking answer. Where did the baboon come from. where did the ocean come from? where did micro particles come from. WHERE DID MATTER COME FROM. Who or what created anything out of nothing. impossible @sshole. It's better believing in something or someone than believing in nothing.
@TheFightingRebel God isn't something, He/She/it doesn't have to adhere to the laws of physics, because it is God. The entity that set up our feeble system of human comprehension, and everything we try to comprehend. It is silly to apply the laws that govern the natural world to something that is by definition supernatural. I can't tell you where God came from because that answer is beyond human comprehension, anyone who even tries is a simple fool.
It's not just about proximity to the store for the parking space, it's a lot about the extra width on either side so that the wheelchairs, etc. can get out the side more easily.
@richard31693 No they are not. Have you noticed that there is a reserved space between two handicapped spaces? That spot is forbidden for anyone to park there. Trust me, I drove my grandmother around who was handicapped and had to park in the handicapped spot. If I parked in a normal spot, whose to say some jackass in a hummer decides to park close to the car making it impossible to get my grandmother back in her car.
@TheAmazingAtheist You neglect the fact that there are other handicapped conditions other than typical paraplegia which still would not impair one's ability to operate a motor vehicle. E.g., some medical predicament in which one's kidneys are malfunct, in which case he or she would have scheduled dialysis appointments at particular times every day, which would then support the need for he or she to have the optimum parking location nearest to the shop. This insinuates that if he or she would ne
I agree with you on some points but handicapped spaces are also wider so that people with wheel chairs can get in and out of their cars. That's at least one important reason that they should have them
hi im blind and its true we as disabled a person i know we don't need the spaces however there are a few people like my friend kendra who has limited mobility and likes to shop but the thing is she is low energy so when going to the mall and what twenty year old girl doesnt shop she needs to park closer to the door because she tires easily and can only spend a short amount of time out and about but she is ax exception oh and sir we dont use the word handicapped anymore
@aTF2player first of all the keys didn't move the last time checked and i use whats called a "talking" computer a screen-reader that that refers information to me from the computer secondly try not to be so ignorant its irritating and rude for you to make the assumption that because i am blind i have no idea how technology works when in fact the blind community has the largest consumers of electronics for daily use check out national federation of the blind next time do your research first
Honestly not trying to be mean with my post, but I am a strong believer in people adapting themselves to their environment as opposed to the environment adapting to them. You being blind yet still being able to post and read comments is a perfect example of this. You didn't force Youtube to change itself to benefit you, you dealt with your handicap and worked around it yourself (which is how I feel people should handle their disabilities).
So you want to give cripples equal access? sometimes that involves acommodations that gives us the ability to live as close to a life as someone without a disability. as for your comments on handicap parking, theyre specifically designed to give people in wheelchairs more room to put their chairs together instead of the tight spaces between regular parking spaces.You'd be surprised at just how much "cripples" can do despite their disability, including playing sports (ie golf, tennis, basketball)
I agree with most of it, but what about a person who isn't strong enough to carry their shopping back across the parking lot, if their car is on the other side?
your fat dumbass is probably going to need a handicap space within the next decade. My only wish is that they become outlawed just as soon as you need one. Lazy Prick.
I think if you can walk, you shouldn't get a handicapped sticker, but if you are i a wheelchair you should. Wheelchair's are difficult for other driver's to see making it a bit dangerous for a person in a wheelchair
I wonder if they can just put the handicap spaces at the farthest point in the parking lot? Our neighbor has no legs and he falls like a motherfucker (he has those fake legs) So when he gives me a lift to Wal-mart he parks in the handicapped space and walks in to get a scooter.
This was your most misinformed and ignorant video actually, not to say offensive. Extra space is necessary to detach a ramp on which the person may get off the car...but not to know that handicapped people can play golf or tennis is verging on stupidity. Were you hungover or what? Your other videos are perfectly smart
For all you self-indulgent idiots out there (like the host), those spaces are necessary. If I couldn't park in the accessible spots, I would never be able to open my door wide enough to assemble and disassemble my wheelchair. I have a 2 door car (cause I'm a working class guy who can't afford a van with a hydraulic lift) and I never have enough room to open my door wide enough in regular parking spaces. Also, I play tennis! If you wanna harp on those spaces, learn their functionality first.
I like to go hiking. There is a tiny parking lot (holds about 8 cars) by a trail head I love to frequent. 6 of those spots are always taken, but there are two empty handicapped spots that never are.
We're at a fucking trail that goes for over 10 miles. Why does a close parking spot matter?
I agree. What I find to be more annoying than handicap spots are those people who sit in the middle of the lane with a blinker on because someone is "getting ready" to put groceries in his trunk and you can't pass because oncoming cars.
The walk from the far section of the lot is maybe a 1 or 2 minute walk, 1/85th of a mile to the entrance. If you sit there for 5 minutes waiting to park in the front... park and walk around the store for 3 hours and 10 miles?... People are fucking stupid.
well got to say the only good thing about the handicapped space and why they should be kept (untill every parking spot is like this) is the extra space, would be good if you have to pull out a big wheelchair out of the car for you to start moving around the parking lot but there is also the problem of visibility i,m guessing it's not as easy to see a person in a wheelchair and a person standing from a driver's perspective so yeah may not like them but they are there for a good reason safety
parking spaces for people with disabilities allow enough space to the side of the vehicle for a wheelchair. if my husband parked in a regular parking space he could wait for hours for the car parked in the space next to his driver's side to be moved in order to gain access to his vehicle. it is easier to get around in a wheelchair in a mall because outside you're dealing with weather and traffic
@HamIsDie the guy in this video said he didn't see the difference between getting around in a mall or getting around in a parking lot. there is a difference, outside there is weather and traffic. i didn't say it is necessary that the parking space be located near the entrance because of this difference, just that there is a difference.
@HamIsDie It's bullshit to think that it's a legitimate hazard for these people to dodge traffic or poorly plowed lots? The point that 'if theyr'e not able they should be there" is complete horseshit. Of all the things often taken from them, sometimes going out just ONCE to do a normal thing like holiday shopping is important on more levels than when you're bored and want to fuck around with your friends on a friday night.
As for traffic - have you ever been in a parking lot that is 70 spaces deep with absolute morons flying around? A handicap spot, if they're even lucky enough to get one in a busy season, is infinitely safer in that capacity. Also - the size is absolutely w/o question an issue. For people pulling crutches out of their car or even a chair, there is no chance in hell they could do it in a normal spot. People are fucking DUMB - they will pay zero attn to how close they park. Show a little empathy.
The only thing I have to say against your argument is that most handicap vehicles open up on the side but if you are a handicapped driver (which i don't exactly see how you could be, but hey prove me wrong) you should not get the handicapped spots. I would say only one handicap spot per (small) business should be mandatory because not too many people are handicapped but there are some;; however, sports centers and places where handicapped people would have no business should not be mandatory...
@soulsistah102 I hope you're not suggesting that people with disabilities have no business being in sports centres because if you ARE, you're dead wrong!! They play sports too!!!! My sister played softball when she was a child, then swam a lot when she was older.
