Disaboom: Because the normals on Facebook are jerks :(

I saw this beauty of a banner ad while surfing the web yesterday. What initially surprised me was the fact that this is for Disaboom, which a friend told me about almost seven months ago. Of course, I signed up as a member but didn't progress past that because I have no idea what to put in my profile as they require you to state your disability. I imagine not having a disability would get you ousted from the site faster than a leper would get sent to a distant island in Victorian times.

Upon careful inspection of the banner (reading), the last line "People living with a disability exhibit strong brand loyalty" utterly confounds me. The first three points would have been strong enough for advertisers to hawk their disawares and diservices on the site but no, they just had to type that in. And even if the statement was based on real observation, maybe that's because there's only so many number of brands for crutches, wheelchairs and straitjackets?

Since I already have an account on Disaboom, I disacided to take a look at how the community has grown. Surely the site has matured beyond a digital version of a few freaks living on an island?



Oh hell yeah, this is the Internet we all know and love so much. Note the 3 thumbs up below the image.



First, his username is wheels1960, which implies that he's at a youthful and go-getting age of 48. Secondly, he's leaving "flirty" comments at the not-hot-but-I'm-sure-she's-nice wheel-bound lady who looks to be around half his age.



Is that you, Phyllis? I'm also shocked at the lack of "I like it"s for her.



I'm just straight up ballin' and wheelin', walkies. Also, the red highlighted text should show you how much of a niche community this is.

I then decided to browse through this group called, I shit you not, "wheelchairposse", and this is one of the group's moderators.



Whatever God taketh, he giveth. Indeed.



Wheelchair-bound and uses selective colouring in Photoshop. Sucks for her to have two disabilities.



"lilcripplegirl" here looks like your standard spunky but handicapped girl who runs goes around the room introducing herself to everyone on the first day of school. But she looks like a bag of fun though, what with the tattoos and self-deprecating username and all.



While Frank Gaylord here just looks like a bag.

Feel free to join the site and take a look around, as there are genuinely interesting articles and pos-ah, I can't go on. I didn't even read anything on it. Remember, I'm able to laugh at them because I don't believe in judgement by a greater being. So, if you believe in smiting and being dipped in lakes of boiling sulphur, you should probably not do it.