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  • DisabledAceSocialist [comrade/them]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    25 days ago

    Yep. I had to quit working and drop out of my studies when I became too ill to continue and people were weirdly angry and judgmental about it. I got comments like “So when are you going back to school? Why don’t you sign up to restart this coming term? When are you going back to work? You’re not back working yet?” And I’m like "What? I’m having cancer treatment, I’m so unwell I keep falling asleep in the middle of the day, I can’t concentrate, I have no energy and I’m having terrible side effects like heart issues and all kinds of other crap, I have non-stop medical appointments and fuckers are complaining that I’m not doing anything right now? As if fighting cancer is just not doing anything.

    And the comments for being on benefits. Endless comments about how I’m getting “free money,” and “You don’t do anything to earn that, you don’t deserve it. Lucky you, some of us have to work for our money.”