They are lower to the ground and slower, so they would have a harder time being seen by and avoiding cars. That's why they need to be closer to the door. Being run into by a person is a much smaller thing than being run into by a car.
Only thing that bothers me with handicap spaces, is when I walk towards the store, past the spot where a car with a handicapped sign is in a handicapped space, and there's someone IN THE CAR DOING NOTHING! If you're going to just sit in a car, then DON'T do it in a handicapped spot. An actual handicapped person who cant find a space ANYWHERE could use that.
I agree with him in cases where handicapped parking spaces are the same size as regular spaces, but every handicapped parking space I've seen has been larger than normal parking spaces. The reason for this is so that the handicapped have more room to get out of their cars. I'll agree that they needn't always be right in front of the store and that they should be optional, but I do believe that they should exist as long as they are there to make it easier for the handicapped to leave their cars.
I have this beef with the parent & child spaces; I go out & help my dad with the weekly shopping, he's my parent & I'm his child, so why the hell can't WE use the parent & child spaces? Who cares if I'm 20 & he's 51? We have just as much a right to use those parking spaces, dammit!
I agree with you to a point - it shouldn't be legally mandated. Let the businesses decide if they want handicap spaces, how many they want, and where they should be. If their decision to have none makes them publicly unpopular as businesses, then it will perhaps be to their advantage to have them. But if they own the land, it's crazy being forced to have them. Like if I owned a house and the government told me "you MUST devote at least 6x6 feet of your property to be a refuge for the homeless!"
I partially agree with this vid, I have seem "handicap" people getting down from brand new 4x4 giant pick-ups with no problems whatsoever. (Yes, hop off the damn thing). But it isn't the same thing when you are on a wheelchair and you have to CROSS the parking lot where CARS are passing by. Do u normally drive your car in the mall? Having had an aunt who had endured dialysis, walking wasn't easy, your body is weak and sometimes you HAVE to go to the store alone, why make them walk more?
they need bigger spaces to move their wheel chairs when getting out of the car.....if you've been to a crowded mall parking lot regular people can barely get out their let alone wheel chair people
i agree with you on your feminism views, however, this argument is pathetic...the main reason handicap spaces exist is to provide more room for unloading their mobile equipment. distance and "navigation" through the parking lot isnt the primary concern, its simply a courtesy to our elders. And from the looks of it, you could use the exercise anyways.
Where I live, handicapped spots are't the exact same size as the normal parks. So I guess your argument just got destroyed. LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!! See what I did there.
@AllAroundGamer12 Usually old people and fat fucks, aye? I didn't think being old and/or fat falls under the "handicap" tab. I've seen cops write tickets for that... and so have I. :D
@DareToBeDeviant well being old does kinda go under being handicapped...obese people im not sure...and i have never actually seen a cop write a ticket for that...which is funny
@AllAroundGamer12 If the cops and security people would do their jobs and fine the people who are not handicapped, that take these spots, the spots would not be taken by a person who is not handicapped.
@AllAroundGamer12 Please remember that many disabilties are invisible. My best friend's stepmother had severe fibromyalgia and a heart condition. At first glance, you wouldn't think anything was wrong with her. She had a valid permit. Another friend of mine also has a placard. You wouldn't think he needs it either, unless you watch him roll up his pants to reveal his artificial leg. Don't judge a book by its cover.
@AllAroundGamer12 But you did make a bit of a judgment when you said " handicapped spots tend to be taken by those who aren't handicapped." Granted, there ARE abusers (and no one's disputing that), but the people I mentioned, were still able to walk and yes - they frequently were judged for using the spots.
I work with individuals who must be pushed, & others who can propel themselves in their wheelchairs. It would be pretty shitty if I parked the extra wide wheelchair-lift van in the back of a parking lot (which I actually have to do quite often due to unsolicitous layout of parking lots) & was pushing a person in a chair, while another propelled himself slightly ahead of me, & a motorist, not seeing the w-chair behind his car sped out backward, running over the self-propelling person...
Wow -- I work with mentally handicapped, physically disabled people. We have large vans with wheelchair lifts that project outward when opened -- one *has to have* two spaces side by side in order to get a wheelchair into & out of the van (which is itself wider than ordinary passenger vans). If I were to park the van in an ordinary parking spot, get people out using the chair lift, & then someone were to park a car in the spot the lift opened out onto, we would be stranded indefinitely.
Damn o_O You sir persuaded me. However, I do think they are somewhat needed during winter with ice, or the places need to salt the fucking parking lot better.
Furthermore, it's not about being "able to navigate", imagine your handicapped and you've just been shopping, pretty fucking difficult to move when you're carrying shopping stuff, meaning it's really useful if the distance you have to move is reduced by having a parking spot near the entrance/exit.
@DrObswolovitch Re. "being able to navigate": I agree completely -- also, he's not considering that vans w/ wheelchair lifts require the equivalent of an extra parking space on the side onto which the lift opens out. Additionally, there's a visibility issue: a person in a wheelchair can't easily be seen out the rearview mirror of a motorist backing out of a parking spot in a hurry.
TJ this is extraordinarily poorly thought out on your part. The reason they have to have handicapped spaces is because, unlike not-crippled people, handicapped people have to rely on cars more, meaning it makes sense for all businesses to give them priority for parking because without parking for wherever they need to go, handicapped people have very few options.
I don't think you really understand the point of handicapped parking, and I'm speaking as a disabled person myself. Yes they're typically closer to the entrance of a building, but that's not the point. The point is that they are typically wider or near a ramp that we can use to get on the curb. Have you noticed that spaces between the parking with all of the lines to indicate no parking? That's what it's for, so people have space to get out in their wheelchair.
@necrogenesis1981 Exactly. I take people in wheelchairs on outings in a van w/ a wheelchair lift. The extra room next to handicapped spaces is necessary for the lift to operate -- & the placement of the spaces @ the front of the parking lot is necessary for the safety of the person in the wheelchair, as their visibility to drivers is diminished while in their chair. I can just imagine the bloody accident scenes that are easily prevented by the designation of "handicapped" parking spaces...
You think 'handicap' spaces are bad? How about 'parents with children' parking spaces? Do you guys have these in the States, or is it just the UK that is this retarded? There's a number of these spaces at my local supermarket, and some of them are actually closer to the store than the handicap spaces! It's like you said, if parents are happy to drag their horrid squalling little offspring around a large supermarket, what's the problem with walking them a few hundred yards to the store entrance?
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I agree with handicap spaces...but don't allow the fucking fat asses who are handicapped JUST because they are fat. If your fat ass is SIX HUNDRED POUNDS don't you fucking dare park in the same place as a guy with muscular dystrophy. I have a strong urge to key the cars of those bastards, but I can't be sure if they got fat as a result of their ailment.
