#also I do have an adult job and adult money

[cassolotl]

UK government planning to scrap a major disability benefit

I'm only just scraping by and the government are proposing to take away PIP (a disability benefit), which would be HALF of my income wiped out.

"Reforms to personal independence payments (PIP) could include stopping regular cash payments, and instead offering claimants one-off grants for things like home adaptations." -- "Disabled people face end to monthly benefits cash", BBC News, 29 April 2024

And:

"The plans, which will be consulted on over the coming months, also include proposals to “move away from a fixed cash benefit system”, meaning people with some conditions will no longer receive regular payments, but instead access to treatment if their condition does not involve extra costs." -- "People with depression or anxiety could lose sickness benefits, says UK minister", Guardian, 29 April 2024

That's what the NHS is supposed to be doing...

Genuinely absolutely terrifying.

Can anyone living in the UK join in with an (hopefully!) overwhelming cascade of unique emails to their MP opposing this? WriteToThem.com makes it very quick and easy.

They're proposing to replace it with one-off grants that the individual can apply for, which is absurd and horrifying, so feel free to point out how that won't work as well!

Here's what I'm writing, and do not just copy-paste my letter/email, because that makes it less legit. Do your own thing, even just one sentence telling your MP that you're opposed is enough if that's all you can manage. Whatever you want to say is what your MP needs to hear.

Dear [MP's name], Today I learned that the government plan to scrap PIP, and maybe replace it with something like a one-off grant application process, before the next election. ("Disabled people face end to monthly benefits cash", BBC News, 29 April 2024: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0ry09d50wo) PIP is about half of my income (about 44%). I don't spend it on occasional large purchases, I spend it on countless things that are more expensive for me than they are for other people. PIP is in place to acknowledge, as it says in the above article, that disabled people's lives are more expensive than non-disabled people's lives by hundreds of pounds per week. ("Previous research from Scope suggests households with at least one disabled adult or child face an estimated average extra cost of £975 a month to have the same standard of living as non-disabled households." That's £225 per week, and the maximum amount of PIP you can get is £184.) So firstly, it could be argued that PIP doesn't even cover the additional expenses of the average disabled household. And next, the cost of implementing an alternative system would be worse for disabled people, totally unsuited to its purpose, and more expensive to run. Worse for disabled people: Currently PIP acknowledges that being disabled takes a lot more work to maintain a comparable standard of living, and as it's an amount of work that the claimant cannot sustainably do, they are given money so that they can pay someone else to do it. These costs are distributed across all living expenses, in addition to occasional one-off purchases of e.g. mobility aids. Having to apply for one-off payments for expenses would be more work on top of that, so if the disabled person isn't able to do it (which is very likely) they will either have to work less in their day jobs in order to spend more time applying for one-off grants, or they will have to also apply for one-off payments to pay someone to apply for more one-off payments. This is self-evidently a waste of energy and time, and totally impractical, as well as being counter to the entire point of disability benefits. It would also be extremely undignified for the disabled people, and arguably against human rights (right to private life and dignity), to have to justify each purchase to the government. Totally unsuited to its purpose: One off-grants are not suited to ongoing higher expenses such as having to buy more prepared food (e.g. carrot batons are more expensive than raw carrots and go off much more quickly). Does this policy assume that disabled people's PIP is only for things like wheelchairs and walking sticks? More expensive to run: The system for PIP applications is already fairly backlogged, in that my last application took over 6 months to complete. I was awarded PIP for 10 years. If every application for a one-off grant had to be accompanied by an application of a similar scale that wouldn't be workable, so presumably an initial PIP application like the current system's would still be required to qualify for the system in the first place, and then following that, numerous smaller applications for money (e.g. for taxis, pre-chopped veg, painkillers, specialist clothing, etc.) would be carried out per person per month. The disability benefits system would have to be scaled up significantly, and it would be much more expensive. It is far cheaper to give people a set amount of money based on their needs; it's the same money that you would be giving them in grants anyway, but without having to process each purchase/one-off application. I implore you to oppose this proposal. It is blatantly unworkable to the level of absurdity, but more importantly it is inhumane. I look forward to your reply detailing your stance. Many thanks in advance. Yours sincerely, [My name]

But, again, if you can't manage anything long or complicated like that, your best is good enough. Even if they're not all perfectly written and detailed, we want to bowl them over with sheer quantity of emails.

#disability #disabled #armchair activism #UK #UK politics #PIP #personal independence payments #DWP #department for work and pensions #disability benefits #activism

[etheries1015]

Fucking...shoot me. I just got Lilias birthday card, now we have Lilia dorm card, Malleus birthday card, General Lilia card all coming up and only 30 pulls to my name.

