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[funnywormz]

saw this post and got inspired. idk if this is even remotely funny or if im just mildly insane

#pregnancy cw #red dwarf #dave lister #david lister #arnold rimmer #arnold judas rimmer #kryten #the cat #cat red dwarf #my art #z art #img desc in alt

[cookinguptales]

I went to go see a movie a couple days ago at the Alamo Drafthouse in Manhattan and I've been to one of their locations before and enjoyed it, but I ran into something really frustrating at this one.

Sometimes I look at design choices and think, "oh, they really didn't ask any disabled people what they thought about THIS one." Like, for example, I see this photo bandied around a lot like some super creative accessibility integration but any actual disabled person would tell you it's an extreme safety hazard:

Steep grade, sharp curves, and very little to keep you from rolling down those stairs if you make one false move. Plus, as usual, disabled folks who don't use wheelchairs are being ignored because there are no railings or anything for them to use on the "accessible" path. It's just bad design, as much as able-bodied people go apeshit over it.

Ran into that again at Alamo Drafthouse. It was really, really clear to me that they thought they were doing something innovative with their accessible seats, but all they did was create an accessibility nightmare. There were several problems with their "solution", which I suspect was designed more to maximize profit than anything, but I think a lot of them wouldn't be noticed if you've never like... actually been disabled.

I reserved a companion seat at the theater, like I do every time I go see a movie. For the uninitiated, most modern theaters have an accessible row (usually in the middle of the theater) that is at ground-level. There are large gaps between seats to be used for wheelchairs (either to sit in or to park, if they prefer transferring to softer seats) and then "companion" seats next to those for their loved ones to sit in with them. These companion seats are also often booked by disabled people who need physical chairs to sit in (i.e. are not wheelchair users) but still need to be in an accessible row and/or need space for medical/accessibility devices, service animals, etc.

When I got to the theater, I immediately realized that no one at this chain realized that companion seats are usually used in this way by the disabled community -- because the companion seats were not accessible. I looked at the row (in the back of the theater, sigh) for several minutes in confusion, trying to figure out where the wheelchair seats were. There were no visible gaps and you could only get to the entire row by going down a step.

Then it clicked. Two of the chairs were removable. My guess is that staff would roll the chairs out and a wheelchair could be rolled into the gap that they created -- but to actually get to the front of the seats, you had to go down a step.

So in other words, you are presumably supposed to arrive early if you're a wheelchair user (something not specified on the tickets page) and get someone to remove a chair for you, and the seats surrounding you are not accessible for transfer or for people with other disabilities.

(I guess this is great for the theater, as it allows them to sell those wheelchair seats to able-bodied people if disabled people don't show up... but it kind of feels like actual disabled people are shit out of luck here.)

Now, I had some train trouble so I arrived about five minutes before the trailers started. Totally acceptable for able-bodied people, but I can't help but realize that if I had been using my wheelchair that day instead of just my cane, that wouldn't have been nearly enough time to get the chairs removed before the lights went down. So that's already one extra step for disabled people.

But the companion seat thing feels like an even bigger problem. It's what made it really clear to me that disabled people weren't consulted in the design of this theater because clearly no one ever wondered what someone who is disabled but not a wheelchair user would do in this theater. There were literally no accessible seats for a disabled person who didn't bring their own place to sit.

The best case scenario is... idk, maybe they'd pull the seats out, you sit in one, then they roll them back in? But it just seems like that would have a high potential for injury, especially because the seats fit pretty snugly into the row. And it's really not an intuitive solution; there were no signs explaining how these seats worked or anything, so it'd be hard to even know to ask for that.

And again, none of this was mentioned on the website. I wanted to go to this theater because it was close to where I'd been earlier that day and because I knew it was by an accessible subway station (not... always a given in NYC), plus I do like the vibe at Alamo Drafthouse. I liked the pizza and boozy milkshake I had there. I thought the vampiric preshow, what I saw of it, was fun. But I absolutely would've just gone to an AMC or something if I'd known that they would not have accessible seating.

Being real with you, going to movies is one of my favorite things to do when I'm having a high-symptom day. It's dark, it's cold, I can sit in a comfortable chair for two hours. It's a way to get out of the house and do something fun even if I can't move much. So... I know that one step might not have seemed like much to them, but I was there because I was already in a lot of pain. And that one step hurt like a bitch.

And idk, man, call me fussy but sometimes I just want to have fun without it hurting! Like damn, I needed that booze after going down the stair, then having to go up a stair and falling into my seat.

(And a hearty fuck you to the guy next to me who was like "WHOA, JEEZ" when I toppled into my seat. Like damn, you see a visibly disabled person fall after dealing with stairs that should not have been there and then you get judgy? Shit, dude.)

Anyway... I told an employee about my concerns when I left and he seemed fairly receptive but also at a loss as to how to fix things. I mean, I think putting a warning that the seats aren't actually accessible on the website is a MUST but I agree that I'm not sure how to fix the problem with the way that the theater was physically built. The whole design was flawed, which feels in some ways unforgivable in a movie theater built in... *googles* Jesus Christ, 2021?

2021 and still making functionally inaccessible theaters. What the heck.

So that was frustrating! Also, this part isn't Alamo's fault but the office building the theater was under was also super difficult to get around in if you're disabled. The entrances/exits I could find all had stairs, but one had a largely unmarked hydraulic lift. I've used these before, so I knew how to use it, but I bet a lot of people would be confused as hell. (Especially how to get the door unlocked, lmao.) There were no signs saying where it was or anything, either. I only found it by chance.

