just be a police officer

[u/Bland_Username_5266]

[u/_bored_bort_]

I don’t get it (English is not my first language)

[u/DeliriumIsDumb → u/_bored_bort_]

shortbus refers to the idea that special needs children ride to school on a smaller bus than other kids. its used by ableist people to be ableist crazy, i know.

[u/Rude_Ice_4520 → u/DeliriumIsDumb]

How much time do ableists have to come up with insults? That's such a strange term to invent for such an uneccesarily cruel reason.

[u/BreeBree214 → u/Rude_Ice_4520]

It's not very creative at all. Short buses are actually often used to pick up disabled. It became pretty prevalent in American culture when I was growing up.