I WANT ALL OF THEM. SMFFFHHHH

Literally me rn:

#twisted wonderland #twst #malleus draconia #lilia vanrouge #Diasomnia #why do I need to be broke #whyyy #spareee change #IM ABOUT TO SELL MYSELF ON THE STREETS FOR THEMMM #also I do have an adult job and adult money #but im bEiNg sMarT and not spending it on a silly little game #unless....

[red-dyed-sarumane]

i need people to start paying me for every time they tell me "oh but ur arts so good ur wasting ur talent u need to do it professionally" wrong i need to do art to draw beautiful characters that not a single other person cares about while feeding every ounce of love i have into my work or to convey thoughts & feelings beyond words and to even think of doing otherwise is to deny my own nature "oh but u can do what u want and then sell it" why is everything about money to you why cant u just enjoy things at what point in ur life did u forget how to have fun

#i hate that this stance is also seen as childish #like i have a full time job & often have mandatory overtime i have income already #if u need to to make ends meet then thats different do what u can to help urself live as comfortably as possible #but holy fuck pleasure as an adult is not limited to sex & money & watching tv #besides u know not a single one of the people who say this are willing to actually pay what the arts worth #its like 'well not me but other people would love it!' yeah okay u know a lot of other people are going to see the #over $100 price tag and go 'i like it but not that much! other people however' like just shut up. honestly. be quiet. #if i speed ran my art and low balled myself to a $15/hour rate the lowest would still be like $120 #which is not worth it AT ALL bc i just paid MORE to sit on my ass & look at eggs #and. again. is underselling myself for both experience & time. but people think $80 full body comms are too expensive #do u think im so stupid to not expect to get scammed when even 'easy' things are over $100 #but no ur right why would i have fun with something when i could instead cause myself infinite stress over it perfect thanks #do not give me advice about doing comms i do not want to do comms #if u see me doing comms im in a very dire situation. like thats a last resort for me.

[cimicherrychanga]

just emailed last years college secretary, looked into signing up for 2 other colleges, got the details for a job im interested in + texted the friend whose sister works there to see if she can get me Connections and i got another job offer from the place i interned at im soooo cool and adult

#shut up dave #passes out and explodes!!! #its stiiiilll like. so scary #aaand overwhelming #the uni stuffs most stressful once thats over with itll probably be easier to like. deal with having a job #cause even if i dont get the bookstore one i can still go work w the kids ( plus i dont rly wanna like. leave them. #their other young teacher goes on maternity leave this week. so if i dont go there theyll b left with #teachers that not even one of the kids considers their favorites #and thats kinda sad!! #but also i DO need money and. the other month i worked 30hr weeks for a total of $200 a month #so like 50 a week #and current offer is for like 2 hrs a day? thats 3 times less #also it takes me almost an hour to GET there. but i love the kidsss its like worth the effort sometimes. but not rly. every day i think #BUT if i MANAGE to get a part-time thing like a 4 to 10? since my work would end at 2-3 and it takes an hour to get ANYWHERE from there #its be like having a full time thing except i go work in 2 diff places! #sigh. adult life sucks tho i wanna stay inmy room and draw

[ennobaka]

One thing I love about Laios is that he just, doesn't have a long term plan. Like he doesn't think about settling down or the future or anything like that, he'll just keep sharing an apartment with Falin and keep challenging the dungeon until she finds someone that she wants to be with. And after that he'll probably just keep going dungeoneering, but he would not be buying a house and settling down with a wife and kids. Truely the autistic aroace experience

#the kingdom fell into his lap and that's great bc he doesn't have to worry about survival anymore #but he doesn't get to engage with monsters anymore #also like i said the autistic aroace experience but this isn't meant to be generalizing #it's just my experience #if I have a job that I can just keep doing forever I wouldn't think about the future either #it's just bc the people around me keep talking about money and making family and such that I am forced to think about it #and every time I do I get anxious and/or nauseous #i have no idea where to go with this but anyway #directionless adults unite or something #fishtalks

