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- Dec 25, 2015
Much as I'd love Phil to lose his tardbux (especially given how he wastes them on shit instead of things that will actually help him), it ain't gonna happen. He's legitimately a sped. I know he's not claiming SSDI for being a sped (autism), but it's obvious on interacting with Phil that he's not capable of supporting himself in the same way normal people do. Yes, he could work, but it'd take a handler to bully and cajole him into it, and the government doesn't have that kind of money or time to waste on adults already set in their autist ways.
It's just that he doesn't claim SSDI for his actual disability. The shit he claims disables him (depression, personality disorder) is the classic bullshit that gets you disability benefits you don't deserve, provided you have zero self-respect and can playact enough to professionals. As Phil's entire life revolves around roleplaying, he's got that down pat by now. He knows full well that claiming SSDI as an autist would mean actual psych assessments, real diagnoses and actual treatment plans he'll be expected to stick to. And that's going to get in the way of his daily derpings, which is why he doesn't do it.
Problem is, the system is geared towards 'personal agency', so they'll chuck money at anyone who qualifies and let them do what they want with it, until proven without a shadow of a doubt that said person is an idiot. And Phil is, sadly, far from the stage where he qualifies for a payee yet (we're talking someone with 100% delusional beliefs, unable to function independently at all). It sucks to see Phil leeching taxpayer's money to gallavant around the west coast and get shit tattoos, but he's the minority. Most disabled people aren't twats, most want to manage their conditions the best they can, and that's why the system is designed to allow claimants as much freedom as possible by giving them money to spend how they see fit. Watching claimants more closely, assigning payees (especially for people without close family) and things like prepay cards instead of cash actually cost the government more, and make the lives of the majority of disabled people shittier just to catch out a few bad apples. For all the SJW bullshit he spouts about disabled people, he's the kind of 'disabled person' that makes life for others more difficult.
Tl;dr - Phil's a twat, he's keeping his tardbux as they are, and he'll be a gleeful roach about it for ages afterwards. Expect much smug fuckery and Australatismland victory day marches incoming around November time.
It's just that he doesn't claim SSDI for his actual disability. The shit he claims disables him (depression, personality disorder) is the classic bullshit that gets you disability benefits you don't deserve, provided you have zero self-respect and can playact enough to professionals. As Phil's entire life revolves around roleplaying, he's got that down pat by now. He knows full well that claiming SSDI as an autist would mean actual psych assessments, real diagnoses and actual treatment plans he'll be expected to stick to. And that's going to get in the way of his daily derpings, which is why he doesn't do it.
Problem is, the system is geared towards 'personal agency', so they'll chuck money at anyone who qualifies and let them do what they want with it, until proven without a shadow of a doubt that said person is an idiot. And Phil is, sadly, far from the stage where he qualifies for a payee yet (we're talking someone with 100% delusional beliefs, unable to function independently at all). It sucks to see Phil leeching taxpayer's money to gallavant around the west coast and get shit tattoos, but he's the minority. Most disabled people aren't twats, most want to manage their conditions the best they can, and that's why the system is designed to allow claimants as much freedom as possible by giving them money to spend how they see fit. Watching claimants more closely, assigning payees (especially for people without close family) and things like prepay cards instead of cash actually cost the government more, and make the lives of the majority of disabled people shittier just to catch out a few bad apples. For all the SJW bullshit he spouts about disabled people, he's the kind of 'disabled person' that makes life for others more difficult.
Tl;dr - Phil's a twat, he's keeping his tardbux as they are, and he'll be a gleeful roach about it for ages afterwards. Expect much smug fuckery and Australatismland victory day marches incoming around November time.