• xor@infosec.pub
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    9 months ago

    if you’re able to complete disability paperwork, then you’re not disabled…

    there’s actually a fair amount of lawyers who specialize in getting people their disability rights, rather than let malicious compliance keep disabled people homeless and impoverished

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      9 months ago

      if you’re able to complete disability paperwork, then you’re not disabled…

      Sending this to my friend in a wheelchair. He’s gonna be THRILLED to walk again!

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        9 months ago

        i was making a joke bruh
        but to be very accurate: this was about mental disabilities… as was op

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          9 months ago

          I was riffing off your joke!

          [Edit] Oh shit you got downvoted to hell for it. Sorry, I did not contribute to the dogpile I swear

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            9 months ago

            ah well, jokes about disability are always going to get some knee jerk reactions…
            but i did think you were mad at me :)

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          9 months ago

          Your second statement makes that very clear but I’m guessing people didn’t get that far.

          Unfortunately there is some truth that if you have a qualifying (mental) condition you almost be definition are incapable of jumping through the hoops to actually be bureaucratically qualified.

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            9 months ago

            there’s a lot of truth to it.
            i mean, it’s almost completely true.
            people at social security have been downright abusive to my brother, who has been qualifyingly disabled since about 15 years old…

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      9 months ago

      I pulled my down vote after reading further and realizing your were making a joke. The problem is that I’ve met too many people who actually believe that.

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      9 months ago

      Lmao this reminds me of this tweet

      Hopefully more people see your convo with glimse and understand that this is a joke