Recent comments in /f/massachusetts

that_one_dude13 t1_jcr7tic wrote

I care for disabled homies, have done so for Over a decade, I think you and I both know you're being loose with that term. A caretaker is someone whose gonna come wipe your ass because your physically or cognitively not present or able to do so. A spouse is a care taker in the sense that your well being is first on their list yes, but there's a reason I and many others around the world have a Job.

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Jew-betcha t1_jcqywvu wrote

Mental health facilities literally still exist, just not called asylums anymore bc asylums historically were horrific and unethical, and the term "asylum" cannot ever be divorced from brutality in the public consciousness. I know this because I've been a patient in a mental health unit before. They still have some major problems with human rights abuses, but up until covid hit there were some pretty drastic improvements, (after covid, at least at the unit I'm familiar with, they took away most of what made it bearable & got rid of all the trained counselors in favor of nurses who don't give a shit) and it's nowhere near as bad as the forced lobotomies and direct physical & mental abuse you seem to want to return to.

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