[katya-goncharov]

maybe i SHOULD just try to get a different job that would be better suited to me

#only i'd feel bad after such a short time because they provided me with a uniform and everything and it's clear that they're short-staffed #at the moment and everyone WAS really nice. it was just that i somehow don't quite jel with the people. and also i don't know if i can #handle being around people for so long at a time. and having to be constantly working and using my initiative to try to find what needs #doing and generally activating the part of my brain that doesn't come naturally to me #and yeah i had another offer for a summer job that i could say yes to. but i think that would burn me out even more bc it's just as much of #being around people only SIX days a week full-time #i just don't know if i'm cut out for being employed in general. but as an adult you sort of have to be because you need money and also just #to do SOMETHING with your life. and i don't want to just become another depressing statistic about the amount of autistic people who don't #work. ugh anyway ignore me i'm just having an existential crisis i guess. maybe i'll feel better tomorrow #emma vents #they should invent jobs that are specifically neurodivergent friendly but i don't think such a thing exists

[wiinterbunny]

💒🧸🎀🐇

#i've been so so scared and anxious and worried for the future for a while now #everything's changing #my mom is talking about moving (without me lol rip) #i have to become independent now #i fucking hate myself bc im almost 25!!!! and im still a pathetic loser who is dependent on her mom #but ofc i cant be #even if i've thought a lot abt myself and my personality disorders and i think this is just who i am #i need and want to be dependent on someone. to be taken care of and someone to make choices for me #but my mom just dont want to do that which i ofc get sksksk #and idk i dont have a dream. i cant imagine myself capable of any job #but i have two ideas of occupations i might be ok at #buuuuut i have no fkn idea how u get an apartment??? how do u get money? how do u do this and that #i know NOTHING abt being an adult or independent and im so fucking scared #dying seems so much easier and more tempting #i cant do.. cant do it to my mom #also it's sad bc recently a dream has formed in my mind #it's including another person tho. and i dont have any control over that. i cant force someone to choose or want me #so that dream is the least realistic of everything. even if this person really is my dream.... bit i cant count on it #and i have to build a live for myself. even if its not the life i really want #im scared im too dumb and childish and worthless to do so tho

[sherlock-is-ace]

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#ignore me i need to vent and be scared for a moment... #but i've been working my ass off today for a project that's paying me cents #and i've been debating the whole day how to explain to this client that moving forward i will have to charge more money for similar project #and i'm so so scared that it will mean losing this client cause i don't really have many regular clients and regular work #so it's scary to sound greedy (even tho i know it's not greedy) and i've been trying to convince myself it's the right thing to do #i've talked to my mom and she agrees which is huge cause she's always saying i need to be thankful for having work even if it's a lil cheap #but like now she even agrees that over 12hs work days including weekends are NOT being paid with my prices #so i'm so anxious about that and then i go on twitter and i see one movie poster and one chocolate bar wrapper made with ai #and i'm SO SCARED of the future #i went and chose the one career most easily replaced by ai #and i'm so anxious about what my future holds #but also my very near future when i have to tell this people that i can't work for nothing anymore #i hate money and i hate what it does to my head #money not only reaches the mind of those who have lots of it #it also reaches the mind of those who don't have it :// #i fucking hate this and i hate being an adult with a job #specially a freelance job where i am my own fucking boss and i set my own prices #cause i'm so fucking dumb and so easily taken advantage of #i shouldn't be saying this online lol but like i said... i'm dumb #angel talks #personal

[thelegendofjenna]

*emits an unending high pitched whine*

#already feeling tired/burnt out today #get sent more essays to work on #make dinner instead of getting take out like a good budget-conscious adult #something went very chemically strange with my pasta and made a huge mess #which i am just ignoring #even though future jenna will suffer for it #when am i gonna have the energy to do these fucking essays #why am i doing freelance work on top of a full time job #(it's for the money because the full time job pays very little :|) #and also to not inconvenience my aunt who i do freelance work for #because i don't want to disappoint anyone ever #ahhhhhhhhhhh #this got to a point where it should have been a read more instead of a tag rant #but i am not going to retype it now #pers

[pro-bee]

You guys remember back in ye olde days of the spring of 2019 where we were like “lmao this show trolls so hard but they’ll never bring Ziva back in the flesh” and then when finale time rolled around some of you were like, “… ok but maybe we should watch the finale just in case?” And I was like “lol fool me once shame on me fool me 500 times just fuck you Show” so I decided to go to the gym and then yoga that night because I was finally being Responsible and Making Good Choices and left all zen only to pull my phone out afterwards and see that it blew up with Tumblr mentions and messages all “ZIVA’S BACK ZIVA’S BACK FOR REAL THIS IS NOT A DRILL SHE’S ON SCREEN RIGHT NOW” and I was just like MOTHERFUCKER THEY DID IT AGAIN GUESS IT’S TIME FOR THE TROLL TOLL IDK