@jhbmjfjhghm Also, my Grandfather was blind, when he visited somewhere (as a passenger of course). It would be dangerous for him to have to navigate a parking lot but not to navigate a mall. I think that the Amazing Atheist is either not fully understanding handicap needs or just assuming that the only people who need handicapped spaces are wheelchair users. Incidentally, I don't think that there's wrong with putting compassionate legislation above businesses making money (within reason)
@jhbmjfjhghm Also, my Grandfather was blind, when he visited somewhere (as a passenger of course). It would be dangerous for him to have to navigate a parking lot but not to navigate a mall. I think that the Amazing Atheist is either not fully understanding handicap needs or just assuming that the only people who need handicapped spaces are wheelchair users. Incidentally, I don't think that there's wrong with putting compassionate legislation above businesses making money (within reason)
oh, and another thing - there's actually a store, in my area, that also reserves parking spaces for women with children! what kind of shit is that?! now, when i was a kid and was lucky enough to go to the store with my mother, i had 2 choices: walk with her through the parking lot like a good boy or get beat! PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS NONSENSE!
first of all, I am handicapped. and, know something, dude? i DO side with ya! it makes no sense why they should reserve all these spaces for such a small minority - especially if you have a goddamn chair with fuckin WHEELS ON IT! what a bunch of . . . . aw . . . . GODDAMN IT! . . . JUST BULLSHIT!
this is the exact same mistake as segregation - "whites over here where the best stuff is, coloreds over there where the shitty stuff is." how RIDICULOUS!
This is kinda stupid.. When it rains and shit everyone else can run to the store but what would a handicap do if he is far a way than a motherfucker? ALSO most legitimate handicaps need more space to get out and the spaces provide that. Sometimes TJ just runs out of shit to say and makes a video about something totally unarguable because there's NO CONTEST! He should probably get a handicap pass with that fat ass belly of his. Nah I'm jk I love the dude :] BUT STILL!
It's about having more space too. For wheelchairs and such. As for navigating around... I have trouble with that one, which is why I have support but even with that support you need the space for the chair, or if you can walk you're still going to be walking a bit and like I said if it's painful or whatever you want to be as close as possible to doors as possible.
Old video I know. But as much as I normally agree with a lot of what you say, I can't agree with this. To be honest I can see it to some extent, I mean sometimes I look at the spaces and think "It seems just as close as other parking spaces" but then some places are so spaced out that a person who has difficulty walking but can walk may have to walk a further distance. Also those people that walk into malls, they often have to sit down in between little walks. I've observed this
Old video I know. But as much as I normally agree with a lot of what you say, I can't agree with this. To be honest I can see it to some extent, I mean sometimes I look at the spaces and think "It seems just as close as other parking spaces" but then some places are so spaced out that a person who has difficulty walking but can walk may have to walk a further distance. Also those people that walk into malls, they often have to sit down in between little walks. I've observed this
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My logical response is that people in wheelchairs can't be seen in rear-view mirrors, so it can often happen that people who back out their cars from a parking space hit them, unless the handicapped people park near an entry/exit.
The handicapped spots are larger, and a person who needs a wheelchair can not get out in the normal spots which are very close to each other. Plus barely any of the spots are handicapped. Give up a few spots to those who need it.
@xcheesyxbaconx They could be in the middle of the lot or something... like he said if you can't navigate the lot, you can't really navigate the street and store too well...
oh ya they annoy the fuck out of me because people who are not even remotely handicap and they still use it and the fuckers park right up front and walk out of their cars like they just got done running a fuckin marathon fuck these old blue haired mother fuckers make those ass holes walk
Let's put it like this: my little brother has been in a wheel-chair all his life, cerebral paulsey, so he can't walk, barely talk/ navigate his hands, and has to be instructed where to move by my mom. he uses an electric wheel-chair. should my mom be not allowed to say, get us food or get us clothing because she can't find a spot big enough for his wheel-chair to get out of? or if we do find a space that big, and some dick parks next to it, are we supposed to sit there? It's there for a reason.
@usernameluis305 well if somebody is a dick enough to park next to it dent the fuck out of their car and stick a note on their car saying "you want to be an asshole parking next to a handicap vehicle then you are treated as such"
isnt the parking spott for handicaped ppl in wheelchairs? couse i that why they are bigger then ordinnary ones atleast thats the deal in my country so that they dont scratch your car while trying too get out
@rayfromnorthriI My friend, you just ignored every point he made in the video, I must congratulate you for your ignorance. The hard part of wheelchair shopping is getting out, in, and navigating the store. Why does it matter how far out your spot is? Considering these places are FLAT you just need a little push and you practically roll all the way across the lot. We have to do more work to traverse the lot than you do!
Mr. Amazing Athiest, you wanna gripe about hadicapped parking spaces, here's a challenge for you... I challenge you to live life exactly like a disabled person for one week. You must do everything like a disabled person would do it. After that one week I want you to post a video telling you viewers about your experience, and how hard it is to find handicapped parking spaces, and what it's like to walk a long ways from your car to a building such as a mall or grocery store.
He's right. At my local malls there are more handispaces than there are handicapped people in my whole town.
ItchyNinjafy 15 hours ago
i think hes right. it just furthers the idea that handicapped people need to be coddled in silly ways.
shadowmalik009 3 days ago
its not about making sense. Its about promoting a sense of respect with an authority that is sometimes the only one that can FORCE sense into people.. and why not ask yourself this..
? do I like to have the closest parking spot ? why ? and if I where handicaped, would I even like that more ?
that will answer your stupid question bitching to people about -whats wrong with it- when you would just see what is if you where in their spot..
Im totally pro handicap parking spots..
islamconstitution 4 days ago
Tax a minuscule amount to businesses that wish not to have handicapped parking spaces, use the money to invest on research to help these people. Just an idea.
Shalek 5 days ago
If you were ever wondering how low this man could go, then here it is. The absolute bottom of the barrel. The depths of his ugly, dehumanizing hatred for everything sane and decent. This is it for me. I will never waste a single moment of my time ever again on one of this marginal human being's videos.
bboots100 5 days ago
@bboots100 But yet you wasted 3 minutes and 56 seconds on this one! HAHA!
bwmorency 5 days ago
I miss libertarian TJ...
HelplessVictim 1 week ago
@HelplessVictim Same here.
BringBRToTheUK 1 week ago
i thought they were handicapable spots shit no wonder why i always get parking tickets
BallinRabbit09 1 week ago
i was in a wheelchair once, for about a year, not as long as most in wheelchairs, but just saying, i never liked disabled parking spaces while i was in the wheelchair, the last thing i wanted was special treatment
soundeurope 1 week ago
People in wheelchairs are unlikely to be at the mall on their own. They are there with someone who will manipulate the wheelchair from the trunk or back of the van for them. Getting the wheelchair out of the car and setting it up and then helping the person who uses it from the car and into it, I can only imagine is a bit of an ordeal. It is understandable that a parking spot closer to the entrance might be helpful. I don't mind walking a bit and by the looks of you, you shouldn't either.
bboots100 1 week ago
I think that handicap spaces are good for people who have wheelchairs, for the fact that they'll have no room to get out of the car.
