New post: The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner.
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@WeirdWriter i have been doing the same lately. they want to know if i am still unable to work? there is a decade worth of files testifying just that. have them all you fuckers. oh, you need another copy of my prescription bc the pharmacy receipt didn’t have my social security number on it? here, have all the fucking prescriptions i currently have, thats about 10. i am just so tired of this endless paper war what cannot be won. they always need something else.
@whangdoodler We should collectively flood their offices the next time they ask us for a review. I could not agree more! I really can’t stand the way the system punishes you for having/using these programs. And a truly ironic thing is, is that I just want to be left the fuck alone, regardless if I use these services or not. Why is it so difficult for others to just let me live my life and let tons of other disabled people live their lives even if they don’t contribute economically to the workforce. I hate this system of perceived value
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@quixoticgeek And trust me, that malicious compliance was just years in the making. It was years of frustration, anger, I just had enough with this shitty system.
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@kleines_z @superball I don’t understand why Americans hate poor or disabled people so much! I know it’s not just an American thing, but it feels like it most days because I’m trapped in this system that hates my existence and hates me for using it. I will never understand why Americans hate social security or why they hate anybody using it
@WeirdWriter @superball
It's in Germany in my nephew's case, and it's not about immediate withdrawal of all benefits, but one example is a certain stamp for a public transport ticket that says he can take a person with him for free for his assistance. It must be renewed every year, "proving" his disability all over again. Before he can get the stamp to validate his ticket, there needs to be proof that yes, he still has down syndrome and no, he still can't use public transport all by himself without being accompanied by an assisting person.By the way, my nephew is five years old.
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@whangdoodler We should collectively flood their offices the next time they ask us for a review. I could not agree more! I really can’t stand the way the system punishes you for having/using these programs. And a truly ironic thing is, is that I just want to be left the fuck alone, regardless if I use these services or not. Why is it so difficult for others to just let me live my life and let tons of other disabled people live their lives even if they don’t contribute economically to the workforce. I hate this system of perceived value
@WeirdWriter i have already made files on different topics on my laptop. housing-shit, disability-shit, poverty-benefit-shit. all the papers go in and all of the papers get sent off on slightest provocation.
funniest thing is we have this anonymous channel to give them feedback by and oh boy do i rip them a new one everytime they ask us anything.
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@WeirdWriter you are my hero. I hate that review too
@lapis That was me doing a literary equivalent of a scream! I’m not sure if it’s this way in Canada, I thought you lived in Canada? but these reviews are always nerve-racking because, as you know, one tiny mistake could have them decreasing your benefits or cutting them off
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@lapis That was me doing a literary equivalent of a scream! I’m not sure if it’s this way in Canada, I thought you lived in Canada? but these reviews are always nerve-racking because, as you know, one tiny mistake could have them decreasing your benefits or cutting them off
@WeirdWriter no I live in the US in nebraska. There was a brief period where I was trying to get my masters in Canada (it went poorly) I think that's why you're confused?
I know for certain without having seen it the Canadian system can't be much better
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@WeirdWriter no I live in the US in nebraska. There was a brief period where I was trying to get my masters in Canada (it went poorly) I think that's why you're confused?
I know for certain without having seen it the Canadian system can't be much better
@WeirdWriter the funny thing is, I was told I had to prove my disability recurringly because that's how my court case ended up. I did not know everyone had to do it even if they'd always been disabled.
God I hate this system
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New post: The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner. https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/
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New post: The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner. https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/
@WeirdWriter You did it again! Sooo good!
I'm sure that cookie gave you even more than ten minutes of pure, uncomplicated joy, even if it wasn't The Last One.
Thanks for sharing your stories, your voice is unique.
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@WeirdWriter i have already made files on different topics on my laptop. housing-shit, disability-shit, poverty-benefit-shit. all the papers go in and all of the papers get sent off on slightest provocation.
funniest thing is we have this anonymous channel to give them feedback by and oh boy do i rip them a new one everytime they ask us anything.
