The nature of privilege here is being able to express this kind of distress and be taken seriously There are plenty of people who say "I hate having to work to make a living, my mental health can't take it" and Republicans delight in such people's misery https://twitter.com/AnaMardoll/status/1308142264414330880 …
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Wonderful, excellent, love to see that philosophy of squashing individual needs for the good of the collective Until something like a pandemic comes along and changes the equation of what "society needs from you" Then it's just bitch bitch bitch whine whine whine
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There is someone out there with serious anxiety or depression or other diagnosed mental illness who has to pull their ass out of bed and go to their shitty service job for minimum wage every fucking day just so they don't die on the streets Their life is hell and HAS BEEN hell
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And you've been okay with what they put themselves through so you can get served your hamburger at the drive-thru because "That's life in a free market in a free country buddy" "The world doesn't stop turning for your needs, you're not special, RESPECT IS EARNED", etc
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Fuck you and your sudden concern for "mental health" now that something isn't going *your way* for once in your otherwise comfortable middle-class life You can take those distressing symptoms you're experiencing for the first time in your life and fucking choke on them
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