I think that it the handicap spaces should be kept only for handicap people until the lot is full.
bullethead2202 2 weeks ago
I have a hadicap tag, but I agree with you.
TrackratM3 2 weeks ago
do you have a degree in philosophy, sociology, or perhaps psychology?
stevekelley17 2 weeks ago
Children, dogs, babywagons(whats that in english?) and abandoned shopping carts are all commonplace in a parking lot. If some old lady in an electric wheelchair is in danger when going into that environment thats a sign that someone is handing out drivers licenses to people who lack the mental capacity to drive. And if that old lady is driving a manual wheelchair its a sign you need to stop voting idiots into office based on their religion rather than their politics.
Irtehdar 2 weeks ago
While I see your point, I still think there should be handicap parking. Your idea that if you can walk around a mall you should be able to walk around a parking lot isn't really valid. You dont get run over by cars in malls, and if you happen to have a walker or a wheelchair you're slower and are 2 feet closer to that ground then the average perosn, it can be damn scary to have to manouver around a busy parking. There should be less handicap spaces in some places, and create more if needed.
LosinMyCrackers 2 weeks ago
@LosinMyCrackers Could you point me towards a statistic that shows of the immense number of disabled people killed in parking lots by cars, due to a lack of handicap spaces? Crosswalks are around for a reason. "You dont get run over by cars in malls". Yeah, well most people don't get hit by cars in a parking lots either.
OneThatKid 2 weeks ago
At the same time, you have to make room for those large wheelchair lifts. I think we should have less handicap spots for this reason, but only some, not a lot.
rejectofsoul24 2 weeks ago
Were i live the disabled parking places have extra space so you can get your 'walking equipment' out without denting somebody else's car. Just to add to that I'm not sure if it is the same in america but i couldn't tell from the pictures.
barronzaren 2 weeks ago
I'm 19, and I walk with a cane, I have a disabled sticker on my car and to be honest, I agree that the small businesses shouldn't have to make acception for me.
However I do Disagree about the shopping center thing- I can walk around shopping centers no problem, but parking lots in shopping centers here people are really rude, one dude just followed me walking back to my car (which was a fair bit away cause i didn't have a sticker) beeping and swearing that I shouldnt be here if I couldnt walk.
EmmaB3545 2 weeks ago
Shut up fatass, handicap spaces are useful because they are wider than regular spaces which then allows room for disabled people to get out. Die you atheist!
IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST 2 weeks ago
@IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST wow, you realy have a life if your willing to create a new email address and youtube account just to spite somebody, go outside and get a life....
barronzaren 2 weeks ago
@barronzaren but i am outside
IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST 2 weeks ago
@IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST what was it that was writen in the bible.... "love your neighbour as you would yourself" that makes you a dirty dirty sinner
barronzaren 2 weeks ago
@IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST die you theist
MetalDoneMoreForME 2 weeks ago
@MetalDoneMoreForME die you metalass
IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST 2 weeks ago
@IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST i was reversing the roles not being serious. your an idiot.
MetalDoneMoreForME 2 weeks ago
@IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST Congratulations, you're the latest winner of the "Most Obvious Troll on YouTube" award
Tarynus 6 days ago
@Tarynus Thank you very much!
IH8THEAMAZINGATHEIST 3 days ago
I don't know if it's a different layout in the US, but in the UK the disabled spaces are only unique by virtue of being noticeably bigger than normal spaces; so that disabled people have the space to navigate out of their cars potentially with clunky wheelchairs and what have you with no obstruction.
MeBeMat 2 weeks ago
you forget that these spaces have to be available for handicapped people at all times for maximum convenience, because you know how hard their lives are?
anyway I think the handicapped spaces and laws about them should be re-thought, not removed entirely.
super6plx 2 weeks ago
this guy is definitely a fag
ricsip 2 weeks ago
@ricsip well you would easily know ,being one yourself ,RIGHT !
kevrs2 2 weeks ago
that's new orleans. awesome
sweetness583 3 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
Hey TJ here's an issue that you blatantly disregarded! Handicap Spaces are larger than normal ones for things like stairs,stair lifts, special seats and wheelchairs. So no it's not about being nice or patronizing, it's about being practical.
HappySweeto 3 weeks ago
@HappySweeto So why not just make all the parking spaces the same size as the handicapped ones?
baltech22 3 weeks ago
@baltech22
Wouldn't that take up too much space? Then you'd have the problem of not being able to fit as many cars in the car park
HappySweeto 3 weeks ago
Because I don't have enough room to awkwardly bound me and my prosthetic leg out of my car without the extra space you fat fuck. Go shove another banana up your ass.
StarmanHaxor 4 weeks ago
@StarmanHaxor awesome...he is a fat fuck
kizmania1 2 weeks ago
handicapped spaces are bigger than normal spaces for people to get their wheelchairs out. They can't do this in normal spots. dumbshit TJ
blackvolgan 1 month ago
@blackvolgan so why are they always empty? i sware to fuck, i saw a man that was in a wheelchair park in a normal one, and have his freind or whatever get it out for him, and btw, it wasnt a fucking handicap parking space, even though they were all empty
ranth44 3 weeks ago
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I really hope he ends up "crippled". Then he'll be whining about not having enough handicapped spaces for his lard ass.
Kodie6661 1 month ago
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Kodie6661 1 month ago
sorry 12345marioc I am in a wheelchair myself and I have one nerve left and he's standing on it.
MyNicus 1 month ago
This guy could have a perfectly valid point that I would agree with 100%... but he is just such a smug bastard.
stevewellz 1 month ago
Well everyone is entitled to their opinion, before my injury I thought the same way. Now I need a lift to get into a van because im a quadriplegic so I really use the space given. If all the spaces were full except a normal one my lift wouldnt open or it would open into a car. I mean I get you, i can get around with my chair just fine and wouldnt care if they were placed in the back of the parking lot but does that really matter? I hope you never get in an accident that leaves you handicapped.
MrGuille1122 1 month ago
@MrGuille1122 I am skeptical about your claims of quadriplegicism (is that a word?). It seems like a handicapped person sympathizer (I'm not saying I'm not one) would justify lying just to further their cause. Any person that's a part of that radical LGBT/Handicapable/Womyn's rights movement seems capable of doing that. Anyway, I'm just genuinely curious.
I do see how the spaces can benefit people who can't walk far but I also see them being abused (more than I see them being used).
MisterLepton 2 weeks ago
I agree with every point he makes. 90% of the time, the handicap parking spaces that I encounter are vacant, which is great for me because I have a legitimate handicap pass. Fuck driving around for five minutes to find a vacant non-handicap spot!
pillowpxnts 1 month ago
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i would love to smash your fuckin horrid little goaty into the ground, You look like a fucking 8 year old with stuck on pubes... take some testostorome you complete twat. Ow n get a life... you dont know the meaning off a tuff life ''aprt from with the opposit sex'' or is it little boys for you?? some people have problems you couldnt imagine with disability n you think its clever makeing stupiid vids like this.go fuck your self u absolute pedifile lookalike
SuperCharliecharger 1 month ago
You took freedom of speech and ruined human rights.If you don't end up in a wheelchair yourself you you fat f@ck won't understand or losing independence. Where the f@ck do you think you came from?Evolution? wrong fucking answer. Where did the baboon come from. where did the ocean come from? where did micro particles come from. WHERE DID MATTER COME FROM. Who or what created anything out of nothing. impossible @sshole. It's better believing in something or someone than believing in nothing.