@whangdoodler You should see the amount of folders on my external hard drive for these kinds of things. I have things organized into years. That’s how much crap I have. I’ve learned the hard way never to throw anything out.
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@dmoonfire That was the literary equivalent of a scream! Thank you for enjoying it!
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@WeirdWriter
Omg that is hilarious! Well done.@krnlg Like I told someone else, that was a literary equivalent of a scream! More to come, so I hope you follow me! Here is my follow page at https://sightlessscribbles.com/follow but if you don’t like reading, my podcast is https://weirdwritings.pinecast.co/ where you can find narrations of my blog posts, and all of my audiobooks, serialized
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@WeirdWriter @superball
It's in Germany in my nephew's case, and it's not about immediate withdrawal of all benefits, but one example is a certain stamp for a public transport ticket that says he can take a person with him for free for his assistance. It must be renewed every year, "proving" his disability all over again. Before he can get the stamp to validate his ticket, there needs to be proof that yes, he still has down syndrome and no, he still can't use public transport all by himself without being accompanied by an assisting person.By the way, my nephew is five years old.
@kleines_z @WeirdWriter @superball Even a five-year-old with the default number of chromosomes would need someone to accompany them on public transport!
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@dmoonfire Yay! That was the literary equivalent of a scream! I did have a git question for you though. have you used Sourcehut? Are they good folk? I’m thinking about moving away from Github
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@WeirdWriter the funny thing is, I was told I had to prove my disability recurringly because that's how my court case ended up. I did not know everyone had to do it even if they'd always been disabled.
God I hate this system
@lapis You can say that again! And the ironic thing is, I largely just want to be left alone! I’ll never understand why so many people hate it that people are just living their lives even if they’re not contributing to the economy
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@kleines_z @WeirdWriter @superball Even a five-year-old with the default number of chromosomes would need someone to accompany them on public transport!
@irina @WeirdWriter @superball
Yup.
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@lapis You can say that again! And the ironic thing is, I largely just want to be left alone! I’ll never understand why so many people hate it that people are just living their lives even if they’re not contributing to the economy
@WeirdWriter protestant work ethic probably
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New post: The 'Paperwork Flood': How I Drowned a Bureaucrat before dinner. https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/the-paperwork-flood/
@WeirdWriter I'm so angry disabled people are put through this. It's so dehumanizing. you can tell it's meant to be dehumanizing.
and wow what a shock that the people who accept this job and stick around the longest tend to be the ones willing and eager to hurt disabled people. imagine the psychic burden of having empathy in a job like that, of listening to disabled people day after day, desperate to not lose a critical lifeline, and having to gatekeep them from support on behalf of the state
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@WeirdWriter I'm so angry disabled people are put through this. It's so dehumanizing. you can tell it's meant to be dehumanizing.
and wow what a shock that the people who accept this job and stick around the longest tend to be the ones willing and eager to hurt disabled people. imagine the psychic burden of having empathy in a job like that, of listening to disabled people day after day, desperate to not lose a critical lifeline, and having to gatekeep them from support on behalf of the state
@WeirdWriter i'm in the UK and I simply don't bother trying to get benefts, because I know my country considers ME/CFS a non-disability and because getting an official autism diagnosis feels way too dangerous in the current climate, especially for a trans woman. people really love stripping the right of agency and presumption of basic competance from autistic people, especially when they see you being trans as evidence enough that your brain is broken
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@WeirdWriter i'm in the UK and I simply don't bother trying to get benefts, because I know my country considers ME/CFS a non-disability and because getting an official autism diagnosis feels way too dangerous in the current climate, especially for a trans woman. people really love stripping the right of agency and presumption of basic competance from autistic people, especially when they see you being trans as evidence enough that your brain is broken
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but to keep expecting someone in your situation to prove again and again the obvious fact that, yes, you're still disabled, is absurd. absurd and cruel. our culture hate the idea of disabled people not working so much that it seeks to make existing in society a full time job in itself (as if it weren't already).despicable.
fantastic job striking back, even if it was just at some low level bigotted tool. I hope her distress was gratifying.
a fantasticly told story as always.