Yeah

#hi how is everyone #adulting sucks #i have a big girl corporate job and have grown up conversations in my spare time like #’should i put money into a TFSA? do I need an RRSP now?’ #WHO AM I #anyway still fight the urge daily to chuck it all and live an artist’s life looooooool #also lol back when I used to go to the gym #and was 20 lbs lighter lmao

[stairset]

Microdosing on having money by looking at virtual tours of apartments I can’t afford

#literally so annoying i won't be able to move out and get my own place for like at least a year give or take #i might finally be working full-time soon though #like currently i'm just working tuesdays and thursdays at my mom's work scanning medical records #but gamestop is having open interviews so i'm gonna go in monday #i don't actually know if gamestop is hiring full-time though #so if they're only hiring part-time i guess i'll just have to work two jobs #like maybe scan records two days a week and do gamestop the other three #so i'd be making money as if i were working full-time #and that'd hold me over for a while at least until i find an actual full-time job #but yeah even then it's gonna be quite a while before i can move out which is annoying #i just want a fucking place to myself #i've also thought about selling some of my old shit that i don't need anymore to make some extra cash on the side #like old dvds and action figures and whatnot that are still in decent condition #i could sell them on ebay or like trade em in at vintage stock or whatever #my mom always insists that we never sell that stuff cause she and dad spent so much money on them when i was a kid #and i get that. but frankly i don't care. #they bought them for me and i'm an adult and can do what i want with them so if i wanna sell em i can #and if they help me get out of here sooner then it's worth it #shut up tristan

[dot823]

im going through hell right now

#i can hardly make myself even do things i like doing #let alone things i need to do #even eating is a struggle #because the effort of getting out of bed and getting food is too hard #and also i cant afford to just buy food because my family is poor as fuck right now #i spend hours just on tumblr or instagram or talking with friends while doing nothing constructive and then i feel exhausted and pass out #i need to do my taxes and i need to deal with work things or get a new job and i need to be an adult #but i cant even get myself to play my favorite video game im so down #the idea of even having to leave my house for four hours to work is too much #putting on pants is a lot of effort #and i cant apply for disability bc ive tried and it's so goddamn hard and they expect you to remember everything youve ever done #and every penny you've ever held #and god FORBID you have family or friends who have ever given you money to help you #its literally ridiculous #not to mention the state of my house is horrible bc my whole family is depressed #and i want to move so badly but i cant even afford the gas to get to my friends house even if i just loaded my car up and left #im struggling #my mom gets paid in 8 days and until then i have approximately 2 frozen meals and some pasta i can eat #everything else in my house i cant eat because of dietary restrictions and most of it is expired anyway

[inimitablereel]

I have so many feelings about hands of the emperor/at the feet of the sun, not all of which are positive (which does unfortunately limit ways to share these feelings) but I'm guessing the ones that are way more than the average reader are the ones specifically about Kip's house. What do you mean, he just RANDOMLY STUMBLED ACROSS a house that has nice living space for FIVE ADULTS with SHARED COMMON SPACE and SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL SPACES with a good amount of room for everyone but not so much that it's unwieldy

#like I do actually think you can use this as a metaphor for some of the ways that the worldbuilding is inconsistent #because like with many things there's not a real decision whether the world is a fantasy of things working or of beating oppression #nominally even in the islands they have a society where it's *not* normal to have these very close important friendships #and marriage is a marker of adulthood #nominally this house has so many rooms because extended families would live there #but I don't think that gives you a layout with five adult sized bedrooms - that gives you too many rooms some of which are tiny #and I am definitely poking at this too much #it can be magic #they can throw a lot of money at the problem #maybe the original layout of the house was to have 1 adult and 1 kid bedroom per family unit and the kid ones are offices in Kip's layout #this was such a small detail I'm just fixated on it because I have irl been looking at apartments #anyways I feel like these tags do a decent job of explaining why I'm not joining the hote discord #or dragging my irl friends into reading 2000 pages of fantasy novel #lots of things I liked but also I think I would start unnecessary fights #anyways I am not organizational tagging because this series has too many names and I want to stay out of the main tags #if this keeps happening I'll come up with something

[totopopopo]

