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Nanni ([personal profile] tiamatschild) wrote2011-03-23 09:35 am
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...So these two guys on the other side of the public computer desk talking about how depression isn't a mental illness just an ordinary grief state and they've pulled themselves out of it before, it's not really something that needs treatment...

...Are going into social work.

*siiiiiiiigh*
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[personal profile] aldanise 2011-03-23 09:05 pm (UTC)(link)
Glargh. It's people like that who drag the "deserving poor" myth straight through our social safety net and leave gaping holes behind.

[personal profile] simargl 2011-03-23 11:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Let me guess - they think they're the only people that have ever thought that and that social workers everywhere are going to be amazing and impressed by their astounding revelation. Because they are just so much *smarter* than all those people who are actually trained and experienced in the field...