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[โ€“] Broadfern@lemmy.world 13 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Being a minority and/or non-conforming woman also counted as disabilities ๐Ÿซ 

[โ€“] Calfpupa@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 hours ago

Still are ๐Ÿซ 

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

[laughs] I'm in danger (of an icepick lobotomy)

[โ€“] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 12 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (2 children)

Nonsense, the procedure is perfectly safe and follows rigorous scientific methodology!

Now, start counting backwards so that if you stop speaking mid-surgery, we'll know we cut too far.

[โ€“] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 9 hours ago

And the best part is, they let you keep the little part of your brain they dig out of you!

[โ€“] guy@piefed.social 3 points 14 hours ago

Lovely

[โ€“] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 5 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

How does one profit of of the mentally disabled? Aren't for profit prisons essentially using slave labour (or nearly) to generate profit? Seems like the mentally disabled wouldn't be the best labour force to employ.

[โ€“] Themosthighstrange@lemmy.world 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

they got money from the government for each person they collected, you can still dig up thousands of bodies up from behind old closed down mental asylums.