And?

• Aging was even worse back then than it is now. Modern medicine as we know it today basically didn’t exist.

• The story has a lot of magical realism going on. Joe’s ability to get up and go to the factory with charlie is half miracle, half Joe making an extraordinary effort.

• The whole thing is just incredibly shitty towards disabled people

It’s a mean spirited meme, and it also gives me the vibes of “this person isn’t depressed because I saw them smile once”.