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  1. I think I may be a danger to myself and others.

    Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:05:13 UTC from web
    1. @scribus You need to go to a good doctor and get an order from them to be off work for a while due to stress.

      Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:05:47 UTC from web
      1. @nerthos I just did three months of that. Now I'm facing bankruptcy, too, because of it.

        Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:07:16 UTC from web
        1. @scribus Wait you don't get paid while off on medical license?

          Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:08:31 UTC from web
          1. @nerthos Not in America. Not from my job, at least.

            Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:13:44 UTC from web
            1. @scribus Oh. Here if you can't work because you're sick from an illness that's either work related or up to chance (tldr anything you didn't catch due to being stupid) you're paid a portion of your salary while you're on license, or a big indemnization if fired while sick.

              Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:15:31 UTC from web
              1. @nerthos Yeah, there's something in place but my govt job doesn't pay into it so I'm boned.

                Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:18:52 UTC from web
                1. @scribus Best you can do then is keep shifting jobs until you find one that doesn't drain years off your life at an alarming rate.

                  Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:22:21 UTC from web
                  1. @nerthos Be easier if we established a minimum living wage.

                    Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:39:49 UTC from web
                    1. @scribus That is an absolutely terrible idea that'll do nothing but send your country into a crisis. I'm behind welfare for the disabled, but they did what you proposed here and it just made the economy unsustainable.

                      Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:42:08 UTC from web
                      1. @nerthos Well, then, a maximum wage to make sure there's enough to go around. The NFL is doing great with salary caps, after all. (This is 60% joke) :p

                        Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 21:55:33 UTC from web
                        1. @scribus IMO the issue is more with making cost of living less convulted than with dealing with wages.

                          Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 22:01:56 UTC from web
                          1. @nerthos I would accept that. Just something to allow all of humanity (or at least the country) to experience the rewards of our collective success.

                            Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 22:12:05 UTC from web