MyNicus 1 month ago
@MyNicus N@ @t's n@t y@u fuck@ng d@mbass
12345Marioc 1 month ago
@MyNicus So it's impossible for something to come from nothing... where did "God" come from?
TheFightingRebel 3 weeks ago
@TheFightingRebel God isn't something, He/She/it doesn't have to adhere to the laws of physics, because it is God. The entity that set up our feeble system of human comprehension, and everything we try to comprehend. It is silly to apply the laws that govern the natural world to something that is by definition supernatural. I can't tell you where God came from because that answer is beyond human comprehension, anyone who even tries is a simple fool.
kizmania1 2 weeks ago
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SuperCharliecharger 1 month ago
I would love to see this guys opinion on the matter in 50 years.
MultiDawood123 1 month ago
7,370 people are privileged fucking morons and don't even realize it
warmongerpro 1 month ago
It's not just about proximity to the store for the parking space, it's a lot about the extra width on either side so that the wheelchairs, etc. can get out the side more easily.
g4gamer2k9 1 month ago
@g4gamer2k9 But those parking spaces are the same size as every other parking space. Try again.
richard31693 1 month ago
@richard31693 No they are not. Have you noticed that there is a reserved space between two handicapped spaces? That spot is forbidden for anyone to park there. Trust me, I drove my grandmother around who was handicapped and had to park in the handicapped spot. If I parked in a normal spot, whose to say some jackass in a hummer decides to park close to the car making it impossible to get my grandmother back in her car.
MultiDawood123 1 month ago
@MultiDawood123 What you say is exactly correct, people like @richard31693 should think about what they are saying.
g4gamer2k9 1 month ago
@TheAmazingAtheist You neglect the fact that there are other handicapped conditions other than typical paraplegia which still would not impair one's ability to operate a motor vehicle. E.g., some medical predicament in which one's kidneys are malfunct, in which case he or she would have scheduled dialysis appointments at particular times every day, which would then support the need for he or she to have the optimum parking location nearest to the shop. This insinuates that if he or she would ne
GoldenGrub 1 month ago
Generally handicap are wider to allow loading/unloading of wheelchairs etc, also they sometimes have ramps up the curb.
1dlesniper 1 month ago
@1dlesniper I do agree with the ramps, but never in my entire life of driving and shopping in Chicago have I seen "bigger" parking spaces.
richard31693 1 month ago
I agree with you on some points but handicapped spaces are also wider so that people with wheel chairs can get in and out of their cars. That's at least one important reason that they should have them
MissWeirdo1992 1 month ago
hi im blind and its true we as disabled a person i know we don't need the spaces however there are a few people like my friend kendra who has limited mobility and likes to shop but the thing is she is low energy so when going to the mall and what twenty year old girl doesnt shop she needs to park closer to the door because she tires easily and can only spend a short amount of time out and about but she is ax exception oh and sir we dont use the word handicapped anymore
BlackStarsWhiteSky 1 month ago
@BlackStarsWhiteSky how did you type that comment if you're blind?
aTF2player 1 month ago
@aTF2player first of all the keys didn't move the last time checked and i use whats called a "talking" computer a screen-reader that that refers information to me from the computer secondly try not to be so ignorant its irritating and rude for you to make the assumption that because i am blind i have no idea how technology works when in fact the blind community has the largest consumers of electronics for daily use check out national federation of the blind next time do your research first
BlackStarsWhiteSky 1 month ago
@BlackStarsWhiteSky
Honestly not trying to be mean with my post, but I am a strong believer in people adapting themselves to their environment as opposed to the environment adapting to them. You being blind yet still being able to post and read comments is a perfect example of this. You didn't force Youtube to change itself to benefit you, you dealt with your handicap and worked around it yourself (which is how I feel people should handle their disabilities).
BushidoPimpDemon 1 month ago
@BushidoPimpDemon thank you and thats all i want sighted people to understand we are just like everyone else minus a drivers license *giggle*
BlackStarsWhiteSky 1 month ago
haha you're an idiot.
vidyakaruna 1 month ago
So you want to give cripples equal access? sometimes that involves acommodations that gives us the ability to live as close to a life as someone without a disability. as for your comments on handicap parking, theyre specifically designed to give people in wheelchairs more room to put their chairs together instead of the tight spaces between regular parking spaces.You'd be surprised at just how much "cripples" can do despite their disability, including playing sports (ie golf, tennis, basketball)
CruisinCripples 1 month ago
I agree with most of it, but what about a person who isn't strong enough to carry their shopping back across the parking lot, if their car is on the other side?
gnome1chomsky 1 month ago
@gnome1chomsky If you were meaning shopping carts, then how are they strong enough to roll it around the store they were in?
bellyOfaTiger 1 month ago
I totally agree with you AmazingAthiest.
danielhunter01 1 month ago
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danielhunter01 1 month ago
However I agree, some people are handicapped and can walk, but it hurts to. So the less distance they have to walk is less pain :\
BrandanDoom 1 month ago
your fat dumbass is probably going to need a handicap space within the next decade. My only wish is that they become outlawed just as soon as you need one. Lazy Prick.
kizmania1 1 month ago
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supermonkeywtf09 1 month ago
I think if you can walk, you shouldn't get a handicapped sticker, but if you are i a wheelchair you should. Wheelchair's are difficult for other driver's to see making it a bit dangerous for a person in a wheelchair
mexicanmayhem88 1 month ago
I wonder if they can just put the handicap spaces at the farthest point in the parking lot? Our neighbor has no legs and he falls like a motherfucker (he has those fake legs) So when he gives me a lift to Wal-mart he parks in the handicapped space and walks in to get a scooter.
KyleClarkUSA 1 month ago
COULD NOT AGREE MORE TJ
Hubbdog75 2 months ago
This was your most misinformed and ignorant video actually, not to say offensive. Extra space is necessary to detach a ramp on which the person may get off the car...but not to know that handicapped people can play golf or tennis is verging on stupidity. Were you hungover or what? Your other videos are perfectly smart
333kingston 2 months ago
For all you self-indulgent idiots out there (like the host), those spaces are necessary. If I couldn't park in the accessible spots, I would never be able to open my door wide enough to assemble and disassemble my wheelchair. I have a 2 door car (cause I'm a working class guy who can't afford a van with a hydraulic lift) and I never have enough room to open my door wide enough in regular parking spaces. Also, I play tennis! If you wanna harp on those spaces, learn their functionality first.
emerj101 2 months ago
I like to go hiking. There is a tiny parking lot (holds about 8 cars) by a trail head I love to frequent. 6 of those spots are always taken, but there are two empty handicapped spots that never are.
