cw: work, disabilities, stupid ass people

lady: can i buy three copies of friday's paper and two of yesterday's?
me: yes ma'am no problem -gets up to walk over to the counter-

lady: oh, you're limping, are you okay?
me: oh, yeah, I'm fine, it's just arthritis, it doesn't bother me that bad

lady: -confused look- why would arthritis make you limp?

so, you know, in case anyone else didn't know

arthritis is not a HAND disease

holy shit why do so many people think that

i explained that mine is basically an autoimmune disorder and blah blah

i don't think she believed me

ironically my hands are about the only place i DON'T have arthritis lol

man that lady can tell it to the arthritis in my FOOT that the dr. had to cut out. jfc.

these are the kinds of ppl who think their uncited article about x topic is word of god

the look on people's faces when i tell them i first developed it in my RIBCAGE, when I was 14

yo ok that's...i'd never heard of that before, damn.

juvenile onset, then when you get older they switch it to whichever kind you get, in my case, rheumatoid

The human body is a cruel mistress

admittedly i was surprised to find out there's connective tissue in your ribs but i guess it makes sense lol

my dad has psoriatic (stop telling me that's misspelled, plurk), and i developed mine totally independently, but we have other circumstances going on, so it's weird lol

further bullshittery discussed