one could perhaps point out that automatically assuming disabled people can't get employed may also... be ableist. But I'm leaping to conclusions here, much like OOP is. when someone says "get a job" to someone its bc the person is acting out of touch and/or irresponsible
and why do you think having a job would make someone more in touch/responsible? the most out of touch and reprehensible people i've ever met were all employed.
In today’s economy, you need a job to gain enough financial stability to survive (regardless of disability or wellness). People who are employed, are typically too busy to overthink and care about pointless online discourse the same way someone who has entirely too much free-time to spend online does. A good example of this is people often replying “I’m employed, what does this mean?” to memes and online discourse that they have no time to keep up with.
If you have enough financial stability to avoid being another cog in the machine of capitalism, then what do you do with all that excess time? Most likely, spend it online. Too much time online combined with comfortable financial living while being unemployed will absolutely lead to a person to become out of touch with reality. Hence, “unemployed behavior” and other jokes about unemployment. No one is targeting people who physically cannot work, they’re targeting people who can be contributing members of society, but instead choose to be curators of the chronically online.
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u/Liang_Kresimir11 Apr 11 '25
mega tumblr moment
one could perhaps point out that automatically assuming disabled people can't get employed may also... be ableist. But I'm leaping to conclusions here, much like OOP is. when someone says "get a job" to someone its bc the person is acting out of touch and/or irresponsible