and ableist. Ableist as fuck, from every conceivable angle. I don’t have the energy to list all the ways it shits on disabled people. Even for non-spoonies… being sick means you can’t do shit, but instead you’re supposed to do more shit like going to the doctor/getting a note? How logical!
Then there’s the aspect of involving health care professionals. Given what we know about medical professionals’ assumptions regarding the health of Black people (they don’t feel pain!) and of women (they’re hysterical!), it is by default racist and misogynistic; likewise, it’s inherently queerphobic and fatphobic (ask me how my dad died!) because that’s what doctors tend to be.
(this is of course also ignoring the basic level of “stupid as shit” – no one needs a doctor to tell them if they’ve got a fever, that’s what thermometers are for)
Sometimes my students (who are teachers) will put this in their syllabi, and I get to explain why it’s unacceptable – typically by invoking my own shitty health.
Death By Catchphrase 