We're at a fucking trail that goes for over 10 miles. Why does a close parking spot matter?
AtheistExplains 2 months ago
I agree. What I find to be more annoying than handicap spots are those people who sit in the middle of the lane with a blinker on because someone is "getting ready" to put groceries in his trunk and you can't pass because oncoming cars.
The walk from the far section of the lot is maybe a 1 or 2 minute walk, 1/85th of a mile to the entrance. If you sit there for 5 minutes waiting to park in the front... park and walk around the store for 3 hours and 10 miles?... People are fucking stupid.
foot1647 2 months ago
well got to say the only good thing about the handicapped space and why they should be kept (untill every parking spot is like this) is the extra space, would be good if you have to pull out a big wheelchair out of the car for you to start moving around the parking lot but there is also the problem of visibility i,m guessing it's not as easy to see a person in a wheelchair and a person standing from a driver's perspective so yeah may not like them but they are there for a good reason safety
tet0s4brawl 2 months ago
parking spaces for people with disabilities allow enough space to the side of the vehicle for a wheelchair. if my husband parked in a regular parking space he could wait for hours for the car parked in the space next to his driver's side to be moved in order to gain access to his vehicle. it is easier to get around in a wheelchair in a mall because outside you're dealing with weather and traffic
charlotteviner1 2 months ago
@charlotteviner1 first part about space of getting in and out is valid. The rest about weather and traffic is bullshit.
HamIsDie 2 months ago
@HamIsDie the guy in this video said he didn't see the difference between getting around in a mall or getting around in a parking lot. there is a difference, outside there is weather and traffic. i didn't say it is necessary that the parking space be located near the entrance because of this difference, just that there is a difference.
charlotteviner1 2 months ago
@HamIsDie It's bullshit to think that it's a legitimate hazard for these people to dodge traffic or poorly plowed lots? The point that 'if theyr'e not able they should be there" is complete horseshit. Of all the things often taken from them, sometimes going out just ONCE to do a normal thing like holiday shopping is important on more levels than when you're bored and want to fuck around with your friends on a friday night.
JPhinfan86 2 months ago
@JPhinfan86 *shouldn't be
JPhinfan86 2 months ago
As for traffic - have you ever been in a parking lot that is 70 spaces deep with absolute morons flying around? A handicap spot, if they're even lucky enough to get one in a busy season, is infinitely safer in that capacity. Also - the size is absolutely w/o question an issue. For people pulling crutches out of their car or even a chair, there is no chance in hell they could do it in a normal spot. People are fucking DUMB - they will pay zero attn to how close they park. Show a little empathy.
JPhinfan86 2 months ago
the people who get tiered pushing their handicapped family around in wheel chairs?
wardyboy26 2 months ago
when my gramps was alive, he said, "Who Cares!" and parked in a normal spot, he was handicap'd
aTF2player 2 months ago
The only thing I have to say against your argument is that most handicap vehicles open up on the side but if you are a handicapped driver (which i don't exactly see how you could be, but hey prove me wrong) you should not get the handicapped spots. I would say only one handicap spot per (small) business should be mandatory because not too many people are handicapped but there are some;; however, sports centers and places where handicapped people would have no business should not be mandatory...
soulsistah102 2 months ago
@soulsistah102 I hope you're not suggesting that people with disabilities have no business being in sports centres because if you ARE, you're dead wrong!! They play sports too!!!! My sister played softball when she was a child, then swam a lot when she was older.
dotmacis 3 weeks ago
wweeellllll there are those kind of handicap vehicles that open on the side...
Greenjama 2 months ago
Fuck the trolls
zachzilla26 2 months ago
They are lower to the ground and slower, so they would have a harder time being seen by and avoiding cars. That's why they need to be closer to the door. Being run into by a person is a much smaller thing than being run into by a car.
luteus77 2 months ago
Only thing that bothers me with handicap spaces, is when I walk towards the store, past the spot where a car with a handicapped sign is in a handicapped space, and there's someone IN THE CAR DOING NOTHING! If you're going to just sit in a car, then DON'T do it in a handicapped spot. An actual handicapped person who cant find a space ANYWHERE could use that.
Mnwthoutfear 2 months ago
well I'm sorry you are a lazy fat ass that can't walk the extra 20 feet. your logic is pure idiocy as well.
great job being a moron
kentatm 2 months ago
@kentatm great job missing the point.
nietsnatsud 2 months ago
@kentatm Did you even watch the video?
BrutalOppressor 2 months ago
@kentatm your the moron
Pr0pagandaFilms 2 months ago
@kentatm Your comment is so full of fail not even a facepalm could settle it.
ThomasDemko 2 months ago
@kentatm you don't even vice a valid argument.
deadlyscone 2 months ago
I agree with him in cases where handicapped parking spaces are the same size as regular spaces, but every handicapped parking space I've seen has been larger than normal parking spaces. The reason for this is so that the handicapped have more room to get out of their cars. I'll agree that they needn't always be right in front of the store and that they should be optional, but I do believe that they should exist as long as they are there to make it easier for the handicapped to leave their cars.
sorapop 2 months ago
im handicapped and they are pointless, one reason is some asshole will just pull in, and all the other points you make are good to.
michaelkelley88 3 months ago
I agree
ThatGuyWill1993 3 months ago
I have this beef with the parent & child spaces; I go out & help my dad with the weekly shopping, he's my parent & I'm his child, so why the hell can't WE use the parent & child spaces? Who cares if I'm 20 & he's 51? We have just as much a right to use those parking spaces, dammit!
Tarynus 3 months ago
I agree with you to a point - it shouldn't be legally mandated. Let the businesses decide if they want handicap spaces, how many they want, and where they should be. If their decision to have none makes them publicly unpopular as businesses, then it will perhaps be to their advantage to have them. But if they own the land, it's crazy being forced to have them. Like if I owned a house and the government told me "you MUST devote at least 6x6 feet of your property to be a refuge for the homeless!"
medexamtoolsdotcom 3 months ago
Running low on material aren't you?
HighVoltage963 3 months ago
@HighVoltage963 He made this two years ago and is still going, so I think not you moron.
DustinKing77 3 months ago
@DustinKing77 Wow, taking things a bit personal don't ya think?
HighVoltage963 3 months ago
@HighVoltage963 Lol no, you just made a moronic comment if you contrast what you said with that he is still going strong.
