Any of these bazinga brain dipshits who suggests that people would cripple themselves so they don't have to work and get free government money has never spoken to or taken care of anybody with a disability. Nevermind all the other eugenics bullshit I just read too.

[–] stewie3128@hexbear.net 16 points 11 months ago (2 children)

He is a dipshit, but there is also precedence for people cropping themselves to get on the dole:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon%2C_Florida?wprov=sfla1

[–] LeopardShepherd@hexbear.net 18 points 11 months ago

That's so bizarre lol, tiny town responsible for 2/3 of dismemberment insurance claims. The few people I knew that injured themselves on purpose were opioid addicts fishing for a script 😬

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 13 points 11 months ago

The town gained infamy in the late 1950s and early 1960s due to the improbably high percentage of residents who put out insurance claims on lost limbs, to the point that many speculated that residents of the town were intentionally dismembering themselves for the insurance money. Although there is no real evidence to support these speculations,

Is there?

If there was really a significant incentive to do this, you wouldn't just see it in one small town. You also wouldn't see it just in a decade or two.