Feeling terrible as usual

#it’s 4am I haven’t gone to bed yet I’ve just wasted another night doing absolutely nothing #I have a job interview at 9am tomorrow #possibly #I don’t actually know if I do! the lady didn’t confirm and I wasn’t sent a link but it was suggested #I don’t even want this stupid job #I don’t even want a JOB I don’t want a job I don’t want to fucking. enter spreadsheets for 9 hours a day every day of the week for the next #two years!!!!!!!!!! I don’t WANT that!!!!!!! #I want to write !!!!! I want to create I want to work on my own projects I want to spend time with my friends I want to take classes !!!!!!! #but now I’m a stupid adult or whatever I need a fucking job because I need fucking money because I need to be able to pay rent #I hate it!!!!!! I hate this !!!!!!!!!!! I hate being TRAPPED in this stupid fucking world !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! #and I don’t even know if I have this stupid job interview at 9am but I should wake up at 8 anyways just in case AND I have to spend the day #trekking into deeper Brooklyn to feed some cats and a gecko and that will take hours #and I have to start packing bc I move like next week which I can’t even think about without feeling nauseous #and I don’t even know where to start w that #and i wanted to actually get writing done to enter a stupid thing. but the deadline for that is way too soon and I don’t have time to write #on top of moving and job stuff. I don’t have time to do the one thing I want to do full time because I can’t fucking afford it. #and also I want to do art really bad but again. my stupid iPad is broken so I literally can’t. #so I’ve just been awake for NO REASON and it’s 4am!!!!!!!! and I have NOTHING TO SHOW FOR IT!!!!!!! and I have to wake up in 4 hours!!!!!!!! #and I’m wasting the few days I have left here doing NOTHING THAT I WANT TO BE DOING #not that there’s even anything I WANt to do because EVERYTHING is fucking horrible and everything I do no matter what it is #it’s a fucking waste of time. #I am wasting time my life is a fucking waste of time #also I should PROBABLY talk to someone abt how I’ve been experiencing. more weird psychosis type bullshit recently !!!!!! #but ‘someone’ would be a doctor and I don’t HAVE one of those despite the fact that I’ve been TRYING TO GET ONE FOR FOUR MONTHS #they’re just all busy!!! and either aren’t taking new clients or don’t take insurance !!!!!!!!!!! sooooooooooooooooo #but it doesn’t even matter because even if I were medicated even if I were on anti depressants even if I werent experiencing weird delusions #it STILL wouldn’t be fine. I’d still have to waste my life doing a job I don’t want to be doing to afford to live in an apartment. I’d still #be trapped in a fucking capitalist hellscape. the world would still be ending. nothing would be fine. no matter what I do life is still bad. #like that’s what’s so depressing is the issue isn’t my brain it’s not me it’s the WORLD and that’s something that can’t be cured that means #I’ll feel like this forever and nothing can change that no amount of meds no nothing will change the fact that life is fucking terrible

[crimsonblackrose]

I looked at how much according to experts I can spend on housing a month and omg I can afford nothing with my current job. 😂 Like I knew I couldn’t, but just how little I can actually afford at this job is pathetic.

#mumblings about work #mumblings #I've known that getting a job that is full time and pays well is highly important #but damn the actual peanuts I'm paid is pretty bad once you chop out rent #my aunt and uncle are going to charge me less than the expert amount but it's still more than I expected #and since my health insurance i foot the bill for myself is so expensive #that's essentially half my pay check just for rent to my aunt and uncle and my health insurance this year #which really that shouldn't be right...I mean it's a little less than half but by like a razors edge that #I'm just looking at my dream of moving downtown with a little sad face and looking at jobs with a someone please pay me a lot more money #I mean my salary is essentially unlivable which I knew but also like well damn #I could ask for a raise but that feels dangerous atm because we literally just laid off like 13% of the company #and I don't want to have no job and then now suddenly I'm eating into my saved downpayment #adulting sucks y'all I just want roots #I also planned next month to go downtown and explore #and then a friend I haven't seen in like 5 years (omg) was like hey road trip? #so now she's coming to visit later in the month and we're going to stay downtown so I can explore neighborhoods again #and I'm like well huh what do I want to do for my birthday then? #because the idea of paying for places downtown twice in one month does not sound like fun #Still want to go downtown and see people #but I've got to think about it a little more #My aunt asked me what I wanted to do and I'm like uhhhhh #because she asked if I wanted to go to the place I was supposed to go with dad and I'm like #well first off they're closed till spring and second off how expensive is this going to be? #Like I don't think she realizes that I was starting to feel a little stable and then throwing rent at me (which is a fair thing to do) #is just like whelp now I've got to decide what's worth doing financially and what's not #and I'm going to lean towards doing nothing to save money #which is my go to #I had planned to go visit friends this year but since I want to move out asap it's kind of let's find a new job and save up so I can move #which means not going to hawaii or seattle or new york #and frowning at the idea of going downtown even