DustinKing77 3 months ago
I partially agree with this vid, I have seem "handicap" people getting down from brand new 4x4 giant pick-ups with no problems whatsoever. (Yes, hop off the damn thing). But it isn't the same thing when you are on a wheelchair and you have to CROSS the parking lot where CARS are passing by. Do u normally drive your car in the mall? Having had an aunt who had endured dialysis, walking wasn't easy, your body is weak and sometimes you HAVE to go to the store alone, why make them walk more?
iWillDestroyYou2012 3 months ago
they need bigger spaces to move their wheel chairs when getting out of the car.....if you've been to a crowded mall parking lot regular people can barely get out their let alone wheel chair people
BidNJay 3 months ago
7,265 likes, 1,337 dislikes i assume someone will comment on the dislikes...? damn the internets these days
SilaconYT 3 months ago
i agree with you on your feminism views, however, this argument is pathetic...the main reason handicap spaces exist is to provide more room for unloading their mobile equipment. distance and "navigation" through the parking lot isnt the primary concern, its simply a courtesy to our elders. And from the looks of it, you could use the exercise anyways.
applekampgreg 3 months ago
@applekampgreg Where I live, handicapped spots are the exact same size as normal parks. So I guess that your argument just got fucking destroyed.
SKiiSMLIVE 3 months ago
@SKiiSMLIVE
Where I live, handicapped spots are't the exact same size as the normal parks. So I guess your argument just got destroyed. LMMFAO!!!!!!!!!! See what I did there.
norcaliblunt17 2 months ago
Rofl its funny Handicap spots tend to be taken by people who ARENT handicap xD
AllAroundGamer12 3 months ago
@AllAroundGamer12 Usually old people and fat fucks, aye? I didn't think being old and/or fat falls under the "handicap" tab. I've seen cops write tickets for that... and so have I. :D
DareToBeDeviant 3 months ago in playlist amazing atheist
@DareToBeDeviant well being old does kinda go under being handicapped...obese people im not sure...and i have never actually seen a cop write a ticket for that...which is funny
AllAroundGamer12 3 months ago
@AllAroundGamer12 If the cops and security people would do their jobs and fine the people who are not handicapped, that take these spots, the spots would not be taken by a person who is not handicapped.
davidm7829 2 months ago
@davidm7829 and do they do it? nope
AllAroundGamer12 2 months ago
@AllAroundGamer12 Please remember that many disabilties are invisible. My best friend's stepmother had severe fibromyalgia and a heart condition. At first glance, you wouldn't think anything was wrong with her. She had a valid permit. Another friend of mine also has a placard. You wouldn't think he needs it either, unless you watch him roll up his pants to reveal his artificial leg. Don't judge a book by its cover.
dotmacis 1 month ago
@dotmacis I dont i know a handicapped person, whos in an ACTUAL wheelchair...
he seems to get around pretty fine, he may need some help here and there but he gets around pretty fine...
AllAroundGamer12 1 month ago
@AllAroundGamer12 But you did make a bit of a judgment when you said " handicapped spots tend to be taken by those who aren't handicapped." Granted, there ARE abusers (and no one's disputing that), but the people I mentioned, were still able to walk and yes - they frequently were judged for using the spots.
dotmacis 1 month ago
I have a handicap sign, HAHAHAHA! I get to park in the good spots, biatch!
TearsOfWar1 3 months ago
@TearsOfWar1 i would thumbs up if i could -_-
GTLyxp 3 months ago
I work with individuals who must be pushed, & others who can propel themselves in their wheelchairs. It would be pretty shitty if I parked the extra wide wheelchair-lift van in the back of a parking lot (which I actually have to do quite often due to unsolicitous layout of parking lots) & was pushing a person in a chair, while another propelled himself slightly ahead of me, & a motorist, not seeing the w-chair behind his car sped out backward, running over the self-propelling person...
heidirh 3 months ago
Wow -- I work with mentally handicapped, physically disabled people. We have large vans with wheelchair lifts that project outward when opened -- one *has to have* two spaces side by side in order to get a wheelchair into & out of the van (which is itself wider than ordinary passenger vans). If I were to park the van in an ordinary parking spot, get people out using the chair lift, & then someone were to park a car in the spot the lift opened out onto, we would be stranded indefinitely.
heidirh 3 months ago
Damn o_O You sir persuaded me. However, I do think they are somewhat needed during winter with ice, or the places need to salt the fucking parking lot better.
KnodoffFan 3 months ago
I agree one hundred percent.
JakotsuTheOne 3 months ago
Furthermore, it's not about being "able to navigate", imagine your handicapped and you've just been shopping, pretty fucking difficult to move when you're carrying shopping stuff, meaning it's really useful if the distance you have to move is reduced by having a parking spot near the entrance/exit.
DrObswolovitch 3 months ago
@DrObswolovitch Re. "being able to navigate": I agree completely -- also, he's not considering that vans w/ wheelchair lifts require the equivalent of an extra parking space on the side onto which the lift opens out. Additionally, there's a visibility issue: a person in a wheelchair can't easily be seen out the rearview mirror of a motorist backing out of a parking spot in a hurry.
heidirh 3 months ago
TJ this is extraordinarily poorly thought out on your part. The reason they have to have handicapped spaces is because, unlike not-crippled people, handicapped people have to rely on cars more, meaning it makes sense for all businesses to give them priority for parking because without parking for wherever they need to go, handicapped people have very few options.
DrObswolovitch 3 months ago
I don't think you really understand the point of handicapped parking, and I'm speaking as a disabled person myself. Yes they're typically closer to the entrance of a building, but that's not the point. The point is that they are typically wider or near a ramp that we can use to get on the curb. Have you noticed that spaces between the parking with all of the lines to indicate no parking? That's what it's for, so people have space to get out in their wheelchair.
necrogenesis1981 3 months ago
@necrogenesis1981 Exactly. I take people in wheelchairs on outings in a van w/ a wheelchair lift. The extra room next to handicapped spaces is necessary for the lift to operate -- & the placement of the spaces @ the front of the parking lot is necessary for the safety of the person in the wheelchair, as their visibility to drivers is diminished while in their chair. I can just imagine the bloody accident scenes that are easily prevented by the designation of "handicapped" parking spaces...
heidirh 3 months ago
You think 'handicap' spaces are bad? How about 'parents with children' parking spaces? Do you guys have these in the States, or is it just the UK that is this retarded? There's a number of these spaces at my local supermarket, and some of them are actually closer to the store than the handicap spaces! It's like you said, if parents are happy to drag their horrid squalling little offspring around a large supermarket, what's the problem with walking them a few hundred yards to the store entrance?
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WineOFmanyFlags 4 months ago
I agree with handicap spaces...but don't allow the fucking fat asses who are handicapped JUST because they are fat. If your fat ass is SIX HUNDRED POUNDS don't you fucking dare park in the same place as a guy with muscular dystrophy. I have a strong urge to key the cars of those bastards, but I can't be sure if they got fat as a result of their ailment.
