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I think I may be a danger to myself and others.
Wednesday, 07-Dec-16 20:05:13 UTC from web-
@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.
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@nerthos I just did three months of that. Now I'm facing bankruptcy, too, because of it.
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@scribus Wait you don't get paid while off on medical license?
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@nerthos Not in America. Not from my job, at least.
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@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.
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@nerthos Yeah, there's something in place but my govt job doesn't pay into it so I'm boned.
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@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.
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@nerthos Be easier if we established a minimum living wage.
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@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.
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@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
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@scribus IMO the issue is more with making cost of living less convulted than with dealing with wages.
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@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.
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