Autist literally can't live without a certain sippy cup - #CupforBen

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2016-...-discontinued-cup-for-son-with-autism/8030412

#CupForBen: Father searches for discontinued blue cup for son with autism.

A UK father's search for a discontinued blue cup his son with severe autism drinks exclusively from has sparked responses from around the world.

Marc Carter said in a post on Twitter his son Ben, 14, has drunk from a blue Tommee Tippee two-handed cup since he was two years old.

But he said the cups disintegrated over time, rendering them unusable, and his current one did not have long left, after three years of use.

"People say he will drink when he's thirsty, but two emergency trips to A&E (accident and emergency department) with severe dehydration say otherwise.

"In all honesty we are really worried what will happen if [the cup] falls apart completely."


This fucking kid

 

[A Hotdog]

Just 3D print a cup already.

 

[AnOminous]

Just 3D print a cup already.

No shit. Why is this a news story?

The story should be stupid motherfucker can't even create common object.

 

[Butta Face Lopez]

Perhaps he should die, and decrease the surplus population

 

[Jace E. Denton]

the state should put his kid to sleep

 

[Randall Fragg]

Natural selection in action.

 

[Some JERK]

if this was so important, they could just cast a mold of the cup and replicate it however many times they like. Just get a resin casting kit and some silicone gel. Hell, there are businesses in my neighborhood that do casting commissions all the time. It's not that hard.

Just 3D print a cup already.

The story should be stupid motherfucker can't even create common object.

I could understand if this kid couldn't live without his favorite discontinued transformer toy that has a hundred intricate injection-molded parts, custom offsize pivot-pins and machine-screws. But this is a cup. Humans invented cups about 3.5 seconds after they discovered water. They aren't that fucking complicated. 2 minutes on the internet and he would have all the information he needed to replicate the one he's got left in nearly perfect detail. Or failing that, the contact info of a plastics company that would probably make him a minimum order of a couple hundred of those cups. Certainly enough for the rest of his kid's life.

This dude is just crowd-sourcing a solution because that's what people do these days. The time of Lorenzo's Oil is well over I guess.

 

[Watermelon1337]

People on Twitter asked if he knew about 3D printing. His response was:

The plastic wouldn't come out smooth, unfortunately, and the size would mean $100s

More people said they can do it precise, he asked for them to message him, several people sent pictures of their same type of cup asking if he'd want it and I don't think any were accepted because they weren't identical enough. Also gets salty when a 'troll' calls him out on letting the kid flip out over a cup and harm himself by refusing to use others.

The comments calling him out are a riot and are quickly silenced by all the white knights.

Just another five minutes of fame for someone.

 

[Ruin]

This whole story reeks of attention whoring parents thirsty for social media asspats.

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

This whole story reeks of attention whoring parents thirsty for social media asspats.

Just another five minutes of fame for someone.

Nail on head. His most recent Tweet is him going to talk to BBC Breakfast about this shitshow.

What sort of parent relishes in using their disabled retard child to get on morning talk shows and become popular.

 

[Bagronkleton]

What sort of parent relishes in using their disabled exceptional individual child to get on morning talk shows and become popular.

The kind getting one last hurrah before their barely functioning potato completely obliterates what semblance of life they have left. One of those 'might as well get something out of this hell' people.

Edit: the thing is, as other folk have said, he's milking his potato kid's disability for attention instead of legitimate solutions. I can understand his situation as a very tough one 'cause if he can't figure out what the hell to do and his kid suffers for it, or worse dies, he'll be found in deep shit
for child neglect at the very least.

Shifty situation being compounded by a shifty parent.

 

[Positron]

The comments calling him out are a riot and are quickly silenced by all the white knights.

Thank you. I was almost tempted to put myself in their shoes.
Shitty parent, shitty kid. Nothing to see here.

 

[Male Idiot]

I don't think it works like that, Often times those kids are stuck in a habbit that they almost literally can not break out of, and keeping someone on hydration IV while still being an active human is not done.

An autist was never an active human, especially not a low functioning one like that. Even Chris is not this dumb.

 

[AnOminous]

I could understand if this kid couldn't live without his favorite discontinued transformer toy that has a hundred intricate injection-molded parts, custom offsize pivot-pins and machine-screws.

Perhaps. But in that case, I could understand Hasbro saying fuck your retarded kid, he needs to die to improve humanity.

Because seriously, fuck that drooling idiot vegetable kid. If he's too stupid to drink water, he has no business even being alive.

 

[m0rnutz]

I don't think it works like that, Often times those kids are stuck in a habbit that they almost literally can not break out of, and keeping someone on hydration IV while still being an active human is not done.

I remember in middle school that whenever you saw a parent of one of the serious autists they always looked incredibly old and worn down. Having to deal with a screaming husk for years must take a heavy toll.

This, as well as the above. The child is a bit more exceptional than Chris and other cows, but the parents are in charge of breaking the habits. They're just opting out of being adults and cruising on the attention they get fed.

I wonder where he'll be in 20 years, when those cups disintegrate more? Between his teeth and the chemistry of his saliva(I bet more acidic than a toddler), you could send them 50 cups and they'll be gone in five years. Then they might as well dumpster dive for more.

 

[Trans Fat 41g]

Die, Chris.

 

[Sailor_Jupiter]

Cats can sometimes get spoiled and refuse to eat any food but one. The way to avoid that is to cycle through different flavors and brands of food all the time so they don't get used to having just one.

Spoiler

Yes, I'm comparing this child to a cat. My babies ae better behaved!

 

[Randy Lahey]

fill the sippy cup with bleach

 

[Varg Did Nothing Wrong]

Cats can sometimes get spoiled and refuse to eat any food but one.

So... will they stop eating anything else until they die of hunger?

Because if yes, then really, it's their own fault.

 

[Sailor_Jupiter]

So... will they stop eating anything else until they die of hunger?

Because if yes, then really, it's their own fault.

I don't thiiiiiiink so, but they can be a serious pain when they're trolling you. (MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW oh look momma I'm gonna starve to death just because you're so mean IT'S THREE IN THE MORNING AND I HAVEN'T BEEN FED so what if you have a job interview tomorrow my needs are more important MEOW.)

 

[Lunatic Fringe]

Part of me wants to find a magical stash of these cups. Then I would make a video smashing each and every one of them with a hammer and send it to them. Then post them the broken bits with another big box of the wrong cup.