Thatguywithlogic 4 months ago
i thought it was so people in wheelchairs had space between them and the next car had room to get out
jhbmjfjhghm 4 months ago
@jhbmjfjhghm Also, my Grandfather was blind, when he visited somewhere (as a passenger of course). It would be dangerous for him to have to navigate a parking lot but not to navigate a mall. I think that the Amazing Atheist is either not fully understanding handicap needs or just assuming that the only people who need handicapped spaces are wheelchair users. Incidentally, I don't think that there's wrong with putting compassionate legislation above businesses making money (within reason)
chriswere9 4 months ago
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@jhbmjfjhghm Also, my Grandfather was blind, when he visited somewhere (as a passenger of course). It would be dangerous for him to have to navigate a parking lot but not to navigate a mall. I think that the Amazing Atheist is either not fully understanding handicap needs or just assuming that the only people who need handicapped spaces are wheelchair users. Incidentally, I don't think that there's wrong with putting compassionate legislation above businesses making money (within reason)
chriswere9 4 months ago
I might just chop off my fucking legs to get a better parking space
futuredeath 4 months ago
oh, and another thing - there's actually a store, in my area, that also reserves parking spaces for women with children! what kind of shit is that?! now, when i was a kid and was lucky enough to go to the store with my mother, i had 2 choices: walk with her through the parking lot like a good boy or get beat! PLEASE MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THIS NONSENSE!
dnhall78 4 months ago
first of all, I am handicapped. and, know something, dude? i DO side with ya! it makes no sense why they should reserve all these spaces for such a small minority - especially if you have a goddamn chair with fuckin WHEELS ON IT! what a bunch of . . . . aw . . . . GODDAMN IT! . . . JUST BULLSHIT!
this is the exact same mistake as segregation - "whites over here where the best stuff is, coloreds over there where the shitty stuff is." how RIDICULOUS!
dnhall78 4 months ago
This is kinda stupid.. When it rains and shit everyone else can run to the store but what would a handicap do if he is far a way than a motherfucker? ALSO most legitimate handicaps need more space to get out and the spaces provide that. Sometimes TJ just runs out of shit to say and makes a video about something totally unarguable because there's NO CONTEST! He should probably get a handicap pass with that fat ass belly of his. Nah I'm jk I love the dude :] BUT STILL!
FornicateThySofa 4 months ago
How come it seems that 75 to 90 % of cars parked in handicapped spots are luxury models?
skudaarkaat1 4 months ago
@skudaarkaat1 They have more room to climb out if you cannot bend your legs.
AlexanderMazarakis 3 months ago
It's about having more space too. For wheelchairs and such. As for navigating around... I have trouble with that one, which is why I have support but even with that support you need the space for the chair, or if you can walk you're still going to be walking a bit and like I said if it's painful or whatever you want to be as close as possible to doors as possible.
HunkySquirrel 4 months ago
Also the spaces have extra space for getting the wheelchair out and so on. I don't just observe this, I live it.
HunkySquirrel 4 months ago
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Old video I know. But as much as I normally agree with a lot of what you say, I can't agree with this. To be honest I can see it to some extent, I mean sometimes I look at the spaces and think "It seems just as close as other parking spaces" but then some places are so spaced out that a person who has difficulty walking but can walk may have to walk a further distance. Also those people that walk into malls, they often have to sit down in between little walks. I've observed this
HunkySquirrel 4 months ago
Old video I know. But as much as I normally agree with a lot of what you say, I can't agree with this. To be honest I can see it to some extent, I mean sometimes I look at the spaces and think "It seems just as close as other parking spaces" but then some places are so spaced out that a person who has difficulty walking but can walk may have to walk a further distance. Also those people that walk into malls, they often have to sit down in between little walks. I've observed this
HunkySquirrel 4 months ago
You may exstoll your atheism with pride, but sadly you stopped at unbelief in God - Social Darwinism and learned nothing about the secular enlightenment and the Age Of Reason. You reside right over their on the far right with the christian fundamentalists - just as narrow minded, just as bigoted, just as unenlightened. you might as well be living in 16th century Geneva buddy with an attitude like yours. You know nothing of Western pluralistic values, inclusiveness, love, tolerance, peace sad
cranyonrye 4 months ago
My logical response is that people in wheelchairs can't be seen in rear-view mirrors, so it can often happen that people who back out their cars from a parking space hit them, unless the handicapped people park near an entry/exit.
2Zemog 4 months ago
kill every fuckin cripple out there.
problem solved.
DeadIslandTrailers 4 months ago
The handicapped spots are larger, and a person who needs a wheelchair can not get out in the normal spots which are very close to each other. Plus barely any of the spots are handicapped. Give up a few spots to those who need it.
xcheesyxbaconx 4 months ago
@xcheesyxbaconx They could be in the middle of the lot or something... like he said if you can't navigate the lot, you can't really navigate the street and store too well...
ryderamthor123 4 months ago
oh ya they annoy the fuck out of me because people who are not even remotely handicap and they still use it and the fuckers park right up front and walk out of their cars like they just got done running a fuckin marathon fuck these old blue haired mother fuckers make those ass holes walk
darkangelglue500 4 months ago
Let's put it like this: my little brother has been in a wheel-chair all his life, cerebral paulsey, so he can't walk, barely talk/ navigate his hands, and has to be instructed where to move by my mom. he uses an electric wheel-chair. should my mom be not allowed to say, get us food or get us clothing because she can't find a spot big enough for his wheel-chair to get out of? or if we do find a space that big, and some dick parks next to it, are we supposed to sit there? It's there for a reason.
usernameluis305 4 months ago
@usernameluis305 well if somebody is a dick enough to park next to it dent the fuck out of their car and stick a note on their car saying "you want to be an asshole parking next to a handicap vehicle then you are treated as such"
kurama10271 4 months ago
isnt the parking spott for handicaped ppl in wheelchairs? couse i that why they are bigger then ordinnary ones atleast thats the deal in my country so that they dont scratch your car while trying too get out
noerden91 4 months ago
Its not about the place its about if your handicaped you can always park in in the US
MrJimheeren 4 months ago
You may be an Athiest but you are Not amazing! You are an idiot who evidently does not have friends or family members who have handicap issues.
Try using a wheel chair for a full day and see how Diffacult it is to get around...
All you are is suffering from handicap tag envy,in which you wished you had a handicap tag to illegally use!
You know knothing about what it is to be handicap or how diffaclt it is TO get around, and get bare essentials. Grow up!!!
rayfromnorthriI 4 months ago
@rayfromnorthriI He IS amazing, more than YOU will ever be.
zachzilla26 4 months ago
@zachzilla26 Hah, yeah, sure man, whatever you say. Maybe I should gain a few hundred pounds and bitch on Youtube. AMAZING!
supersims796 4 months ago
@rayfromnorthriI My friend, you just ignored every point he made in the video, I must congratulate you for your ignorance. The hard part of wheelchair shopping is getting out, in, and navigating the store. Why does it matter how far out your spot is? Considering these places are FLAT you just need a little push and you practically roll all the way across the lot. We have to do more work to traverse the lot than you do!
ryderamthor123 4 months ago
Mr. Amazing Athiest, you wanna gripe about hadicapped parking spaces, here's a challenge for you... I challenge you to live life exactly like a disabled person for one week. You must do everything like a disabled person would do it. After that one week I want you to post a video telling you viewers about your experience, and how hard it is to find handicapped parking spaces, and what it's like to walk a long ways from your car to a building such as a mall or grocery store.
davidm7829 4 months ago
@davidm7829 Why the fuck would he do that?
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