@DaveMilbo@boganintel โThey have no understanding. Theyโve gone so far to the left, Channel Nine, theyโre making a big mistake.โ โ Pauline Hanson
Referring to Channel Nine as being to the "left" is an indictment on the ridiculous position our MSM and the Overton window sit currently. ๐คฆ
It is very much like having a job where you are on call 24/7 and just can't afford to say no when your chronic illness boss calls and demands you cancel whatever you have planned because you have to deal with today's crisis.
This is exactly the sort of judgement OP is talking about.
Chronic illness and dynamic disability are not "habitual behaviour."
Dealing with unpredictable chronic illness does indeed make you unreliable, but as a matter of circumstance, not as a matter of habit or character.
@omgsidewalks I have never resented paying taxes.
What I do resent is my tax money being spent to subsidise multimillion dollar companies and bomb other countries rather than going toward social investments like education, healthcare, housing , and welfare.
@softpinkgiggles From Judge Derek Bollen in the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1992.
Source: Transcript of Proceedings, R v Johns (Unreported, Supreme Court of South Australia,
Bollen J, 26 August 1992)
@MetamateDaz I don't even know which country you're talking about but still would prefer it have a comprehensive high speed rail network over data centres.
@omgsidewalks This one is easy, it is a propaganda campaign to make people think the poor are the problem so that the richest 10% can exploit the poorest 75% and take an even larger slice of the global wealth pie than the 75% they already have.
An old man died and was delivered to the local mortuary wearing an expensive, expertly tailored black suit.
The mortician asked the deceasedโs wife how she would like the body dressed, pointing out that the man does look good in the black suit he is already wearing.
The widow, however, said that she always thought her husband looked his best in blue, and that she wanted him in a blue suit.
She gave the mortician a blank check and said, โI donโt care what it costs, but please have my husband in a blue suit for the viewing.โ
The woman returned the next day and to her delight, she found her husband dressed in a gorgeous blue suit with a subtle chalk stripe; the suit fitted him perfectly.
She said to the mortician, โWhatever this cost, Iโm very satisfied.. You did an excellent job and Iโm very grateful. How much did you spend?โ
To her astonishment, the mortician presented her with the blank check, โThereโs no charge.โ
โNo, really, I must compensate you for the cost of that exquisite blue suit,โ she said.
โHonestly, maโam,โ the mortician said, โIt cost nothing. You see, a deceased gentleman of about your husbandโs size was brought in shortly after you left yesterday, and he was wearing an attractive blue suit. I asked his wife if she minded him going to his grave wearing a black suit instead, and she said it made no difference as long as he looked nice. So I just switched the heads.โ
@GeneSaraci I'm remembering when Centerlink cancelled my payments for failing to meet my "mutual obligations" whilst bedridden due to serious illness. I had a medical certificate and had provided it to both my job provider and Centerlink, but they were understaffed and hadn't processed it.
@mariewalsh18 Growing up as the youngest of four children I most definitely had a hyphenated compound name: [first child]-[second child]-[third child]-[fourth child].