Why “Crab” is being discussed
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The (literal in this case) crab bucket mentality is very common among the disability lobbies. This is not likely the first or even the second time most people in this thread hav…
by YurgenJurgensen · Sep 25, 2026
I think what the author was saying is "Nobody who actually uses wheelchairs asked for a crab chair." Obviously someone commissioned these designers to dona crab chair.
by mrgoldenbrown · Sep 25, 2026
I think the author is understandably frustrated about seeing a lot of fanfare for sexy prototypes years or decades from the market, when he struggles every day with flaws in his…
by HedonicEscal8r · Sep 25, 2026
Why do so many of the demo videos of this crab chair show no people sitting on it? Is this chair not for sitting?
by palmotea · Sep 25, 2026
> What the author really means is "I didn't ask for a crab chair". no what they mean is that the average disabled consumer did not ask for the crab chair
by red-iron-pine · Sep 25, 2026
Yeah -- that's fair; you're right to call me out on that, and you've offered a charitable interpretation of comments. Ctrl + F "ask" in the article: Ian Ruder writes "All I ask…
by ButlerianJihad · Sep 25, 2026
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Crabs are decapod crustaceans, either the Brachyura or various groups within the closely related Anomura, characterised by having a heavily armoured shell, their tail segments concealed under the body, the ability to run sideways, and the habit of hiding in rocky crevices. They do not form a single natural group or clade, but have convergently evolved multiple times from the ancestral decapod body plan through carcinisation, the process of creating this set of characteristics. As a group, they are thus polyphyletic, meaning they have multiple evolutionary origins. Read more on Wikipedia