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6:24pm August 21, 2014

lichgem:

grouchomarxism:

blorgblorgblorg:

lichgem:

Speaking of cussing, there’s a rule at my new program that clients are not allowed to cuss. They said it was for the sake of more sensitive clients who get anxious about cussing, but I doubt that’s it. It’s more of a ‘only real people are allowed to cuss,’ thing, I’m sure. I mean they have their clients do volunteer work for fake money to buy sodas. :/ 

this is super infantilizing god damn

wwwwwwwow

Yeah, no kidding. But I’m sure in their minds they’re doing something wholesome and good, like ‘encouraging work ethic,’ or ‘helping clients feel like productive members of their community.’

You know what’s productive, as a whole, for mentally ill people who tend to be poor as fuck? Actually valuing our labor and paying us. I can get my own fucking soda.

The fake money reminds me of those damn poker chips in the psych wards.  You could get poker chips for being good and then you could trade them in for things like cokes or a walk around the grounds or things like that.  The sucky thing is that they worked really well on me even though I understood and hated the concept.  They still worked really well.  I’ve always been told that I’m a natural for behavior mod.  :-/