THEN, when I was leaving, I found out that the accessible exit had been roped off for... cleaning? Repairs? idk. All I know is that I got off the lift and suddenly realized that I was surrounded by caution tape that had cordoned off the stairs I had just bypassed.

But it was the only accessible exit (that I could find, anyway) and I was essentially trapped, so I had to just like... pull down some of the caution tape and go around it and try to stick it back up as best I could. I hope I didn't ruin whatever they were doing, but I'm not really sure what choice I had.

All in all, just a weird, frustrating, and unnecessarily painful adventure. So if you're disabled uhhh maybe find a different location.

#img desc in alt #man I hope that wasn't a crime scene or something oops #alamo drafthouse #accessibility #disability #ableism

[elveny]

YO HEY TUMBLR YOU THINK IT'S FUNNY TO JUST FUCKING PUT A SCARY CLOWN ON MY DASHBOARD??

WTF.

#creepy clown #clown #tumblr #tumblr fuckery #img desc in alt #thanks for ad block that allows me to fucking BLOCK that element

[boatemlag]

it is a beautiful morning in the hermitcraft s9 perimeter. and you are a horrible chicken

#wizard scrolls #img desc in alt #hermitcraft #if doc checked his stats in his new ep i will add that but im in public rn

[dancers-7]

Dungeon Meshi by Ryoko Kui

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #fleki #lycion #otta #flamela #mithrun #mangacap #my edit #img desc in alt text

[pipskippy]

category 5 autism event 1 injured 8 vocaloids drawn

#my art #vocaloid #hatsune miku #kagamine rin #kagamine len #megurine luka #gumi #gakupo #megpoid #gackpoid #kaito #meiko #img desc in alt text

[finalgoob]

scenes at gotham pride 🌈🦇 (insp.)

#img desc in alt text #bruce wayne #tim drake #batman #robin #red robin #applesojus draws #batfam #batfamily #batdad

[plesiosaurys]

IMPORTANT SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY

COELACANTHS CAN OWO!!!

#photos from nat geo article 'coelacanths can live to 100' tunglr mobile app wont let me add link #except bottom left which i literally cant find source for. its from a reddit post but they dont say where they got the footage #and the watermark is too crunchy to read #theyre gods most beautiful creature #also img desc is in alt text #coelacanth #Latimeria chalumnae #fish #animals #andy original

[dovesndecay]

I keep sending letters to Mr. Eccleston asking why the Queen is still alive and he sent this back

#original post #img desc in alt text

[fordtato]

Faux stained glass I made (a set piece in a future YouTube video)

(Tutorial coming soon to my patreon)

This piece took about 8 hours to complete!

#gravity falls #bill cipher #i still dont have an art tag huh #stained glass art #faux stained glass #img desc in alt text

[imstillhere-butallislost]

OFMD tumblr..... r we seeing this...

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd lucius #ofmd spoilers #ofmd season 2 spoilers #img desc in alt text

[funnywormz]

hemmer fans rise up!!!!! who's with me!!!!!!!!!! (*crickets chirping*)

#hemmer #hemmer snw #snw #star trek #star trek snw #star trek strange new worlds #my art #z art #funnywormz art #i miss you everyday king #img desc in alt #sorry if this looks bad my drawing skills are rusty

[cookinguptales]

just saw this tweet over on twitter

and my academic-with-a-special-interest-in-charms-placed-in-household-liminal-spaces ass is over here like

Wreaths, bunches of flowers, charms, souvenirs of special significance, religious items, etc. On the door, beside the door, placed above the door, buried beneath the threshold... Even in your yard leading up to your house. Anything, really.

If you put something that you associate with some kind of religious/cultural/family tradition or protective significance at a point of entrance/exit to your home, my nerdy ass would love to know about it.

Is it year-round? Seasonal? Something only associated with specific events or holiday? Where did you pick this tradition up?

And yes -- please, please tell me all about it in the tags. I'm so fucking nosy.

#img desc in alt #not me annoying all of my neighbors about chimaki when I was going to school in Japan #don't make me explain the anthropological concept of liminality again bc I will do it and that's a threat #for me personally I keep seasonal wreaths on the door #dried herbs/flowers on the inside of the door #small ojizosama on the stairs #tomato on shelf made of old clothes and filled with dried plants from my garden that I made when I moved #this is less a belief system for me as it is just a collection of traditions I liked and adopted in my home #it doesn't have to be serious I just wanna hear about it #poll #also I have a little iron frog that I was given as a housewarming gift that lives on my windowsill #he protects the house from danger and I provide him with seasonal hats so #symbiotic relationship

[c0ffeeb1ack]

tua season 2 in one image

#the umbrella academy #tua #tua memes #klaus hargreeves #if you havent seen lil nas x's met gala look yet well now you have #i need this to catch on as a legit meme format please #img desc in alt text

[acupofconure]

It's been a hectic weekend! My hub drove a 1600 mile round trip to adopt these two sweeties. Celeste (formerly Maya) is the older one with no black, and Corvi (formerly Monty) is the baby. Welcome home, little darlings!

#birblr #birb #white bellied caique #Corvi #Celeste #i love that first pic #aww yiss #img desc in alt text

[dancers-7]

BLAME! by Tsutomu Nihei

#blame! #tsutomu nihei #cyberpunk #mangacap #my edit #img desc in alt text