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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    05/04/09

    In reply to A Wheelchair Controlled By Man's Mighty Will
    I always thought Mr. HWheaton is pretty scrawny.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    05/04/09

    In reply to A Wheelchair Controlled By Man's Mighty Will
    Twir it to run off the power of my thoughts, I would continue a life of immobility.
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    Image of BeautifulAgony BeautifulAgony
    11/20/08

    In reply to Multi-Function Wheelchair Doubles As a Toilet
    Having worked in the hospice industry, I can tell you that there are numerous elderly, disabled and otherwise wheelchair-bound patients who cold benefit greatly from this type of device.


    Many of the above-mentioned types of patients routinely wear hospital-style "johnnies" or light cotton pajamas that can be easily lowered. Many of these patients have tremendous difficulty transitioning themselves to a toilet or commode, and as a result can suffer from frequent accidents.


    While many of you might find the Home Chare concept disgusting or laughable, there are numerous peoiple for whom it would represent a major quality of life improvement. With simeple chemicals such as those used in portapotties and RV toilets, it would be almost entirely odor-free, and no doubt a self-sealing lid could, or would, be part of the design.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    11/21/08

    @BeautifulAgony: Thanks for saying so.


    And, like it or not, someday it could be any of us for whom a chair like this, odd/funny though it seems now, could offer a bit of help to us.

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    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    11/21/08

    @BeautifulAgony: Actually, you wouldn't need the chemicals. The toilet is not part of the chair. The chair is made to back over a conventional toilet.
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    Image of Substance_D Substance_D
    11/20/08

    In reply to Multi-Function Wheelchair Doubles As a Toilet
    Haha, nah. It was me being angry at the time, and spewing things no one really needed to hear. I sortof wish I could erase my post but alas-no edit button...This too shall pass.
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    11/20/08

    @Substance_D: That was supposed to be a reply to my above message... Goddamn I hate commenting, I'm just going to move into a cave where I can't fuck shit up. :D
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    11/20/08

    @Substance_D: I should probably tell you about the bear you just awoke from hibernation and that you dislodged a log that was holding up some backfill, causing a minor landslide that blocked the only opening to the cave.


    There's also that angry cave troll that feeds on the bones of Gizmodo commenters.


    Way to fuck shit up in the cave.

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    Image of bosskev bosskev
    11/21/08

    @Substance_D: "This too shall pass."


    Fortunately, with this chair, that becomes convenient.

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    Image of Substance_D Substance_D
    11/20/08

    In reply to Multi-Function Wheelchair Doubles As a Toilet
    What a gross chair...Let's do it like the Spartans: everyone useless gets 'taken care of'. (Cue the annoying gizmodo commenters that will say I'm being ignorant when I'm really not being serious at all, but they like to feel like they care about people so they'll still try to make me feel bad. These are the same poeple that say any sort of medical gadget is ~AMAZING~.)
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    11/20/08

    @Substance_D: So is this the new annotated guide to Gizmodo comments I've heard so much about?
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    11/20/08

    @Substance_D: Let's do it like the Spartans.


    Let's take our male kids and put them in boarding school at age 7 and assign a teenage boy to sodomize them on a regular basis. We'll also underfeed them and instill violent xenophobia in them. Then, when they grow up, we'll conscript them into the army and only let them visit their wives once a year for sex. The rest of the time - nonstop buggery.

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    11/21/08

    @Substance_D: Just this morning I was asking myself "Would this comment be acceptable to Substance D" Then I decided I really didn't give a fuck.
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    Image of Lizard_King Lizard_King
    11/20/08

    In reply to Multi-Function Wheelchair Doubles As a Toilet
    As someone who occasionally works on wheelchairs, I can safely say this is NOT the first wheelchair to be also used as a toilet.
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    Image of robinandtami robinandtami
    11/21/08

    @Lizard_King: But if you notice. the chair is not being used as a toilet. It just has an access panel so that you can back the chair itself up over a real toilet. I work on wheelchairs daily myself and have not seen one like this. Plus it goes from a completely flat position to a standing up position and can be used with a stair lift. Pretty ingenious stuff really.
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