In my state, when you purchase certain canned/bottled beverages you pay an extra $0.10 deposit, which anyone can redeem by turning in the can/bottle. The practice of collecting these cans/bottles and returning them for the deposit is colloquially known as canning, and a lot of homeless people do it.

Some people want to repeal the Bottle Bill. These people are very loud and vocal online but in reality they’re almost nobody. They want to repeal the Bottle Bill because it’s how a lot of homeless drug addicts get their cheese. Some dealers even accept cans as payment.

And these people are just, so fucking disgustingly paternalistic. And their saccharine fake concern gives me ketoacidosis.

They say that recycling wasn’t intended to be a way to make a living. They say that there’s better things to do than rooting through recycle bins to make money and pretend like they’re so concerned about the well-being of canners.

That makes me so angry it becomes impossible for me to keep my cool. They think that it’s their right to stick their noses in my business like this. And when I call them on it they proudly admit it. They believe it is their business because they pay fucking taxes. I turn into an incoherent loon. I demand to know what they do for a living and how they spend their paycheck so I can decide how I feel about whether they should be allowed to work their job, and then I usually rage quit.